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GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL

EIN 94-3253594 PALO ALTO, CA

Revenue 2024
$17,521,434
Expenses 2024
$12,543,922

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B24Z
Classification
2000
Street
3400 W BAYSHORE RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATES GIRLS AT A CRUCIAL TIME IN LIFE. WE CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ACADEMIC GROWTH IS NOURISHED. A GMS GIRL DISCOVERS HER STRENGTHS AND EXPRESSES HER VOICE WHILE RESPECTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATES GIRLS AT A CRUCIAL TIME IN LIFE, GRADE 6 TO 8.

  • TO DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT EDUCATE AND ENRICH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS. TOTAL OF 185 STUDENTS WERE SERVED DURING THE YEAR.

    Expenses $10,052,490 · Grants $2,055,610 · Revenue $9,210,509

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Christine Fairless

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $387,827
    From this org
    $355,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,834
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $355,993
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,584
    Filer's total
    $387,827
  • Natalie Cook

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,538
    From this org
    $202,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,389
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,149
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,805
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,584
    Filer's total
    $226,538
  • Marjorie Lucks

    PROGRAM AND REGISTRAR/ASSISTANT HOS

    Total calculated
    $194,991
    From this org
    $175,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,674
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,317
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,074
    Filer's total
    $194,991
  • Elisabeth Landa

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $183,149
    From this org
    $174,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,717
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,432
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $217
    Filer's total
    $183,149
  • Tiffany Chao

    DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $155,667
    From this org
    $140,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,011
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,540
    Filer's total
    $155,667
  • Andrea Barlas

    SEL DIRECTOR GUIDANCE ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $146,959
    From this org
    $122,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,611
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan Kramer

    DIR. OF ADMISSION & TUITION ASST.

    Total calculated
    $146,545
    From this org
    $125,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,100
    Hours/week
    40
  • Archana Upadhyay

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    22
  • Daniela Gonzalez

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Lee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Megan Miller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bruce Arthur

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine Askew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Barnett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Carroll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sivasankaran Chandrasekar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Coca

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Madahi Cornejo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liz Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Dibrienza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shana Ernest

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kiran Gaind

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terri Hamer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Monique Maddy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $17,521,434
    Expenses
    $12,543,922
    Contributions
    $6,960,294
    Grants paid
    $2,055,610
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,285,525
    Expenses
    $12,117,177
    Contributions
    $7,191,141
    Grants paid
    $1,998,585
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,328,274
    Expenses
    $11,300,026
    Contributions
    $2,241,901
    Grants paid
    $1,761,188

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,130,961
    Expenses
    $10,609,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,883,826
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,076,808
    Expenses
    $9,445,356
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,330,808
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,527,433
    Expenses
    $9,223,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,577,195
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,208,149
    Expenses
    $8,359,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,146,996
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,191,182
    Expenses
    $7,502,895
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,910,980
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,374,935
    Expenses
    $6,991,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,237,162
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,912,388
    Expenses
    $6,728,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,398,932
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,334,927
    Expenses
    $6,169,372
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,889,956
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,102,310
    Expenses
    $5,616,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,346,841
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,431,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,495,771

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.