The Girl Scout Difference 2018 Annual Report 2018 Jeannie Frazier Board Chair 2018 Financials From the Dr. Gretcha Flinn

- 1st Vice Chair Public Support

2019 Contributions & Special Events...... 1,67 7,049 Mary Henrich Board Chair & CEO United Way...... 510,058 2nd Vice Chair Grants...... 170,627 The girl-only, girl-led aspects of Girl Scouting Jelynne LeBlanc Burley gets results. Our success is a testament to the Total Public Support...... 2,357,734 Secretary commitment and compassion of our donors, Board of Directors Annie Uribe Turner Revenues volunteers, community partners, board of directors Treasurer Product Sales, net...... 3,421,511 and staff. Although we live in a country where Program Fees...... 492,332 Members-at-Large Retail Sales, net...... 162,627 women enjoy better opportunities, we are still Mary Rose Brown Investment Income...... 206,936 struggling to achieve gender-balanced leadership Deena Clausen In-kind Contributions...... 88,448 across all industries. Cariño Cortez Other...... 567,943 Ramon Flores Total Revenues...... 4,939,797 Girl Scouts is the difference Monica Gonzalez Total Public Support & Revenues...... 7,297,531 and the last four years have been amazing! We Roger A. Graham have significantly increased our community’s Teri Grubb Expenses Gwendolyn Wilber Jaramillo investment in girls, a feat made more meaningful Program Services...... 5,624,674 Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin Supporting Services...... 713,829 because society has never been more in need of female leaders. We’ve laid a strong foundation Terri Ketterer Fundraising...... 391,688 for sustainable growth and have conceived master plans for our facilities that specifically focus on Wendy Kowalik Total Expenses...... 6,730,191 21st century girls and their interests. The West Side Girl Scout Leadership Center grew to target the Lori Johnson Leal Change in net assets...... 567,340 needs of girls and their families in distressed neighborhoods by providing wellness events and more Jessica Mobley Net assets at beginning of year...... 12,877,291 programming focused on the arts and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Dr. Sarah Nelson-Baray Maritza Rodriguez Net assets at end of year...... 13,444,631 As you’ll read in the following pages, the result of our efforts is undeniable. We are building girls of Jay Uribe courage, confidence and character, who will be our future CEOs, programmers, engineers, senators, Teri Wenglein doctors and presidents. We know our vision is attainable with your support. Thank you. Ex-officio 2018 Revenues 2018 Expenses Girl Board Members Caroline Medina Retail Investment Supporting Sales,net Income Services Fundraising 3% 6% Girl Board Chair 2% Other 11% Unnati Penta Program 9% Malena Desai Fees 7% Emily Rusk Mia Garcia Isabel Salinas Jeannie Frazier Major General Angie Salinas, USMC (Ret) Kayla Isbell Chair, Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer Public Product Program Adrianna Shuck Support Sales, Services Elizabeth Mueller 32% net 47% 83% Alisha Siddiqui Caterina Parafina Cassandra Van Alstyne Chief Executive Officer Angie Salinas 2 3 Girl Scouts is an innovating organization that “We have been keeps up with the evolution of girls and counting down the society. In the 1990s, amid the explosive growth years until she was old of personal computers, Girl Scouts introduced enough to become a Daisy. I The was in Girl Scouts when I was the technology badge while also tackling illiteracy. younger and wanted my That’s why Girl Scouts is unrivaled in their ability daughter to experience the Girl Scout to deliver fresh, relevant and modern friendships and adventures programming to girls in a way that no one else that I had.” ~Baelyn Grell, can. We bring more than a century of experience Girl Scout mom Difference creating activities specifically for girls, plus a modern take on all our programming. And it’s all In the midst of the Progressive Era but before women had the right to vote—Juliette because Girl Scouts is girl-led. For more than a Gordon Low founded Girl Scouts in 1912, with an emphasis on inclusiveness, the century, we’ve gone where the girls have taken us! outdoors, self-reliance and service. The first Girl Scouts engaged in activities not common for women; they played basketball, hiked, swam, camped, studied foreign languages and learned to tell time by the stars. They shared a sense of curiosity “Girls are able to do so and a belief that they could do anything. 