Annual Report 2015
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201520 Annual Report 20201520 OUR 1515BEST From the Board Chair & CEO For generations, Girl Scouts has taught girls and young women to do their best and to live each day by the values in our Girl Scout Law. These values are as relevant today as when our movement was founded in 1912. Each and every day, across our 21 counties, volunteer leaders help girls learn to be honest and fair, responsible, respectful, friendly, courageous and a sister to every Girl Scout as they do their part to make the world a better place. As a council, we continue to strengthen and adapt and our use of new technology best illustrates our progress. This year saw the launch of Digital Cookie, providing our Girl Scouts with one more avenue for developing the five business skills learned as part of the cookie program. This helped more girls achieve their goals and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas ranked 15th in highest sales across the nation! We also improved our volunteer experience by launching our first of several online trainings. The Money Manager online course has resulted in more than 300 volunteers being trained at their convenience to hold this important position in their troop or service unit. Our progress will continue in 2016 when we rollout Girl Scouts of the USA’s integrated technology platform for caregivers and volunteers that will provide them with the resources they need – when and how they need it – to provide a nationally consistent high-quality leadership experience for all Girl Scouts. By investing in girls, our donors make Girl Scouting available to thousands each year. More girls in Girl Scouts means more girls benefiting from everything we have to offer. In the spirt of our founder, who said “ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals,” we created Juliette’s Circle — an elite group of individuals who have committed to making a personal multi-year investment in our council. We’ve welcomed 67 founding members in our circle and invite you to join us! We strive to live by the values taught to us by the first Girl Scouts more than 100 years ago. In today’s fast-paced world, the Girl Scout Law helps us make safe and healthy decisions, to help those less fortunate and support our communities. We wish to thank our supporters, volunteers and staff who work tirelessly and remain committed to our mission. We know our Girl Scouts are changing the world and we look forward to seeing the future they build together. Jeannie Frazier Major General Angela Salinas, USMC (Ret) Chair, Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer The Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be... 2 2014-2015 2015 Financials BOARD OF Public Support DIRECTORS Individual Contributions ........................................................268,315 From the Board Chair & CEO Corporate & Foundation Contributions.........................584,905 Jeannie Frazier Special Events, net ...................................................................283,103 Chair United Way .................................................................................677,661 Kelly Faglie Grants ............................................................................................174,021 1st Vice Chair Total Public Support ...........................................................1,988,005 Mary Henrich Revenues 2nd Vice Chair Product Sales, net ............................................................... 3,130,865 Program Fees ...........................................................................440,807 William T. (Bill) Avila Retail Sales, net .........................................................................189,637 Secretary Investment Income ...............................................................(55,656) Deena Clausen In-kind Contributions ...............................................................69,658 Treasurer Other ...............................................................................................24,641 Members-at-Large Total Revenues ..................................................................... 3,799,952 Terri Benoit Total Public Support & Revenues .................................. 5,787,957 Mary Rose Brown Jelynne LeBlanc Burley Expenses Cece Cheever Program Services .................................................................. 5,155,261 Luis de la Garza Supporting Services ..............................................................703,999 Dr. Gretcha Flinn Fundraising ............................................................................... 338,794 Leah D. Flores Total Expenses ..................................................................... 6,198,054 Ramon Flores Nancy Gonzales Change in net assets ...........................................................(410,097) Roger A. Graham Net assets at beginning of year ..................................... 12,798,196 Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin Net assets at end of year ........................................... 12,388,099 Kathleen Krueger Jennifer Moriarty Nancy Ozuna 2015 Revenues 2015 Expenses Maritza Rodriguez Sandy Schlortt Investment Fund Retail Sales Income Development Teri Wenglein -1% 6% 3% Other Management Ex-Officio Girl Board Members Program 2% & General Fees 11% Irini Tsounakas 8% Girl Board Chair Hayley Drozdick Dayna Greene Amanda Gutierrez 6% Alyssa Pena Public Product Program Support Sales, 11% Joanne Rios Services 34% net 54% 83% Rebekah Seal Sophia Solomon Ashley Wright honest and fair 3 Invest in Girls. Change the World. ToGetHerThere is the largest fundraising campaign for girls in history with a national goal of $1 billion by 2020. Girl Scouts has the reach and experience to help girls navigate an increasingly complex society and we believe every girl deserves the confidence to dream big and build a better world. Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas raises more than $2 million each year to support direct services to the nearly 18,500 girls in the 21 counties served by the council. When girls succeed, so does society. Thanks to our donors in 2015, our outcomes-based activities remained affordable to girls and their families. More donations, means more girls benefiting from everything that Girl Scouts has to offer. See pages 10 - 11 for a list of donors friendly and helpful 4 GIRL STORIES Discovering courage through Gamma Sigma Girls® Efomo endured remarkable circumstances at an early age but with the help of the Gamma Sigma Girls® program, she discovered the courage and confidence to overcome them and begin to heal. Efomo is a Nigerian refugee who was imprisoned by militants before arriving in San Antonio. As a sophomore at Southwest High School, she faced the challenge of adapting to America, while continuing to struggle emotionally and physically. Efomo had few friends and missed home. At the urging of her family, she joined Gamma Sigma Girls®, a program where at-risk teens are encouraged to form friendships, explore common interests and accept others despite their differences. Efomo shared her story while on the Gamma Sigma Leadership Retreat and the compassion she received by her sister Girl Scouts was overwhelming. Efomo looks back fondly at her experience in Gamma Sigma Girls®, saying that she had finally found a place where she belonged. Thinking outside the cookie box brings big business Girl Scout Junior Ashley set out on a mission to sell 3,000 packages of cookies. Her first step was sending an email to Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes. Impressed with Ashley’s “focused and results-based salesmanship,” Mr. Rhodes invited her to speak at one of the company’s sales trainings. Ashley accepted and brought 1,500 packages of cookies with her. After asking the audience, made up of hundreds of Rackers, who HASN’T had a Girl Scout cookie before and then proclaiming, “Wow! Well, it’s your lucky day...,” she successfully sold all 1,500 packages! Ashley became the second highest seller council wide and sold a total of 4,028 packages in 2015, well surpassing her ambitious goal of 3,000. 20 We made a difference in 15 Girls Give Back Highest Awards Girls reported nearly 23,000 A big thank you to our girls and their community service hours in 2015. mentors for making a lasting impact on More than 101 Girl Scouts received our community! In 2015 Girl Scouts the President’s Volunteer Service provided more than 55,000 hours of Award. Meaningful service projects community service and 421 girls and that made a difference for those in young women earned their Girl Scout need included collections for the San Bronze Award (grades 4-5), Girl Antonio Food Bank, Goodwill and Scout Silver Award (grades 6-8) or Battered Women’s Shelter. Girls also Girl Scout Gold Award (grades 9-12). helped build new homes for Habitat for Humanity, created holiday cards It is optional for adult volunteers and girls to for the armed forces and made report community service hours to Girl Scouts cheerful centerpieces and tray favors of Southwest Texas. It may be assumed this report reflects a fraction of the community for holiday meals served to service hours performed by the council’s entire the elderly and homeless. membership in a given year. considerate and caring 5 More than S’mores: Successes in Girl Scouts’ Outdoor Experiences Latest from the Girl Scout Research Institute Girl Scouting has a long and successful history of getting girls outdoors. The Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) conducted a study to better understand the kinds of outdoor experiences girls are having in Girl Scouts and to learn how girls’ participation supports their leadership development—how it helps them