Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City Missouri

What it reported doing in 2024

Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based positive youth development program designed to develop and enhance girls' social, psychological, and physical competencies to successfully navigate life experiences. Girls in the 3rd through 8th grades combine training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with healthy living education. Our character-building program instills self-esteem through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training - all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff, and the community. Our program is held twice a year in the spring and fall, and each season is eight weeks in duration. The program is currently taught in elementary schools, middle schools and community centers around the Kansas City area. Teams meet for an hour and a half twice a week and each session is led by specially trained volunteer coaches and includes lessons dealing with issues such as body image, negative self-talk, resisting peer pressure, gratitude, gossip, nutrition, substance abuse, making healthy decisions and contributing to the community. . In 2024, Girls on the Run of Greater Kansas City served more than 2,900 girls and engaged more than 2,000 volunteers. In addition, 50% of our program participants were awarded full or partial scholarships to participate. Twice each year, Girls on the Run of Greater Kansas City hosts a 5k event that is open to the public. Our 5k is unlike any other running event as it focuses on the girls and their accomplishment over the season. The races are open to the public and serve to engage the community in our mission.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: -19.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings