Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,839,266
- Total expenses
- $2,712,875
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,499,721
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $282,750
- Investment income
- $34,981
- Other revenue
- $21,814
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,290,990
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $259,927
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,031,063
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,024,422
- Management and general expenses
- $475,137
- Fundraising expenses
- $213,316
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,024,422
Program services were 74.6% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$33,304
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$42,583
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,423,834
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$10,384
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2a · Program service revenue: STEM PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS
total $282,750 · related or exempt $282,750
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3 · Investment income
total $31,727 · excluded $31,727
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $6,535
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $3,281
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $6,535 · other assets -$3,281
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $3,254 · excluded $3,254
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$2,174
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$33,304
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$7,211
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$5,037 · excluded -$5,037
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $26,851 · related or exempt $26,851
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$26,851
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $160,422 · program services $112,296 · management and general $34,259 · fundraising $13,867
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,440,212 · program services $1,008,148 · management and general $307,568 · fundraising $124,496
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $23,584 · program services $16,509 · management and general $5,036 · fundraising $2,039
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $216,420 · program services $151,494 · management and general $46,218 · fundraising $18,708
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $140,782 · program services $98,547 · management and general $30,065 · fundraising $12,170
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $48,971 · program services $46,161 · management and general $2,810
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $8,159 · fundraising $8,159
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $4,744 · management and general $4,744
-
11g · Fees: other
total $250,170 · program services $235,812 · management and general $14,358
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,532 · program services $5,546 · fundraising $2,986
-
13 · Office expenses
total $26,965 · program services $20,750 · management and general $6,215
-
14 · Information technology
total $26,257 · program services $9,342 · management and general $7,096 · fundraising $9,819
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $108,376 · program services $107,032 · management and general $1,344
-
17 · Travel
total $29,183 · program services $25,246 · management and general $1,543 · fundraising $2,394
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $16,489 · program services $880 · management and general $637 · fundraising $14,972
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $52,553 · program services $49,926 · management and general $1,050 · fundraising $1,577
-
23 · Insurance
total $37,540 · program services $24,401 · management and general $11,262 · fundraising $1,877
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24a · Other expenses: STEM SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
total $111,828 · program services $111,828
-
24b · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES
total $1,688 · program services $504 · management and general $932 · fundraising $252
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $658,455 · end of year $261,613
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $288,678 · end of year $185,620
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $515,213 · end of year $274,827
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,572,825
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$599,279
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $943,183 · end of year $973,546
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $356,205 · end of year $316,284
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $152,752 · end of year $167,768
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $166,903 · end of year $111,332
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $40,715 · end of year $64,438
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $95,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $141,501 · end of year $100,489
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,248,208 · end of year $1,545,712
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $625,965 · end of year $485,351
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Girlstarts mission is to empower girls through STEM. We envision a future where all who identify as girls believe they can change their world through STEM. We are a national women-led organization, offering year-round out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programming for girls in grades 4-8 in Texas, California, Massachusetts, and other locations across the country.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO INCREASE GIRLS' INTEREST AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) THROUGH INNOVATIVE, NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
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GIRLSTART AFTER SCHOOL: GIRLSTART AFTER SCHOOL IS A WEEKLY, TWO-SEMESTER PROGRAM ENCOURAGING YOUNG WOMEN TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND TO PURSUE PATHS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND GREATER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN STEM. AT NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS, GIRLSTART SERVED 87 SCHOOLS, ACROSS 24 DISTRICTS, SERVING 1631 GIRLS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, HOUSTON, NORTH TEXAS, RIO GRANDE VALLEY, SAN ANTONIO, WACO, BOSTON, MA AND THE SOUTH BAY AREA, CA.
Expenses $1,192,790 · Revenue $71,563
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GIRLSTART SUMMER CAMP: THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS, GIRLSTART PROVIDES WEEK-LONG STEM CAMPS FOR GIRLS ENTERING THE 4TH-8TH GRADES. AT OUR AUSIN HEADQUARTERS, WE PROVIDE 14 FEE-BASED SUMMER CAMPS, WITH 428 NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED IN 2024. WE ALSO OFFER 20+ FREE SUMMER CAMPS FOR GIRLS IN HIGH-NEED COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. IN 2024, GIRLSTART REACHED 807 GIRLS AT 35 CAMPS ACROSS 17 LOCATIONS IN 6 STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WISCONSIN.
Expenses $615,424 · Revenue $146,791
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COMMUNITY STEM EDUCATION: GIRLSTART PROVIDES FREE (OR REDUCED-COST), FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY STEM PROGRAMMING THAT INVOLVES HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING ACTIVITES FOR THOUSANDS OF GIRLS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH YEAR. GIRLSTART'S COMMUNITY STEM PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE GIRLS IN STEM CONFERENCE, STARRY NIGHTS UTILIZING OUR MINI-PLANETARIUM AT OUR AUSTIN HEADQUARTERS, COMMUNITY SCIENCE EXTRAVAGANZAS, BOOTHS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND OUR ONLINE DeSTEMber PROGRAMS. GIRLSTART REACHED 17,497 GIRLS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH 108 IN-PERSON AND ONLINE COMMUNITY STEM PROGRAMS.
Expenses $216,208 · Revenue $64,396
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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SHANE WOODS
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $160,422
- From this org
- $147,948
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,474
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $147,948
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $2,237
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,237
- Filer's total
- $160,422
-
SHAMEKA YOUNG
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CHRISTINA SELF
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JONANNA MIKULENKA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PRIYA RAMACHANDRAN
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SMITHA PUROHIT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ISMAIL DANDIA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ERIKA LINFORD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
IBRAHIMA GARBA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KAT MADELSTEIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MEGAN LUEDERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ANGIE WEYANT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JENNIFER PRATT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KELSY KLEISEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 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
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
- 15 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202502279349302025
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