2016 Annual Report
A Girl Scout gets a helping hand while earning her Woodworker badge.
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Take the Lead Like a Girl Scout! Girl Scouts are big thinkers, groundbreakers and role models. They design robots, start garage bands and improve their communities – and yes, they sell the best cookies on the planet. Ever since the first Girl Scout troop was formed more than 105 years ago, being a Girl Scout has been a transformative experience. More than 59 million girls have participated in our program – but we’re not resting on our century of experience helping girls achieve their dreams. We’re always evolving! When she's a Girl Scout, she’s also a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™
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Go-getter She’s bold, honest and determined to succeed. In her mind, failure is no reason not to get back up and try again, and again, and again. That explains why half of all U.S. businesswomen were Girl Scouts.
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Innovator Thinking outside the box is her specialty, so she’s always looking for a creative way to take action. A clear correlation: 75 percent of current female senators were Girl Scouts.
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Risk-taker Courageous and strong, she’s keen to try new things and embrace the unfamiliar. It's no wonder that nearly all of the 40 women who have traveled in space were Girl Scouts.
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Leader She’s confident, responsible and committed to changing the world. Here's proof: Every year, Girl Scouts collectively spend more than 75 million hours improving their communities.
These are the traits that define girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
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Dream, Expl re, BE:
Anything’s Possible!
If You Can Dream It, You Can Be It! Girls embraced their strengths and explored careers with our program theme: Dream, Explore, Be: Anything’s Possible! More than 600 Girl Scouts attended our theme kick-off event in the fall and hundreds more attended programs throughout the year. Girls were excited to meet professionals from interesting fields, participate in activities that highlighted career exploration, and give great thought to their passions and aspirations. Girls made this their year to reach for the stars!
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Girls learned to code and programmed robots at App Camp last summer at UNL.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Changing the World Since 1916, millions of high school-aged Girl Scouts successfully answered the call to “Go Gold� by creating and implementing sustainable community service projects. They identified a need in their community, organized teams to support their vision and took action to solve a problem. Gold Award recipients are an elite group of Girl Scouts who recognize that the award is a transformative step on their journey to becoming respected young women who can move mountains. Earning a Gold Award means that girls called upon their unique talents to make the world a better place.
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Positive, Impactful and Sustainable Change Throughout our 105 year history, millions of Girl Scout alumnae impacted their communities and the world. For their efforts, they earned one of the following prestigious awards.
Golden Eagle of Merit 1916-1918
Golden Eaglet 1918-1939
Curved Bar 1940-1963
First Class 1963-1980
Gold Award 1980-present
It was vital to our founder, Juliette Low, that girls be recognized for their many contributions to society.
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Girl Scouting for ALL Girls In 2015/16, we provided the Girl Scouting experience to 2,997 Nebraska girls through our Community Outreach programs. The outreach structure we created allows us to organize and maintain Girl Scout troops and provide activities for girls and families residing in under-served areas of our cities and towns. We see the positive impact Girl Scouting has on the girls in our programs. Unfortunately, the population of girls in Nebraska, for whom this leadership experience is essential, is growing. Each year, we successfully seek funding and build upon our volunteer force, so that we continue to have the council resources necessary to provide Girl Scouting to the girls who need us most.
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Activities range from roasting s’mores by a real campfire to cleaning up parks with the Omaha police.
A Community Outreach program participant discovers the wonders of the Platte River at Camp Maha.
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Financials
Fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.
