Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2011.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990; $194K paid to officers and key staff.
Tammy Tibbetts’s $122K as President, Co-Founder & Co-CEO is at the 55th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Tibbetts | $122,483 | $122,458 | $118,673 | $112,780 | $126,069 | $97,193 |
| Christen Brandt | — | — | — | — | $126,023 | $97,239 |
| Kate Lord | — | $113,000 | $103,561 | — | — | — |
| Christina Martin Kenny | — | — | $106,154 | — | — | — |
| Christen Brandt Co-Founder | — | — | — | $71,656 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers girls globally through education, respect, and advocacy by supporting community organizations.
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Subgrants to the she's the first partner coalition (our COVID-19 respond fund):the STF partner coalition consists of 12 community-based organizations in 11 countries, and these organizations receive flexible funding from STF, in addition to personalized on-site training as needed, girl-centered tools, and networking opportunities.
Girl-Led Advocacy Initiatives
Our girl-led advocacy incorporates two approaches: we create resources for girls to advocate for themselves, and we invite girls to set the agenda for our campaigns and BEYOND.IN 2020, we launched new toolkits for girls and our global campus community (the "global girls' bill of rights" toolkit and "discover your power" journal), to…
Trainings for Community-Based Organizations
Lack of access to practical training and other resources prevents community-based organizations, who are best-positioned to create change for girls, from delivering on their unique value. This is why she's the first offers in-person and remote training to practitioners, to address their needs pertaining to girl-centered program design…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $514K | $457K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $802K | $509K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $22K | $14K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $779K | $494K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $787K | $787K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $211K | $126K | $21K | $63K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $176K | $108K | $18K | $50K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $19K | $12K | $2K | $4K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $30K | $19K | $2K | $9K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $46K | $46K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $7K | $7K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $74K | $48K | $17K | $8K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $20K | $2K | $14K | $5K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $6K | $644 | $4K | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $10K | $9K | $78 | $141 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $438 | $3K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $4K | $400 | $3K | $916 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $130K | $151K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $1.9M | $1.0M | $890K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 12, 2025 | $1.4M | $1.4M | −$19K | $719K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2024 | $1.3M | $1.6M | −$319K | $667K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 25, 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $39K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 8, 2022 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $418K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 12, 2021 | $1.1M | $1.4M | −$270K | $494K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,128,355 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 13 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,128,355 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,398,449 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $508,758 assets, 10 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $494,307 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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