2013 Annual Report
Building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the worl a better place.
After the excitement and events of the 100-year anniversary in 2012, this past year was a time to focus on what we do well and to expand our reach to ensure all girls in Northern Illinois have the opportunity to be Girl Scouts. Although we saw a decline in membership across the Council (and indeed, across the nation as a whole), Girl Scouts in Northern Illinois continued to have enriching experiences through the programming of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. They learned to Discover, Connect and Take Action through activities and community service projects which were girl-led, thereby giving the girls the opportunity to learn by doing in a cooperative learning environment. According to volunteers working with Girl Scout Troops, 87% of Girl Scouts in Northern Illinois completed a community service or Take Action project in the past year. This not only benefits the communities in which the girls live, but improves their own skills and relationships. At our Young Women of Distinction ceremony in June, ten of our most senior Girl Scouts received Girl Scouting’s highest leadership award, the Girl Scout Gold Award. Every Gold Award project makes a difference to the communities where girls live and every recipient agrees that Girl Scouts has helped them become a better team member, work with others to accomplish shared goals and be a leader in activities in and outside of Girl Scouts—all skills that are vital in today’s world. While participating in Girl Scouts is one of the lowest-cost extracurricular activities, we know that this is a stretch for certain families. Last year we offered memberships, program assistance, scholarships and camperships to more than 1,000 girls. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois understands that girls who are at risk, in crisis, or living in poverty, cannot always benefit from the traditional Troop model. We offered alternative, customized outreach to these girls in low-income situations, such as STEM activities for 7th and 8th Grade girls in the ELL program in Elgin, start-up assistance for Daisy Troops in Freeport, mentoring for teenage girls at the Norman C. Sleezer home in Freeport and healthy living outreach for girls at the Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake. Incidents of bullying have reached epidemic proportions and, in some cases, have ended in tragedy. GSNI offered the BFF experience (Be a Friend First) to middle schools in Rockford and Elgin, where more than 950 girls participated in eight or more weekly sessions during or after their school day. There was a 48% decrease in negative behaviors among this population following the program. GSNI also offered programs and activities that build financial literacy and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skill building. As a result of their participation in the Girl Scout Cookie Program, a majority of parents felt that girls improved on the 5 Skills of business ethics, people skills, money management, decision making and goal setting. Girl Scouts participated in FIRST Lego League Robotics, programs in partnership with Northern Illinois University and Siemens, as well as the Techbridge STEM Programs-in-a-Box. Parents, girls, educators and child development specialists all agree that appropriate outdoor education leads to positive outcomes for girls. National research has shown that girls who participate in outdoor experiences (water sports, outdoor adventure, animal-related activities, environmental sustainability, arts and crafts in the open) are more likely to seek challenges and solve problems in their everyday life. They are also more likely to enjoy their time in Girl Scouting. We are thankful for all our volunteers and partners who help us support and develop our girls into young women of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place and to our generous donors, who help us fund these activities. 2014 is a year of building on our accomplishments of last year and tackling challenges with confidence so we can continue to support Girl Scouts in Northern Illinois the best way we can. Fiona Cummings, CEO
Lisa A. Normoyle, Board Chair
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois offers activities for girls in the areas of: yy Financial Literacy yy Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) yy Wellness and Healthy Living yy Environmental and Outdoor Education yy Community Service
Total Membership 17,084 girls + 5,020 adults = 22,104 total
Daisies
18%
Brownies
26%
Juniors
18%
Cadettes Seniors Ambassadors
12% 2% 1%
Volunteers
23%
White
73.9%
Not Reported
10.9%
Hispanic
6.9%
Multiple/Other
3.7%
African-American
2.5%
Asian-American Native American or American Indian
1.7% .4%
Additional information can be found in GSNI’s Impact Report which can be found on our website at www.girlscoutsni.org, under About Us/Publications.
Council Finances
2% 3% 6% 5%
� 3% Contributions � 2% United Way � 6% Other Public Support � 73% Product Programs 6%
� 4% � 5% � 5% � 2%
Program Fees Merchandise Investments Other Non-operating
4%
73% Product Program
5% 2%
INCO ME
Expenses
17% 77%
� Program Services � Management & General � Fundraising
Statement of Activity: For the years ended September 30, 2013, and 2012. Income 2013 2012 Contributions
$138,972 3%
$166,225 2%
United Way
133,027
2%
178,187
2%
Other Public Support
325,616
6%
428,407
5%
Product Programs
3,896,071
73%
4,154,505
49%**
Program Fees
208,345
4%
255,621
Merchandise
261,395 5%
Core Operating Income Sub-total 4,963,426
3%
274,642 3% 5,457,587
Investments
259,609 5%
419,960 4%
Other Non-operating
126,388
2%
2,610,885*
32%
Total Income
$5,349,423
100%
$8,488,432
100%
$4,389,491
77%
$4,732,694
79%
17%
810,165
14%
6%
414,849
7%
100%
$5,957,708
100%
Expenses
Program Services
Management & General
944,738
Fundraising
365,045
Total Expenses
Change in Net Assets ($349,851)
$5,699,274
$2,530,724
* Non-operating income noted in 2012 is resulting from the divestment of a GSNI property. ** Product Programs income reflects 76% of total 2012 operating income. Divestment of a property skews year to year comparisons.