BALANCE SHEET
INCOME STATEMENT
Assets
Revenues
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 6 2 1, 9 9 4 Promises to Give & Receivables 3 4 4, 6 1 6 Inventory 2 1 6, 2 7 7 Property and Equipment 7, 2 1 2, 6 7 2 (net of depreciation) Investments 4, 3 6 3, 8 9 3 Other Assets 2 5, 2 6 7
Public Support $ 1, 3 1 4, 4 4 7 Program Service Fee 5 2 2, 1 3 0 Product Programs (net of costs) 4, 7 8 3, 4 1 6 Retail Sales (net of costs) 1 6 1, 7 8 4 Investment Income 2 9 4, 3 3 2 Miscellaneous Income 1 1 3, 0 1 0 Total Revenues
Total Assets
$ 1 2, 7 8 4, 7 1 9
Liabilities Accounts Payable $ 1 4 7, 8 7 8 Other Current Liabilities 6 0 1, 3 4 0
Expenses Program Services Program, Membership and Volunteerism
$ 5, 4 4 4, 6 0 3
Net Assets
Supporting Services Management and General 1, 1 4 0, 4 7 9 Fundraising 4 6 3, 4 7 6
Unrestricted $ 8, 9 3 9, 0 7 3 Temporarily Restricted 2, 7 2 6, 5 4 4 Permanently Restricted 3 6 9, 8 8 4
Total Expenses Increase in Net Assets
Total Liabilities
Net Total Assets
$ 7 4 9, 2 1 8
$ 1 2, 0 3 5, 5 0 1
Total Liabilities $ 1 2, 7 8 4, 7 1 9 and Net Assets
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$ 7, 1 8 9, 1 1 9
$ 7, 0 4 8, 5 5 8 $ 1 4 0, 5 6 1
REVENUES Retail Sales (net of costs) 2.3%
Product Programs (net of costs) 66.5%
Fund Development Income 18.3%
Miscellaneous and Investment Income 5.7%
Program Service Fees 7.2%
EXPENSES
Program, Membership and Volunteerism 77.2%
Fundraising 6.6% Management and General 16.2%
A traditional gunny-sack race brought smiles to Girl Scouts at Camp Cosmo last summer.
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Donors Thank you to our many generous supporters! We are proudly supported by $100,000 AND ABOVE Lozier Foundation United Way of the Midlands $75,000 - $99,000 Anonymous $50,000 - $74,999 Anonymous Robert E. Catron William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Imperial Foundation The Sherwood Foundation Union Pacific Railroad Wirth Foundation, Inc.
Mutual of Omaha Foundation Nebraska Crime Commission Pinnacle Bank Rogers Foundation SAC Federal Credit Union United Way of Nebraska City Dr. Chuck and Donna Wilcox Woods Charitable Fund, Inc.
$5,000 - $9,999 The Adams Family Black Hills Energy Foundation City of Omaha Cooper Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Diane Duren and Drew ABC Bakeries Collier Columbus Area United Way Lance and Julie Fritz Anabeth Cox Kropp Charitable Dillon Foundation Foundation Virginia Grissom Fran Marshall Lancaster County Time Warner Cable Human Services United Way of the Adah and Leon Millard Kearney Area Family Foundation US Bank Linda and Ed Willis
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$1,000 - $2,499 Orion and Misty AhmicBurroughs Ameritas Life Insurance Company $2,500 - $4,999 Dave and Leslie Andersen Abel Foundation Anderson Dental Care Baird Holm LLP Archer Daniels Midland BD Associate Giving Portal Company Kate and Jeff Betsworth Carol Aten Juli Comstock Debra and Robert Belt Deloitte Benjamin A. Black Farmers Mutual Insurance Foundation Company of Nebraska David Berkbuegler First National Bank of Bison, Inc. Omaha Black Hills Energy Friends of Faith Thrift Shop Randy and Sharon Girl Scouts of the USA Blackburn Great Western Bank Barbara J. Bock-Mavis Heartland United Way Penny and Michael Bode Amanda Hoover Borsheims Kiewit Corporation John K. and Lynne D. Boyer Cynthia and Robert Milligan Family Foundation Quivey-Bay State Wanda L. Caffrey Foundation Betty Ann Carter Estate Lynne and Bart Ruth Community Services Fund UNO Center for CSG Systems Collaboration Science Michael Davis Walmart Foundation Gail DeBoer Wells Fargo Bank Donlan Foundation Wolbach Charitable Foundation Elaine Wolf Estate WoodmenLife
