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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO & NORTHWEST INDIANA.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,257,202
Total expenses
$20,266,820
Contributions and grants received
$4,841,121
Grants paid
$424,571
Program service revenue
$1,487,235
Investment income
$1,590,929
Other revenue
$13,337,917
Total assets, end of year
$45,108,506
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,674,511
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$41,433,995
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,666,478
Management and general expenses
$1,049,591
Fundraising expenses
$1,550,751
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,666,478

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $5,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $945,584

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,752,918

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,137,619

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $415,647

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPING FEES

    total $1,192,165 · related or exempt $1,192,165

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $295,070 · related or exempt $295,070

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,177,567 · excluded $1,177,567

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,867,377

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $8,454,015

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $413,362 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $413,362 · excluded $413,362

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,440

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $945,584

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $313,452

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$233,012 · excluded -$233,012

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $25,052,635

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $11,651,688

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $13,400,947 · related or exempt $13,400,947

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $169,982 · excluded $169,982

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $169,982

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $424,571 · program services $424,571

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $390,833 · program services $338,993 · management and general $17,497 · fundraising $34,343

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,365,551 · program services $8,123,311 · management and general $419,288 · fundraising $822,952

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $994,097 · program services $835,041 · management and general $59,646 · fundraising $99,410

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,321,114 · program services $1,145,883 · management and general $59,145 · fundraising $116,086

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $702,280 · program services $609,130 · management and general $31,440 · fundraising $61,710

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,018 · program services $12,088 · management and general $2,387 · fundraising $1,543

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,097 · program services $77,050 · management and general $15,213 · fundraising $9,834

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,043,484 · program services $787,492 · management and general $155,486 · fundraising $100,506

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,489 · program services $50,178 · management and general $9,907 · fundraising $6,404

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $576,594 · program services $496,842 · management and general $11,366 · fundraising $68,386

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $563,070 · program services $478,751 · management and general $56,208 · fundraising $28,111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,510,388 · program services $1,510,316 · management and general $51 · fundraising $21

  • 17 · Travel

    total $218,902 · program services $193,812 · management and general $7,969 · fundraising $17,121

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $91,587 · program services $81,090 · management and general $3,334 · fundraising $7,163

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $976,823 · program services $869,372 · management and general $107,451 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $486,780 · program services $438,100 · management and general $48,680 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $912,764 · program services $786,514 · management and general $17,993 · fundraising $108,257

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES

    total $377,568 · program services $341,913 · management and general $17,660 · fundraising $17,995

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $43,200 · program services $22,026 · management and general $2,825 · fundraising $18,349

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND LICENSES

    total $10,080 · program services $5,140 · management and general $659 · fundraising $4,281

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,530 · program services $38,865 · management and general $5,386 · fundraising $28,279

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,005,935 · end of year $4,877,124

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $514,142 · end of year $612,609

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $56,058 · end of year $46,279

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $531,055 · end of year $539,666

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $531,697 · end of year $195,463

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $38,254,735

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $23,953,278

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,969,059 · end of year $14,301,457

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,061,286 · end of year $23,093,690

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,847,397 · end of year $1,442,218

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,432,089 · end of year $1,575,067

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $232,053 · end of year $264,620

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,344,081 · end of year $1,834,824

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,753,907 · end of year $39,399,454

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,754,499 · end of year $2,034,541

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, AND CHARACTER, WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED ACTIVITIES TO 32,000 GIRLS AND 17,000 ADULTS IN TROOP/GROUP SETTINGS LOCATED IN GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. OUR GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IS WHERE GIRLS: DISCOVER A STRONG SENSE OF SELF; CONNECT TO DEVELOP HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS; AND TAKE ACTION IN IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY NEEDS. GIRLS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE IN STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH), FINANCIAL LITERACY, HEALTHY LIVING (WHICH REFLECT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL HEALTH, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND SELF-ESTEEM), ARTS, TRAVEL AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $15,367,257 · Grants $386,654 · Revenue $271,528

