Girl Talk Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651239316
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4044425605
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$544,279
Expenses
$593,165
Assets
$235,531
Liabilities
$10,300

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KAELA CHANG (EXECUTIVE DI): $124,100 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SMITH (CFO): $38,880 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We inspire all girls to be confident leaders through peer-to-peer mentoring programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Girl talk's ambassador program is for high school leaders from across the country, selected annually for their passion and commitment to girls' leadership development. Ambassadors serve as advocates for girl talk, representing the organization in their communities. They play a crucial role in promoting our peer-to-peer mentoring programs, shaping the future of girl talk, and supporting our development efforts. Through virtual meetings throughout the school year, ambassadors engage in leadership and confidence challenges, provide feedback on girl talk programs and resources like the girl talk curriculum, and foster community building. They also carry out mission-centered work in their local communities by supporting girl talk fundraising initiatives and collaborating with the girl talk communications team to create impactful, digital content, newsletters, and the girl talk blog. Girl talk ambassadors gain access to college scholarships and professional development opportunities, including interview experience, mentorship, and narrative writing. Girl talk ambassadors highlight their personal experiences; girl talk program participants and offer youth-driven insights into the joys and challenges of adolescence. Their diverse regional and cultural perspectives amplify the voices of girls and ensure that girls remain at the heart of everything that we do. Girl talk ambassadors act as both advocates and liaisons, increasing awareness of the organization and championing the impact of girl talk programs, both locally and nationally.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 73.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $435K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.