Myrl S. and Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Joseph Fehringer First National Bank Northeast Dennis and Patty Fogland Hampton Family Foundation Hampton Enterprises, Inc. Lynn Harland Kath Henebry Jason and Kim Hess The Holland Foundation Holland Basham Architects Richard Holmes Kenneth Hunt Sarah Jank/Thrivent Financial Adam and Kathy Koslosky Wende and John Kotouc Jane Lacy Maria Lamagna Reiter Irene and Joseph Malek Charitable Trust Marian Othmer Schultz Fund Dr. Roger Meyer Nebraska Furniture Mart Karen and Larry Nelsen Northeast Nebraska Public Power District Yvonne Norton-Leung Larry and Linda Pearson Peed Foundation Sue and Tom Pirnie Lou and Janet Pol RDG Wilscam Schutte Birge Edward and Lida Robinson Charitable Trust
Dalyce Ronnau Scheels All Sports Susan Seidel Eve Simon Susan Stinnett Susan G. Komen for the Cure Stephen and Susan K. Taylor Thomas D. Buckley Trust UNICO Group Union Bank & Trust United Way of York Mike and Carol Whetstine Robert and Jean Wick Greg and Leah Workman Joann Wright Michael and Gail Yanney $500 - $999 American National Bank Assurity Life Insurance Company Ed and Ann Batchelder Mogens and Cindy Bay Blair Area Community Foundation Booz Allen Hamilton Pam and Scott Bradley Julie and Charlie Burt Jim and Pam Carrier Theresa Cassaday Joe and Cathy Cochnar Dana F. Cole & Company Colliers International Seanna and Allan Collins Allen and Donna Deaton Tompkins Alice M. Dittman
DLR Group DuTeau Chevrolet Subaru John and Patricia Elliott Richard and Vicki Hanus Esther and DeLynn Hay HDR Heartland Builders Co. Andrew Henrichsen Lisa and Jeremy Hiatt Jennie Hunter Kris and Wes Hunzeker Kearney Area Community Foundation Michael Kirk Joseph Kizer Lincoln Community Foundation Pastor Pat and Pat Norris OBI Creative Joseph and Kathy O'Connor Olsson Associates OPPD Order of the Silver Trefoil Rene Orosco Michael Parker Jodi Prewitt Barbara and Ben Rader Brooks Adelaide Sasse Estate Betty Sila Sowers Club of Nebraska Foundation State Farm Companies Foundation Jim and Marsha Stewart Syracuse Foundation, Inc. Travel and Transport Josh and Kim Weiss
$250 - $499 Adams Bank and Trust Robert Anderson Lora Beckius Ann Behn Judy Beveridge Linda Blodgett Ray Blomstedt Charlotte Brown Cargill Bob and Susan Chenoweth Rhonda Coale Samuel and Janet Cohen Debbie Cole Cornhusker Bank Susan Couron Anne Craig Robert and Christine Denicola Teresa and Stephen Ethen First State Bank and Trust Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #2839 Riley Garrigan Katie and BJ Glover Kay Lynn and John Goldner Grand Island Community Foundation Lee and Sharon Grimes Hallmark Corporate Foundation Jennifer Hamann Maureen Haney Katherine Hankins Terri Hoeneman James and Diane Hubbell Calvin and Jane Johnson Jacquelyn Kallman Garrett and Jennifer Klein
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Gilbert and Mary Kuntz Renae Kurmel Cheryl and Lonnie Lentsch John Less Gary Barth and Stacia Lounsbury Brian and Susan Maher Dulcey Mannel Jean and Roland Mariucci McGill Restoration Susan MedskerNedderman Carrie Michielutti Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation Tricia and Rick Montague Susan Nickels and Larry Newell OtterCares Foundation Ann Pedersen Barb and Ray Pille Regal Advertising Specialties Margaret and Fred Rickers Brian D. and Laura Runge Silicon Valley Community Foundation Libby and Ricky Snipes Pam Sukup The 5-R Company Dina Tilgner Jeff Totusek and Julie Lasto Chad Tremel Michael and Julia Tye Sändra Washington and Deb Cirksena Judy and Gale Wickersham Terri and Dick Zacharia
