Help Girls to become problem solvers thorugh computer coding and business skills training. The skills building prepares young Girls to be successful in careers that include technology. The program serves Girls between grades 4 and 8.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 15 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39K a year · 7% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $96K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$710K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$891K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$295K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$710K
FY2024▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$144K
FY2021$251K
FY2022$610K
FY2023$739K
FY2024$710K
Expenses
$891K
FY2024▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$148K
FY2022$363K
FY2023$750K
FY2024$891K
Net assets
$295K
FY2024▼ -38%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$122K
FY2021$224K
FY2022$455K
FY2023$473K
FY2024$295K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2018.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $674K Management & general 16% · $141K Fundraising 9% · $76K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$88,825Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marianne Smith’s $89K as Executive Dir. is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marianne Smith$88,825$85,110$73,500$58,333$31,300
Brenda Reiter—$28,826$54,975$21,505—
Catherine Dyson—$49,200$38,180——
Makayla Davenport—$1,560$2,863——

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

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3 programs · $594K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

After School Program

In-person, after-school programs at 40 locations across the state of montana. This is a yearlong after-school program that meets once a week for two hours. The first half of the year is spent learning computer science fundamentals using the mit app inventor tool. The second half of the year is where teams are formed.

$362Kprogram expense
02

Tribal High School Coding

Code girls united is working in coordination with the office of public instruction to implement the pilot program in one reservation high school with a future goal to replicate the program throughout reservation high schools across the state.

$122Kprogram expense
03

Misc programs

$110Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$96K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$710K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Investment incomeLn 3$592
Money outPt IX
$891K
Ln 25
Programscol B$674K
Managementcol C$141K
Fundraisingcol D$76K
Owns and owesPt X
$295K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$191K
Total assetsLn 16$296K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Government grantsLn 1e$102K
Investment incomeLn 3$592
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$710K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$182K
SavingsLn 2$9K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$191K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$104K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$296K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$295K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$332K$191K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$141K$104K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$473K$296K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$1K
Net assetsLn 32$473K$295K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$89K$64K$18K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$478K$345K$94K$39K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$548$438$55$55
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$35K$9K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$4K$504$504
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$11K$11K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$5K$631$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$4K$507$1K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$5K$895$684
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$416$416
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$34K$27K$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$28K$23K$2K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$927$695$146$86
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$277$536
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$152K$144K$4K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$19K$10K$7K$854
Total functional expensesLn 25$891K$674K$141K$76K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $710K$891K−$181K$295K 990 PDF
FY2023 $739K$750K−$11K$473K 990 PDF
FY2022 $610K$363K$247K$455K 990 PDF
FY2021 $251K$148K$103K$224K 990 PDF
FY2020 $144K$122K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $709,917 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $738,659$709,325
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $612$592
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $739,271$709,917
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $485,882$614,963
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $12,483$11,164
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $251,965$265,206
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $750,330$891,333
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$11,059−$181,416
Part VI · Governance 6 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $709,917 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$102,273
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$607,052
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$709,325
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $592$592
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $592$709,917
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $891,333 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $63,954 · Management $17,765 · Fundraising $7,106$88,825
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $344,607 · Management $93,800 · Fundraising $39,260$477,667
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $438 · Management $55 · Fundraising $55$548
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,766 · Management $9,299 · Fundraising $3,858$47,923
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,204 · Management $504 · Fundraising $504$5,212
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $11,164$11,164
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,078 · Management $631 · Fundraising $1,090$6,799
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,073 · Management $507 · Fundraising $1,024$5,604
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,258 · Management $895 · Fundraising $684$6,837
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,482 · Management $416 · Fundraising $416$4,314
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $27,295 · Management $3,395 · Fundraising $3,395$34,085
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $23,411 · Management $2,401 · Fundraising $2,211$28,023
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $695 · Management $146 · Fundraising $86$927
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,230 · Management $277 · Fundraising $536$3,043
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $144,329 · Management $3,806 · Fundraising $3,621$151,756
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,303 · Management $7,449 · Fundraising $854$18,606
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $674,123 · Management $141,346 · Fundraising $75,864$891,333
Part X · Balance sheet $295,525 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $313,175$182,177
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $18,949$8,959
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1$1
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $140,945$104,388
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $473,070$295,525
X-25 Other liabilities$1,010
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$1,010
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $433,827$255,272
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $39,243$39,243
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $473,070$294,515
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $473,070$295,525
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $294,515 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$709,917
XI-2 Total expenses$891,333
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$181,416
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$473,070
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,861
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$294,515

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