107 years later, these skills continue to be much more than most think! the cornerstone experiences girls have in Girl Scouts. Our programming is always When my Cadette troop decided to evolving to meet modern girls in today’s world. sell cookies, I said “what for?” as I wanted them to have a purpose and Nearly 100 years ago, the 19th amendment was passed by Congress and ratified specific goals. Little did I know that six in 1920 granting women the right to vote. That was just the beginning of women months later we would all be taking a seat at the table. In the 1960s, Girl Scouts held “Speak Out” conferences white-water rafting and backpacking in around the country to lend their voices to the fight for racial equality. The way Colorado, [through] all their design and planning. That’s girl-led!” society perceived women was changing. Women stood up and expressed themselves about environmental and political issues. In the 1970s, Girl Scouts ~Diane Carl, Girl Scout alum and troop leader. helped Vietnamese refugee children adapt to their new homes in America. Today, Girl Scouts continues to empower girls with STEM, the outdoors, development of life skills and entrepreneurship experiences which are designed to meet girls where they are now and grow along with them. The Girl Scout leadership experience

STEM Life Skills Outdoors Entrepreneurship Giving girls Setting girls up with Inspiring girls to love Preparing girls with Girl Scouts at a “Speak Out” conference to lend their voices to the fight for racial equality. the know-how to the skills they need to nature and seek business smarts to invent the future. succeed in life. adventure. take on the world. 4 5 G.I.R.L. Story 2018 (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) G old Award Outcomes Gold Award Girl Scout Sydney Hileman Girl Scouts of the Girl Scout When Sydney Hileman decided Sydney Hileman with students in rural India. pads designed to provide Abigail Baseley to accompany her fellow feminine hygiene protection Michelle Bourland Leadership Experience Girl Scouts to India to do and comfort. Sydney’s project Kendall Chapman-Ryan Girl Scouts take the lead in bettering their communities and the Alyssa Collins community service, she never has proven to be successful world. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of Katelyn Grace Davis imagined she would take the and sustainable, since the activities and experiences where girls earn badges, sell cookies, Malena Desai opportunity to empower young young women taught by Ashley Funk go on exciting trips, explore the outdoors and participate in or women and provide them with Sydney are already sharing the Allison Hertz lead Take Action projects that make a difference. lifelong knowledge. Before knowledge with younger girls. Desiree Hill traveling, Sydney learned that Sydney had to overcome Ashleigh Houff % % girls in rural areas of India several challenges including a Helen Hunter 90 89 didn’t have access to feminine language barrier. Kathryn Jaeckle sought gained healthy products or a way to dispose Kaylee Jobe purchase menstrual kits, then “This project helped me grow challenges relationships of them, and that concerned Sarah Johnson in the world spent two weeks in India where my leadership and improve my Raquel LaCoy Sydney. She was even more she educated young women communications skills since I Katelyn Lester % % alarmed to learn that because and teachers at the Divya Prem had to learn to delegate and be Savannah Lewis 88 95 of the lack of feminine developed developed Sewa Mission, a residential clear and concise since I relied Anya Marrufo-Zubaran a strong products and female education, Lucy Maxwell positive school that provides care to on others to translate.” sense of self girls miss an average of 4-5 children whose parents suffer Kaylee Moore values Sydney’s project dismantled days of school every month. from leprosy. Sarah Nguyen the barrier of being a girl and % “It’s very unfair, they were Audrey Nicholson Sydney trained women ages having a menstrual cycle. She Brianna Parker 91 missing out on their education engaged in 18-25 years old and teachers gave young women a dignified Zoe Perloff for not having access to community on menstrual health, female solution to manage their period Claire Ramos something as common as problem solving hygiene, how to properly use and the tools to achieve their Chloe Riddley pads.” reusable pads and provided true potential. Cera Rios Passionate about providing girls tools to teach this information Sarah Theuret from rural India with the same to younger girls. In addition, Irini Tsounakas Phoebe Webb opportunities as everyone else, Sydney gifted the school Karagan Weld Sydney raised funds to with 100 menstrual kits that Aleksandra Williams consisted of reusable sanitary Elisabeth Willmann

