Girls Who Code at the University of Minnesota

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994006483
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,515
Expenses
$7,282
Assets
$1,233
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Madalene Halley (Officer)
  • Madi Stahl (Officer)
  • Kaity Fisher (Officer)

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

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

Overview

Mission

We are exempt because of our mission and non-profit status. This organization's mission is to educate on computer science and technology related fields and support community growth and development. We do this through our most significant activities: monthly workshops on various topics. We are also a non-profit organization; all grants awarded to us go towards funding activities to help support our organization's mission. We started this organization as a University of Minnesota student organization due to the lack of clubs supporting female identifying students in the computer sciences. As a result, we started this organization to provide a place for all students to come together, learn, and support each other through college. This organization benefits the public directly by providing education and community support as well as indirectly through creating a more tight knit community at the University of Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2025

We had a total of 19 events this year. These included crafting events, bowling, Trivia, hackathons, company visits, seminars, study nights, and informational sessions on coding, resume writing, and internship applications. This event mainly served University of Minnesota students. Students were able to form a community at these events and make friends with each other while being educated in coding related topics. Students walked away with a better sense of community and more knowledge that they don't typically learn in their classes. A total of 432 people attended these events. Grants awarded were used for purchasing food, drinks, and supplies for the scheduled event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.