  • GIRL SCOUT TROOPS AND GROUPS USED CAMPS IN WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND INDIANA FOR CAMPING AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. GIRL SCOUT CAMP GIVES GIRLS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, EXPLORE, AND HAVE FUN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TRAINED ADULTS. THROUGH CAMP AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES GIRLS DISCOVER LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, BUILD SKILLS, AND DEVELOP A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $2,299,221 · Grants $37,917 · Revenue $1,192,165

  • THE PRODUCT SALES PROGRAM IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY INITIATIVE, WHICH HELPS GIRLS LEARN LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS GOAL SETTING, DECISION MAKING, MONEY MANAGEMENT, PEOPLE SKILLS, AND BUSINESS ETHICS. SUCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE COOKIE PROGRAM AND THE FALL PRODUCT SALES PROGRAM. 6,200 GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN OUR FALL PRODUCT PROGRAM IN WHICH GIRLS SELL CANDY, NUTS AND MAGAZINES GENERATING REVENUES OF $2,128,341 AGAINST COSTS OF $1,365,333. 23,300 GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN THE COOKIE PROGRAM SELLING 3,479,082 PACKAGES OF COOKIES. GROSS REVENUES AMOUNTED TO $20,874,492. COSTS INCURRED IN RUNNING THIS PROGRAM AMOUNTED TO $9,407,349. THE COUNCIL MAINTAINS 6 RETAIL SHOPS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SELLING GIRL SCOUT MERCHANDISE AND PROGRAM MATERIALS FOR ALL LEVELS OF GIRL SCOUTING. REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOPS WERE $1,490,518 AND COSTS OF MERCHANDISE WERE $906,589. GROSS REVENUES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THESE PROGRAM SERVICES ARE SHOWN ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINES 10A & B.

    Revenue $13,424,489

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ami McReynolds

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Morgan

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT (AS OF APRIL 2025); MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jacqueline Barlow

    PRESIDENT (AS OF APRIL 2025); 1ST VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shannon Fuller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sidney Dillard

    PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Victoria Tate

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anna Gomez

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL AUGUST 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annette Martinez

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carla Michelotti

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Murphy

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chelsie Nelson

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL FEBRUARY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Concari

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danielle Austen

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duke Alden

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hille Sheppard

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Hulet

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Mikulina

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Ahern

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jillian Burnstein

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Scherer

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly R Reome

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Stokien

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lara Liss

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lovetta Spencer

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Minon

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Missy Wyatt

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica M Weed

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Palaez

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Gariepy

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin Goolsbee

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Mills Cigrang

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheryl L Yasger

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Beverly

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL JULY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tess Boland

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valarie Bomar

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Wright

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $363,355
    From this org
    $349,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,044
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,301
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,743
    Filer's total
    $363,355

  • Anna Edwards

    CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $219,400
    From this org
    $204,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,614
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,786
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,214
    Filer's total
    $219,400

  • Carlo Canale

    VP OF PRODUCT PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $134,019
    From this org
    $128,049
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,970
    Hours/week
    38

  • Jean C Dorsch

    VP OF FINANCE AND IT

    Total calculated
    $187,639
    From this org
    $179,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,013
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,344
    Bonus
    $2,282
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,603
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,410
    Filer's total
    $187,639

  • Julie A Somogyi

    CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,190
    From this org
    $180,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,328
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,561
    Bonus
    $2,301
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,599
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,729
    Filer's total
    $187,190

  • Patricia E Fay

    CHIEF OF STAFF (UNTIL OCTOBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $157,418
    From this org
    $144,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,207
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,211
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,381
    Filer's total
    $157,418

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES OR INITIATION FEES
TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE ATMOSPHERE TO ENTERTAIN DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND FOR OTHER LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PURPOSES OF GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, THE CEO HAS A MEMBERSHIP AT A SOCIAL CLUB. THE CLUB IS USED PRIMARILY FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES; THE CEO REIMBURSES THE COUNCIL FOR ANY PERSONAL USE OF THE CLUB; THEREFORE THE MEMBERSHIP IS NOT CONSIDERED COMPENSATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202632269349300318

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