GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
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GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
EIN: 04-2103856
as of October 2024
as of October 15, 2024
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
The Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts provides enriching and progressive programs, including day and overnight camps. All Girl Scout programs derive from our five pillars; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), outdoor exploration, financial literacy, health/personal wellness, and entrepreneurship to empower girls to realize their true potential and gain critical skills they will carry throughout their lives as lifelong learners. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities for girls to develop a strong sense of self, display positive values, seek challenges, learn from setbacks, form and maintain healthy relationships, and learn to identify and solve problems in their community.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program: Financial Literacy
The Girl Scout Cookie Program® is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts has used cookie earnings to build leaders who make positive changes in our world. This program helps Girl Scouts fund unique adventures for themselves and their troops all year long. It also allows them to give back to the causes they care about.
Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs are leaders in the making as girls learn five skills that are essential to success and to life. Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls learn the importance of goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs are honest, fair, and responsible. Through their cookie businesses, they learn to always do the right thing by their troop members, customers, and communities—lessons that will carry them for a lifetime of leadership. U.S. society today is better because of the girls who have taken part in the program.
It's a Girl's World
It’s a Girl’s World, a community-based program, aims to provide the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls where a troop model is not always feasible. This program also aims to foster partnerships with local communities to engage with schools and other organizations through meaningful initiatives. It’s a Girl’s World promotes girls gaining critical skills to approach problems with bold solutions. This opportunity will bring forward positive female role models to help mold the future leadership of young women and foster a sense of belonging for all. Girls who partake will experiment and learn healthy eating habits, robotics basics, the practice of forming and maintaining positive relationships, how to learn and see through media stereotypes, foster an understanding to set and successfully meet financial goals, and learn to use art, nature, and reflection to support their mental health and well-being.
All About MEdia
Living in a digital age has brought forward responsibilities we once did not have to consider as a society. Social media connects people at lightning speed, and it is safe to say that almost everyone has had positive and negative experiences with this privilege. All About MEdia is a program implemented to encourage girls in grades 5-8 to foster healthy relationships between themselves and others through social media platforms. Girls will explore online advertising, cyber-bullying, and healthy relationships as they learn to be leaders for peace and safety online. With activities such as role-playing, games, reflection, profile exploration and design, girls will discover new skills to be safe on social media, connect with others to stop cyber-bullying, and take action together to make positive change.
On Your Own: Financial Literacy for Girls
On Your Own: Financial Literacy for Girls is a program dedicated to the development of real world money management and leadership skills for girls. Participants build a greater understanding of how to become responsible consumers, create and live by a budget, build and manage credit, increase their income, and save and invest for whatever's next.
All Girl Scout program activities promote the evidence-based girl led, hands-on, cooperative learning process. The research shows that the programming is most effective and the needs of girls are best met when they actively control the direction of their activities. Girls will learn faster and retain more information as they work together to expand their understanding of financial management.
STEM
All Girl Scout programs derive from five pillars; one of them being science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The following are included within our STEM program:
The Geek is Glam Expo is an annual event that has been held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for 8 years and counting. This event inspires girls to explore hands-on programs and offers the opportunity to meet notable female professionals.
Our Worcester STEM Exploration Center is equipped with 3-D printers, a smartboard, robotics equipment, cameras, a makerspace, and other devices for girls to explore STEM.
Girls explore career interests in STEM fields through earning badges in computer science, nature/environmental science, engineering, design, health, & agriculture.
The Cookie Robotics Program challenges girls to think innovatively and work collaboratively to research and solve objectives. Teams compete in the FIRST Lego League to identify a locally based problem and develop a solution using robots.
Outdoor Programming
Girl Scout Camps offer programs centering on outdoor exploration, health, and personal wellness to empower girls to realize their potential and gain critical skills that they will carry throughout their lives.
Girls at camp actively practice age-appropriate skills and gain the experiences they need to feel confident as they progress into the next steps of their outdoor journeys. Girls will learn the importance of environmental stewardship and the art of appreciating nature. Camp is a place for girls to build lasting memories by trying new things, meeting new friends, and building independence.
GSCWM owns four beautiful camp sites: Camp Bonnie Brae (East Otis, MA), Camp Green Eyrie (Harvard, MA), Camp Laurel Wood (Spencer, MA), Camp Lewis Perkins (South Hadley, MA). Girl Scouts offers three distinct camp experiences: overnight camp, day camp, and troop camp.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of Girl Scout members served in 2023.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth
Related Program
The Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have a plan in place to return to pre-COVID membership by 2026.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planFinancials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
18.67
Months of cash in 2023 info
3.9
Fringe rate in 2023 info
32%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
This snapshot of GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $859,411 | $80,699 | $1,766,834 | $2,789 | -$66,913 |
As % of expenses | 22.4% | 2.4% | 49.9% | 0.1% | -1.7% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $645,606 | -$151,180 | $1,543,939 | -$210,605 | -$276,848 |
As % of expenses | 15.9% | -4.1% | 41.1% | -5.3% | -6.5% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $4,793,753 | $3,732,181 | $3,994,524 | $3,563,706 | $3,956,791 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 14.6% | -22.1% | 7.0% | -10.8% | 11.0% |
Program services revenue | 10.8% | 2.5% | 10.3% | 13.4% | 12.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 3.6% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 63.4% | 90.7% | 63.3% | 80.5% | 79.2% |
Other revenue | 24.1% | 5.0% | 24.8% | 4.2% | 5.1% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $3,842,310 | $3,412,004 | $3,537,624 | $3,777,763 | $4,038,430 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 2.6% | -11.2% | 3.7% | 6.8% | 6.9% |
Personnel | 74.8% | 77.8% | 74.6% | 75.1% | 73.2% |
Professional fees | 5.8% | 4.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.7% |
Occupancy | 6.8% | 5.9% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.3% |
Interest | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other expenses | 12.4% | 10.2% | 10.7% | 11.6% | 12.9% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $4,056,115 | $3,643,883 | $3,760,519 | $3,991,157 | $4,248,365 |
One month of savings | $320,193 | $284,334 | $294,802 | $314,814 | $336,536 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $1,893,523 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $6,269,831 | $3,928,217 | $4,055,321 | $4,305,971 | $4,584,901 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 2.8 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
Months of cash and investments | 13.3 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 14.8 | 14.3 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 2.7 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $888,457 | $1,522,590 | $2,291,603 | $1,463,616 | $1,304,510 |
Investments | $3,375,550 | $3,416,194 | $3,709,923 | $3,182,426 | $3,516,221 |
Receivables | $35,815 | $229,109 | $581,870 | $294,406 | $66,023 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $9,669,436 | $9,714,104 | $9,789,711 | $9,932,445 | $10,036,695 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 43.0% | 45.2% | 47.0% | 48.5% | 50.0% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 12.6% | 16.1% | 10.0% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
Unrestricted net assets | $6,380,785 | $6,229,605 | $7,773,544 | $7,562,939 | $7,286,091 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $318,720 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $2,379,723 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $2,698,443 | $3,096,493 | $3,437,785 | $2,821,583 | $2,951,719 |
Total net assets | $9,079,228 | $9,326,098 | $11,211,329 | $10,384,522 | $10,237,810 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
CEO
Ms. Theresa Lynn
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
Board of directorsas of 03/18/2024
Board of directors data
Ms. Nicole Messier
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Term: 2022 - 2024
Bonnie Walker
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Patricia Leary
Katie Rozenas Hanson
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Carolyn Sailer
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Constance Currier
Student
Juliana Bregoli
Student
Elizabeth Rotunno
Student
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Disability
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