Sydney Hileman with the young women and teachers of the Divya Prem Sewa Mission school About the Gold Award The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, acknowledges the power behind each recipient’s dedication to not only empowering and bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place. 6 7 Membership “Ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals.” & Diversity - Juliette Gordon Low Diversity Founder, Girl Scouts of the USA Legend

Membership Karen Baen Elizabeth Friedman Jessica A. Mobley 19,734 total members in 2018 Race Carri Baker Lisa A. Fullerton Jennifer Moriarty American Indian/ Sarah Baray Monica Gonzalez Maj. Gen. Susan L. 14,834 Alaskan Native Nelwyn Simes Belt Jackie L. Gorman Pamerleau, USAF (Ret) Leah R. Bennett Suzanne Goudge Anne Parrish 4,900 Asian Without you, our Janet Pedrotti circle is not complete. Yonnie Blanchette Mimi Gourley Donna Brady Roger Graham Suzanne Peterson Black Members Stacie M. Prier Named for our founder, Mary Rose Brown Carrie Gray Jelynne LeBlanc Barbara A.F. Greene Rebecca Girls Juliette’s Circle is an Puryear-Jennings Hawaiian Burley Christine Grogan extraordinary group Laura E. Burt Linda A. Ramon Sondra L. Grohman Cathy Ritter 76% White of individuals who are Ella Carrasco Teri M. Grubb passionate about our Haley C. Carter Hon. Sylvia S. Romo Beth Hair Maj. Gen. Angie mission. Each gift is an Cece Cheever Harriet Marmon Salinas, USMC (Ret) 66% opportunity to change the Jean Cheever Helmle Sandra Schlortt 13.6% Joan Cheever Mary Henrich Other world one girl at a time. By Sharon Jones making an investment in Nancy & Charlie Jody Shaw Hernandez Schweitzer 5.5% 22% Cheever Priscilla Hill-Ardoin 2.6% Not girls, members of Juliette’s Andrea Seal 1.6% Reported Regina Cheever Mary Hime Marsha M. Shields .4% .3% Circle are helping them lead Deena Clausen Race Janet Holliday Blythe Simonson 12% healthy lives and achieve Kelly Colotla Susan Hough Barney Smith (Hon. of their fullest potential. Cariño Cortez Janet Irwine Wilma Ciabattoni) We know that when girls Stephanie Finleon Cecilia M. Smith Ethnicity Cortez Gwendolyn Jaramillo Adults Ethnicity succeed, so does society. Dr. Arcelia Jocelyn L. Straus Chris B. Crane Johnson-Fannin Rita Sutton Hispanic Special thanks to our Luis de la Garza Katie McKinney Jones Marlene M. Teal Yolanda Delgado members of Juliette’s Circle, Hon. Yvonne Katz, Diane Theiss 68% Non Patricia Diaz Dennis Ed. D. Hispanic who show their heartfelt Cheryl Thorpe Lisa Drozdick Estella Reyna Kierce Jill Torbert 51% support through their Dr. Veronica Muzquiz Jan King Not Reported individual gifts. Edwards Annie Uribe Turner Wendy Kowalik Jay Uribe Peggy Eighmy Rosemary Kowalski 20.4% Jan McCaleb Elliott Laura J. Vaccaro Pam Landry Suzanne Wade It is optional for members to report Kelly Faglie Lori Johnson Leal demographic information to Girl Scouts Sandy Finleon Lynn Weirich 30% Every effort has been Madelon Yanta Leone 4% of Southwest Texas. Race and ethnicity Gretcha Flinn Teri L. Wenglein made to ensure the Jane H. Macon 3.7% 2.2% not reported result from girls served in Linda Whitacre partnership with school districts or other accuracy of this Leah D. Flores Christina .6% 1.1% Dr. Sandi J. Wolff youth-serving agencies. list. List includes Ramon Flores Markell-Balleza Race 19% Jeanie Wyatt members as of Lisa D. Fox Nancy F. May February 8, 2019. Jeannie Frazier Charline H. McCombs Judge Renée Yanta Ethnicity 8 9 Major Donors Our thanks to the many donors who supported the Girl Scout mission with their generosity during 2018.

Mary Henrich Dr. Veronica Muzquiz Edwards Charline H. McCombs VFW Auxiliary 8541 Maritza Rodriguez $25,000+ IBC Bank Ernst & Young LLP Jessica Mobley Via Transit Laura Salinas The Capital Group Companies NuStar Foundation Facility Rx LLC John Montford Walmart Foundation San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind Charitable Foundation Maj. Gen. Angie Salinas, USMC (Ret) Kelly Faglie Nic Abbey Luxury Homes Teri L. Wenglein San Antonio Sports City of San Antonio Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc. Lisa D. Fox The Nordan Trust Whataburger Restaurants, LLC Sharon Jones Schweitzer CPS Energy United Way of Kerr County Jeannie Frazier Thomas I. O’Connor Tracy Wolff Blythe Simonson Dan & Gloria Oppenheimer Fund of Zachry Construction Corporation Elizabeth Friedman Palmer Foundation Robert Worth Rita Sutton the San Antonio Area Foundation Lisa A. Fullerton Maj. Gen. Susan L. Pamerleau, USAF Judge Renee Yanta Elizabeth R. Swize Harvey E. Najim Family Foundation $1,000+ Garcia Restaurant Schertz LLC (Ret) Zachry Group Texas Biomedical Research Institute H-E-B Akin, Doherty, Klein & Fuege, P.C. Monica Gonzalez Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. Mary W. Traylor