The Girls Way Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274239826
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Missoula, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4068303018
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Girls Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,275
- Expenses
- $65,751
- Assets
- $8,386
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Girls Way is a unique and safe place that promotes healthy development in girls ages 9-18 through movement, exercise, and education.The Girls Way helps girls learn to make healthy, educated choices and take positive action. By providing alternative options to at-risk activities, we aim to create physical/emotional resiliency, healthy relationships, and positive body image. The Girls Way makes an effort to involve our community by offering a center for events and collaborating with other youth development programs in beautiful Missoula, MT.
What it reported doing in 2011
The Girls Way is a nonprofit dedicated to providing a unique and safe place that promotes healthy development in girls ages 9-18 through movement, exercise, and education.The Girls Way opened it's facility in March of 2011. The facility includes space for a study lounge for art and activities, a private, non-intimidating space for movement and exercise classes, and an outdoor garden site. The Girls Way also provides access to adult mentors and resources. Since the doors opened in March the facility has 200+ girls who have become members and approximately 67% of members participate on full scholarship. The Girls Way has hosted 450 classes and workshops and 18 summer camps. Classes and camps range from dance and exercise, to photography, creative writing, art, and a "Friday Fun Night" with educational games and activities.Every class and activity incorporates a standard set of values with age appropriate language to instill self esteem and healthy development. The Girls Way utilizes approximately 50 volunteers, 3 interns, and a core staff of 4 people. The Girls Way also offers a sliding scale and full sponsorships to members who qualify for financial assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: -19%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.