Girls for Technology Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465696249
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8605010000
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,479,617
Expenses
$1,335,203
Assets
$931,019
Liabilities
$642,462

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SABRINA TUCKER-BARRETT (PRESIDENT &)

People named in this filing

  • LETIA BARNES (SECRETARY)
  • LISA LAZARUS (CHAIR)
  • JENIESE POLLARD (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To mobilize women and girls of color to improve economic mobility and catalyze systems change by providing programs that spark innovation and foster connections leading to a thriving future.

What it reported doing in 2024

Pipeline 4.0 - pipeline 4.0 is a work-based learning program that market in just a few months. One of the highlights of this program is that participants earn a valuable google it support professional certification. The program exposes them to real-world scenarios that organizations encounter daily, giving them a competitive edge in the job market. With pipeline 4.0, participants get hands-on experience, working side-by-side with professionals and learning skills critical to success in a rapidly changing tech industry. The program provides participants an unparalleled opportunity to gain real-world experience through practical training, ultimately resulting in job readiness. K-12 extended day-economic inequality and educational barriers prevent job market. Bipoc women and girls from being exposed to and educated in the essential disciplines of the modern-day economy. Our k-12 youth initiative program addresses these pressing issues and helps young bipoc students capitalize on this opportunity. Featuring our immersive, hands-on after-school educational program, a tour of historically black colleges and universities (hbcus), and our sparkhart hackathon, our k-12 youth initiative is advancing the success of students of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) and preparing them for the future workforce. We have served over 3000 youth through our k-12 programs. Building for equity - building for equity is a 6-week accelerator program dedicated to supporting tech-enabled small businesses that are led by black and latino women based in the united states with operating revenue less than 250k. Our primary objective is increasing access to th resources they need for sustainable growth and success. There is a pitch competition with a chance to win up to 20k held after each cohort completion.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $951K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.