Girl Scouts of Orange County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952023244
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Irvine, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9494618818
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,218,123
- Expenses
- $13,816,222
- Assets
- $35,182,554
- Liabilities
- $1,558,589
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VICTORIA SHEPP (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- VICTORIA SHEPP (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $286,413 total reported compensation
- CHRISTINA SALCIDO (COO): $225,963 total reported compensation
- GLEE HARRIS - TO 1124 (VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES): $218,146 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
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What it reported doing in 2024
Girl scouts is the nation's premiere leadership development program for girls from all cultures, zip codes and walks of life. The challenges girls face today are greater than ever and they affect all girls. There is evidence that girls are backing down and opting out of leadership positions. A recent report from the girl scout research institute showed that a girl's desire to lead is strongest when she is eight years old, yet declines dramatically when she is 16. With school funding continuing to decline, girl scouting provides expanded leadership and learning opportunities for girls in areas that fill critical talent gaps like finance, science, technology, and the environment. Additionally the girl scout cookie sale program is the nation's largest business and financial skills development program for girls.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $286K · 31 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.