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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, of Directors Board 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