Statement of Financial Position As of September 30, 2013, and 2012.
Assets
2013 2012
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$267,858
$244,255
Accounts Receivable, Net
257,548
280,269
279,290
323,549
Inventories
Prepaid Expenses and Deposits
Investments
Total Current Assets
163,651 5,321,967
143,541 5,040,321
$6,290,314
$6,031,935
49,178
63,637
Non-Current Assets
Pledges Receivable, Net
Investments
355,865
355,865
Beneficial Interests in Trusts
612,558
603,260
Land, Buildings and Equipment, Net 6,197,844
Total Non-Current Assets
Total Assets
6,328,414
$7,215,445
$7,351,176
$13,505,759
$13,383,111
Liabilities
Accounts Payable
$122,063
$91,267
Accrued Liabilities
497,659
455,956
Line of Credit
800,000
400,000
$1,419,722
$947,223
10,736,824
11,258,391
Total Liabilities
Net Assets Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted 571,164 411,559
Permanently Restricted 778,049
765,938
Total Net Assets
$12,086,037
$12,435,888
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$13,505,759
$13,383,111
GSNI’s complete audit report and 990 tax filing are available to the public by request or by visiting our website at www.girlscoutsni.org.
Juliette Low Society Members Carolyn Allison
Mark Fridly
Lisa A. Normoyle
Margaret Simonsen
Sara Ellen Anderson
Joseph V. Gralik, Jr.*
Susan L. Speroff
Patricia F. Appelhans
Janice I. Hann
Ken and Marsha Opperman
Mary Ann A. Beebe
Joyce Harrison
Norma Behrend*
Grant Herman*
Diane L. Collins
Patricia P. Laird
Jane E. Carter
Mary I. Lamp
Cheryl Dahl-Kearney
Virginia Larsen
Jody Deery
Kellyn J. Lawrence
Carmen Diaz
Ruth Little
Beverly D. Dow
Ruth N. Lunde*
Anne Fairchild*
Colleen Magee
Miriam L. Fleig
Patricia McCullough
Barbara S. Pagano Shirley J. Peterson, M.D.* Gregory Petty
Deborah A. Strout Kathryn Swick Dana G. Vierck
Sue K. Reimer Peggy G. Richards Edward Rounds Willis* and Doris Rowald Sandra Sabo
June Stott-Kubasiak
Jacquelyn Waskiewicz Catherine A. Wilcox Fleur Wright *Deceased
Judith Sedlack Adella Sefrhans
In March of 1912, Juliette Gordon Low gathered just a few girls to begin the Girl Scouts. Juliette’s outstanding leadership was matched by her stewardship when she converted the carriage house of her home into the first Girl Scout national headquarters, and she gifted the property to Girl Scouts in her will. Juliette’s bequest was the beginning of planned giving to Girl Scouts. In her memory, the Juliette Gordon Low Society was established to thank and honor friends of Girl Scouting who choose to make Girl Scouts part of their legacies and a beneficiary of their estate plans. Providing a gift to Girl Scouts in your estate plans can include naming Girl Scouts as beneficiary of a: yy Will
yy Life Insurance Policy
yy Remainder Gift of Real Estate
yy Retirement Plan
yy Charitable Gift Annuity
yy Living Trust
yy Charitable Remainder Trust
yy Any other gift that benefits Girl Scouts in the future
yy Donor Advised Fund
yy Charitable Lead Trust
Members of the Juliette Gordon Low Society are recognized locally and nationally by Girl Scouts of the USA. If you are interested in discussing planned gift opportunities and becoming a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society, or if you have already named Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois in a planned gift but do not see your name listed above, please contact Emily at (815) 962-5591, Ext. 7216.
$25,000 +
Grand Victoria Foundation Kane County Riverboat Grant Fund United Way of Rock River Valley
$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous
Cadence Health Community Foundation of Northern Illinois McHenry County Community Foundation Harold and Marjorie Pratt Memorial Charitable Trust Woodward Governor Company
$5,000–$9,999 Anonymous
EFS Foundation Fox Valley United Way
• Donna and Terry Bausman Communities in Schools of Aurora, Inc.
$500–$999 • Donna Addy Alpine Bank Sara Ellen and James Anderson
D. Showers, Ltd.
Artale Wine
Mark Dean Esser Hayes Insurance Group
Aurora Illinois Kiwanis Foundation
• Miriam Fleig
Steve and Lenore Balogh
Wal-Mart Foundation
Freeport Community Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Breitsprecker
David Whitehouse
Robert and Karen Brown
Whitetails Unlimited, Inc.
