Girl Scouts San Diego-imperial Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 951644585
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6192988391
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,226,215
- Expenses
- $14,156,789
- Assets
- $30,150,258
- Liabilities
- $1,384,108
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROL M DEDRICH (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CAROL M DEDRICH (CEO): $335,348 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE MULLEN (CMDO): $192,518 total reported compensation
- STACY MAXA (CFAO): $191,087 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place and we have been doing it for over 100 years. Girl scouts is the valued go-to partner for developing and elevating girls and women in san diego and imperial counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
Girl scouts san diego (gssd) delivers inclusive, research driven programs in a welcoming environment that provides girls a path to make the world a better place. Girls belong as their authentic selves, engage in character development, lead community service projects, experience outdoor adventure, and practice sustainability skills while making friends and having fun. Programs include leadership pathways, gold award opportunities, travel, and lifelong sisterhood supported by caring adults. Serving 14,514 girls across diverse socio-economic backgrounds, gssd prioritizes underserved communities; nearly 40% of members live in low income households. Programs are available to all girls regardless of ability to pay, and philanthropic support ensures access to life changing girl scout experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- 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: Limited
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: -7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $335K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 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: 7 filed money-flow records
- 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 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.