Girls Incorporated of Orange County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951810150
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7145978600
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,850,424
Expenses
$4,024,756
Assets
$7,972,896
Liabilities
$448,791

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LUCIA SANTANA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • KENDRA MILLER (PRESIDENT & CHAIR)
  • KATE PHELAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LUCIA SANTANA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $205,287 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SEISLOVE (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $157,854 total reported compensation
  • ORLEDA MARTINEZ (DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT): $134,555 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of girls incorporated of orange county is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. This is done through comprehensive in-school, afterschool and summer programs as well as workshops provided to girls from kindergarten to college and career.

What it reported doing in 2025

Virtual programs (g3, literacy, girls inc. Scholars, youtube): due to the success of reaching more girls from areas/cities not previously reached, we continue to offer several of our programs virtually. This programming provides students with a fun, engaging way to connect with other students in orange county and makes our programs more accessible to students who are unable to travel to our in-person program sites. We also continue to upload videos to youtube for participants to learn asynchronously. In 2024, we continued to provide a selection of virtual programs and reached girls throughout orange county. In 2025, we served 1,095 participants through virtual programs.in 2025, gioc served 11,200 participants across 46 schools and community-based in orange county. This success was due to our diverse, holistic programming groups. Gioc programs have been proven to change girls' lives, resulting in significant increases in self-esteem, grades, preparation for higher education, community involvement, interest in stem subjects, and financial independence. Gioc is committed to helping girls in orange county grow up to be strong, smart, and bold.gioc provides programs for girls from kindergarten through college and the workforce with instruction, mentorship, and support they need to be successful throughout their lives. Each year, gioc impacts the lives of girls throughout the county, leading them through holistic, research-based, evidence-informed programming that infuses sel (social emotional learning)-content in the areas of stem (science, technology, engineering, and math), financial literacy, positive body image, healthy relationships, and college/career readiness. All these programs are developed to be age appropriate for girls and to meet them where they are at in their personal lives. Gioc prioritizes providing services to girls who live in areas where the need is greatest.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd 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: -4.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 32 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.