Together for Girls

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454664343
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025505045
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,679,865
Expenses
$6,417,423
Assets
$3,980,388
Liabilities
$948,999

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELA LIGIERO (CEO/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIELA LIGIERO (CEO/PRESIDENT): $318,127 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA DAUNAS (COO): $239,604 total reported compensation
  • MAREK PRUSZEWICZ (DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS): $195,990 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We envision a world where every child, adolescent and young person is safe, protected and thriving. Every person, including every child and adolescent, has the right to live free from violence and everyone has a role to play in making this a reality. To achieve this, we must focus on ending violence against children and violence against women. We bring special attention to the needs of adolescent girls - who often fall through the cracks of efforts to address children and women - and a strong focus on sexual violence, in all its forms.

What it reported doing in 2024

Together for girls (tfg) advances four interconnected initiatives to ensure every child and adolescent is safe, protected, and thriving.data to action: the violence against children and youth surveys (vacs) provide essential data to understand the scope, nature, and impact of violence against children and adolescents. This data informs evidence-based strategies, strengthens national systems, and supports governments and partners to implement effective prevention and response efforts. Safe futures hub: this global knowledge platform curates and shares proven strategies and tools to prevent and respond to violence against children. It facilitates peer learning and collaboration among governments, civil society organizations, researchers, and multilateral partners to scale up effective, evidence-informed programs and policies.out of the shadows index (oosi): the oosi tracks and benchmarks how countries are addressing child sexual abuse and exploitation across key domains, including policy frameworks, support services, and prevention initiatives. By compiling and sharing comparable data, the index promotes transparency, enables cross-country learning, and encourages investment in effective national systems.brave initiative: the brave initiative brings together survivors and allies to strengthen collective action and advance accountability and prevention efforts. It draws on tfg's data, solutions, and partnerships to promote evidence-based policies and sustained commitment to ending violence.together, these initiatives create a comprehensive strategy that combines data, evidence, accountability, and survivor leadership to end violence against children, especially sexual violence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 42nd 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: 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: 3.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $318K · 15 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $539K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.