John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Ashdon Farms The Gorman Foundation Anne Parrish $500+ Visit San Antonio Fund Karen & Bob Baen The Bank of San Suzanne & Jim Goudge Janet Pedrotti AAA Auger Plumbing Services West Side Lions Club of the San Antonio Area Foundation Antonio Roger Graham Suzanne Peterson Julie Aleman Witte Museum Klesse Foundation Sarah Baray The Graham & Elizabeth Port Authority of San Antonio Barbara Banker Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Baumann Family Charitable Fund Weston Gift Fund Publicidad Latina, Inc. Vicki Belcher In-Kind McCombs Foundation Nelwyn Simes Belt Grand Hyatt San Antonio Linda A. Ramon Berger Transfer & Storage, Inc. Sally & Charlie Cheever Foundation Bendix Commercial Vehicle Insperity Cathy Ritter Kevin Bergner $1,000+ Shining Star ENERGY A.L. Schutzman Company/ Ashdon Systems, LLC Barbara A.F. Greene The RK Group Yonnie Blanchette South Texas Money Management, Ltd. Leah R. Bennett Christine Grogan Robert A. & Kathey K. Anderson Foun- Alethea Bugg Farms Texas A&M University San Antonio Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation Sondra L. Grohman dation Emilie K. Chenault America’s Incredible Pizza Company The Tobin Endowment Bracewell LLP Helen K. Groves Hon. Sylvia S. Romo Deborah Clegg Kathleen Connell United Way of San Antonio Donna Brady Teri M. Grubb Sam Houston State University Kelly Colotla Derbigum & Bexar County Briscoe Western Art Musuem Harland Clarke San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Stephanie Finleon Cortez Diverse Marketing Valero Energy Foundation Broadway Bank Health Facility Solutions Company San Antonio Express-News Elizabeth E. Costello Edgewood Independent School District Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The Brown Foundation, Inc. Harriet Marmon Helmle San Antonio Water System Gayle Embrey Mediaology Linda & Edward Whitacre Jelynne LeBlanc Burley High Touch Technologies San Antonio Zoological Society Lisa Drozdick Lisa P. Porter Laura E. Burt Priscilla Hill-Ardoin Marsha M. Shields Gretcha Flinn The RK Group $10,000+ CarMax Foundation Karen Hixon Silver Eagle Distributors Charitable Fund Ramon Flores Roddis Lumber and Veneer City of New Braunfels Ella Carrasco Janet Holliday Cecilia M. Smith Caroline Forgason Rudy’s Country Store and Barbeque Elizabeth Huth Coates Haley C. Carter Corinna Holt Richter Smothers Foundation Patricia L. Francy San Antonio REI Co-Op Charitable Foundation Richard H. Cavender Susan Hough SWBC Ana M. Garcia San Antonio Zoo Faye L. & William L. Cowden The Center for Health Care Services Janet Irwine Southwest Research Institute Jackie L. Gorman Southwest Airlines Company Charitable Foundation CFB Interests, LLC. James Avery Charitable Foundation Spurs Sports & Entertainment Carrie Gray Susan J. Ganz Champions Scholarship Foundation Gwendolyn Jaramillo State Farm Companies Foundation James M. Guerin $500+ Mays Family Foundation Joan Cheever John Newman Family Charitable Jocelyn L. Straus Amy Hanson Mary Rose Brown Muriel F. Siebert Foundation Regina Cheever Fund of the San Antonio The Sundt Foundation Jan Haun Ella J. Carrasco St. Jerome’s Men’s Club Graciela A. Cigarroa Area Foundation Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation Linda Hendricks Teri M. Grubb USAA Deena Clausen Katie McKinney Jones Diane M. Theiss Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin Kelly Wade Jewelers Suzanne & Dick Wade Carino Cortez Hon. Yvonne Katz, Ed. D. Jill Torbert theKFORDgroup M2 Media Covenant Multifamily Offices LLC Estella Reyna Kierce UBS Financial Services Madelon Yanta Leone Meadow Boutique $5,000+ Chris B. Crane Jan King United Way of Comal County Nancy Loeffler Darla Peek Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Dahill Office Technology Corporation Wendy Kowalik United Way of Del Rio - Val Verde Kim Lubel Picaboo Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza La Familia Cortez Restaurants County Cynthia Lyssy SeaWorld San Antonio Cece Cheever/Cheever Books Luis de la Garza Pam Landry United Way of Guadalupe County Medtronic Nancy & Charlie Cheever Yolanda Delgado Lori Johnson Leal United Way of Kendall County Julie G. Maguire Jan McCaleb Elliott Denton Navarro Rocha Linebarger Attorneys at Law University Health System Laura G. McNutt LOSC Thrift Shop University of Texas at San Antonio Every effort has been made to ensure the The Ewing Halsell Foundation Bernal & Zech, P.C. Elaine Mendoza-Gay accuracy of this list. List includes donations Frost Brian Dibrell Jane H. Macon Jay Uribe Morgan Stanley received as of September 30, 2018. 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Girl Scout Mission Building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.