Girls on the Run Greater Houston

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412142328
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
3462295901
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$503,101
Expenses
$596,383
Assets
$407,297
Liabilities
$131,294

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary T Callahan (CEO & CEO Emeritus)
  • Michelle Nasser de la Torre (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mary T Callahan (CEO & CEO Emeritus): $112,350 total reported compensation
  • Michelle Nasser de la Torre (CEO): $83,699 total reported compensation
  • Jay Callahan (Secretary): $4,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program for girls in 3rd-8th grades. We teach life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games. The program culminates with the girls being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5k running event. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness. At Girls on the Run Greater Houston, teaching essential life skills is the cornerstone of our research-based programs. Trained volunteer coaches facilitate lessons that blend physical activity with life skill development, including managing emotions, fostering friendships, and expressing empathy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Girls on the Run Greater Houston held after-school programs serving 1,655 girls at 114 sites around the Greater Houston area (Harris, Ft. Bend, and Montgomery Counties) in 2025. The program combines an interactive curriculum and running to inspire self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen and early teen girls from 3rd-8th grades. 1,596 3rd-5th graders participated in "Girls on the Run" programs at 108 sites and 59 6th-8th graders participated in the "Heart & Sole" program at 6 sites. 61% of the girls pay an average of $46 for a program that cost $367 per girl. And the rest pay only $195. Girls on the Run Greater Houston has been awarded distinction by the International organization for its efforts to serve the greatest number of girls in difficult circumstances. GOTRGH provided over $150,000 in financial assistance through substantially reduced fees including many -0- fees to disadvantaged girls in 2025. With the help of our generous sponsors and donors, we are able to bring the Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole programs to schools (public, private, charter), as well as community centers, YMCAs, parks, and a clinic specializing in obesity. 737 volunteers including 475 unpaid coaches donated their time and effort to Girls on the Run in 2025. There is no shortage of girls who would like to participate in our program, only a shortage of coaches who are selflessly willing to volunteer their after-school time on behalf of young girls across the Greater Houston area. COME JOIN US!!

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% 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.

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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 25th 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: -18.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $492K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.