Girls on the Run Georgia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582568271
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4044786558
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,036,453
Expenses
$989,609
Assets
$614,642
Liabilities
$143,770

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lea Rolfes (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lea Rolfes (Executive Director): $141,817 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Girls on the Run Georgia empowers girls with vital social-emotional skills to help them succeed in school, at home, and within friendships. Our programs, Girls on the Run (3rd-5th grade) and Heart & Sole (6th-8th grade) are taught by trained coaches and are intentionally designed for the critical adolescent years when girls experience decreases in confidence and challenges with their mental, social and emotional health. Every girl can participate, no matter her physical ability or her family's financial means. Since 2000, we've helped more than 45,000 girls learn to "let her star shine." Our research-based, positive youth development program utilizes proven curriculum based in social-emotional learning (SEL) to deliver skills in building self-confidence, positive self-talk, managing emotions, navigating difficult conversations, standing up to bullying, and more.

What it reported doing in 2024

As an independent council of Girls on the Run International, Girls on the Run Georgia is proud to be part of the only national, physical activity-based positive youth development program with an evidence-based curriculum, trained coaches, and a commitment to serving girls. Since 2000, Girls on the Run Georgia has served more than 45,000 girls and expanded to more than 150 schools and community sites across Greater Atlanta, North Georgia, Athens and Golden Isles. It has been our long-standing priority to mirror our participants with the demographics of the communities we serve and we are proud that we are succeeding. This year, 2,132 participants participated in our life-changing programs. 73% of our participants were BIPOC, 60% reside in low-income, under resourced communities with limited access to youth development programs. 98% of girls reported they were more confident due to their participation in our programs.Service to our amazing girls is enabled by a dedicated team of eight staff members, with the generous support of more than 1,000 volunteers serving as coaches and event volunteers, as well as those in leadership positions on our Governing Board and Young Professionals Board.Looking to the future, Girls on the Run Georgia hopes to bring our programs to any girl within our region!

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% 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

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: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • 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 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $784K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.