The Gummow Group at Stifel Nicolaus
Byron Nuclear Station
Lois Wollney
• William and Sally Hoff • Emily and Greg Keilback
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley
Janet Kjellstrom
Rhonda and Russ Dailing
• Patricia and Donald Laird
Dixon Elks Lodge # 779
• Virginia and Arnold Larsen
Kathryn and Kevin Flavin
John D. and Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation
Geneva Women in Business
Jack Leist
Brad and Georgann Gummow United Technologies Aerospace Corporation
Girl Scouts of the USA / Motorola Solutions Foundation
• Scott and Kelly McCleary
Arlene and Dick Hawks
• Betty and Terry Moore
Robert Jensen
Techbridge
Mulford Dental Group
Catherine Johnston
United Way of Lee County
Lisa and Tim Normoyle
Kenneth Kirschner
United Way of Boone County
• Linda and Jaxon Oshita
John and Sally Koepsell
United Way of Whiteside County
Pamela and Terry Owens
Madelon and Victor Koerner
Patriots’ Gateway Community Center
Kohl’s
Caterpillar, Inc. Wayne H. and Ruth L. Diehl Trust Peggy and Jeffery Gale General Mills Foundation Hoffer Plastics Corporation Joseph V. Gralik, Jr. Estate Kohl’s
• Robert and Jaye Quimby • Kathleen and Thomas Ramsay • Sue Reimer Rotary Club of Aurora Edward and Mary Ann Rounds St. Charles Kiwanis Foundation George and Frances Schwenkner Charitable Trust
Cheryl Maggio
yy Culver’s yy Discovery Center Museum yy JMS Consultations, Inc. yy McDonald’s yy Meijer yy Microsoft yy Olive Garden
yy OSF St. Anthony Medical Center
John Messley Natural Healthy Care, Dr. Debbie Karas Elizabeth K. Papp Susan and Bill Pasetti
United Way of Central Kane County
Charles Qualls • Therese Reid
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
United Way of Ogle County
Joyce A. Rice
• Catherine Veal
United Way of Northwest Illinois
Jan A. Verhage
Rotary Club of Oswego Foundation
Vicki N. Wright
• Barbara Vroman
Angela Schmidt
Scott and Virginia Webster Charitable Foundation Trust
Smeja Homestead Foundation St. Charles Youth Commission
• Catherine and Thomas Wilcox
Marlene Thompson
Anonymous
The following organizations have provided major gifts (valued at more than $1,000) of goods, services, or space to Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois:
McGladrey LLP
United Way of Greater McHenry County
Mark and Carol Ackerman
• Nancy M. Voss
• Ruth and Tom Little
PR Etc., Inc.
$1,000–$2,499
• Dana G. Vierck
John and Kathleen Kovanda
Adella Sefrhans
Paragon TEC, Inc.
Ventas Charitable Foundation
Mary Lynn Cerutti
Tim J. Lund
BMO Harris Bank, N.A.
Kathy and Albert Velasco
Phil and Nancy Costello
Gloyd Family Foundation
$2,500–$4,999
Kari Toth
Thomson Community Fund
• These individuals are members of the Girl Scouts Forever Society, which means they have made multi-year pledges to Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois to help secure the future of our organization. If you are interested in joining the Girl Scouts Forever Society, please contact Emily at (815) 962-5591, Ext. 7216.
Elgin Service Center 12N124 Coombs Road Elgin, IL 60124 847-741-5521
Officers
Chair: Lisa Normoyle (Rockford) 1st Vice Chair: Scott McCleary (Aurora) 2nd Vice Chair: Bobbie Riley (Batavia) Secretary: Donna Bausman (Mt. Carroll) Treasurer: Bob Quimby (Rockton)
Directors-at-Large
•• Dr. Annette Acevedo (Elgin) •• Mark Ackerman (Pecatonica) •• Theresa Barreiro (Aurora) •• Rosario DeLeon (Aurora) •• Christin Giedd (Dixon) •• Hon. Gwyn Gulley (Machesney Park) •• Sheryl Head (Rockford) •• Dr. Sylvia Hood-Washington (Winfield) •• John Kovanda (Batavia) •• Pamela K. Owens (South Beloit) •• Mike Peddle (DeKalb) •• Kate Ramsay (Pearl City) •• Jean Marie Saidler (Crystal Lake) •• Rhonda Sunden (Roscoe) •• Patricia Turner (Elgin) •• Kathy Velasco (Woodstock) •• Cathy Wilcox (Rockford) •• Lois Wollney (Barrington)
Freeport Service Center 5040 Bus. Rt. 20 West Freeport, IL 61032 815-235-8777 or 800-925-3327 Girl Scout Express 200 Applebee Street Barrington, IL 60010 847-620-5043 Rock Falls Service Center 229 First Avenue, Suite 1 Rock Falls, IL 61071 815-997-5100 Rockford Service Center 2820 McFarland Road Rockford, IL 61107 815-962-5591 or 800-242-5591 Sugar Grove Service Center 200 New Bond Street Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630-897-1565
Associate Directors
• Kayla Colwell (Franklin Grove) • Stefany Veldhuizen (Sycamore) • Lindsay Schwartz (Kildeer)
Board Development Committee • Sheryl Head (Rockford) • Susan Angell-Case (Elgin) • Vicky Kohlbacher (Rockford) • John Kovanda (Batavia) • Archie Needam (Aurora) • Kate Ramsay (Pearl City) • Lois Wollney (Barrington)
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