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$100 - $249 Aetna Alley Cat Disposal Service Allstate Giving Campaign Ameritas Group Dental and Eye Care Division Corinne Anderson Anderson Brothers Tawny Archer Jean Ashby Associated Staffing, Inc. Colin Aten Jerry and Karen Authier Baltzell Veterinary Hospital, P.C. Shelly Blakley Krista Blumanthal Jillian Boden Mary Lou Brasee Matthew Bratsburg Kelly Buchanan Timothy and Terri Burke Peggy Bush Sandi Cardillo Traci Cherrington Diane and Daniel Claussen Columbus Area Philanthropy Council Commercial Investment Properties Communications Workers of America Stephanie and David Cornillie Brian and Victoria Coyle Dr. Charles F. Craft Timothy Dall Hal and Mary Daub Libby Davis
Nicki Davis Ladonna Dervin Mark and Beth Dietz Kellie Doffin Laura Duhigg Karrie and Bruce Dvorak Linda Ecklund Margaret Egleston Alisha and Barrett Epp Dave and Donna Erker Tyler Evans Exmark Manufacturing Company Field Paper Five Points Bank Debbie Foust Marilyn Gangel Gates and Daisy Minnick Joe C. Geist General Collections Company Anthony Goff Whitney and David Goldner Robin Graham Deb Haar Judy and George Haecker Howard and Carol Halperin Harold Hamblin Wendy Hamilton Ambrosia Hand Amy Hansen Julie Ann Hastings Jeanne Hauserman Heart of the Midlands CFC Hellman, Main, Coslor, & Kathol PC Angie and Michael Hempel Pamela and Roderick Hernandez
Kathleen Herrera Lloyd and Donna Hinkley Holly Hodge Harriet Hoglund Inga Hookstra Michael Hosack Grant Hruska Sam Hughes Eric Humphrey Sherrye Hutcherson Marilyn B. Hutchinson David Janda Grant and Sara Janke Tommi Jones Sally and Ken Kampfe Kearney Clinic, P.C. Lynn Kelley Kelly Family Dentistry P.C. Sally Kempton Kari Kirchhoefer Kiwanis Club of Grand Island Diane and Kevin Klein George Kleine Kristine Klopnieski Lucia Kroeger Renz Bruce and Michelle Kroeger Alisa and Ed Krueger Donna Kush Jeremiah Ladd, M.D. Rick and Lynn Lawson Katherine Linder Stephen and Laurie Lindgren Kathryn Lohr MeLisa Long Ronald and Jean Mahoney Curtis K. Mann
Laurel Marsh and Dan Clark Martin and Ruth Massengale Peggy and Chuck McCann John McClellan, M.D. Carmen McKenny Deborah A. Meirose Karen and Donald Metzger Andy Miller Robert Monzingo Denise Moore Darla Moser Dale and Elizabeth Musgrave Mutual of Omaha Bank Nebraska Truck Center, Inc. Tara Nelson Nelson and Sharon Newman Norfolk United Way North Platte Kiwanis Club Omaha Community Foundation Kathie Osterman Russell Pahre Leslie Pahre Polk County Health Dept. Randall Raile Dee Rankin Rebensdorf Family Foundation Christina Reed
Retina Center of Nebraska Kenny and April Rocker Lois and Ron Roskens Kelsey Ruggles Neil Runyon RVW, Inc. David Sanders Joanne Savicky Tammie Schik Dan and Marjorie Schlitt Mark and Diana Schreier Judy Schroeder Scribner Bank Scully Estates Limited Partnership Marilyn and Thomas Seidel Steven and Suzann Seline Coleen J. Seng Service Unit 210 Ellyn Shook Steele Law Office Philip E. Strevey, DDS, PC Jesse Sullivan Michael Sullivan Sunrise Optimist Club Swan's Furniture of North Platte Mary Teachman Sabrina Ueckert Nancy and John Vallis Terry Vancleave Maria Vazquez Andrea Volf
Elizabeth Jane Voorhies Walmart Distribution Center #7018 Deirdre Walton JoAnn Ward Rhonda Watson Barbara Webster Tina Weiler Mark Wiederin Wendy Wilson WRK Family Foundation WE RECEIVED GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: Pam Audsley Sandra Kay Mayhew Pat Meyer Sue Rolfe Brooks Adelaide Sasse Sherry Tegels Joe Templien Cathleen Thalken Carol Wright Toftness Elaine Wolf
In-Kind Donors Nadeane Allard Bison, Inc. Borsheims Ada Bos Catering Creations Anabeth Cox DWF Wholesale Lori Elliott-Bartle Scott Ernst Goldenrod Printing Patricia Hire Hooker Brothers Construction Company James Arthur Vineyards Joann Fabric and Craft Macrae Productions Custom Event Sound & Lighting Andrea Malena MemoryBox Photo Booth Oriental Trading Company Renze Display Rosalia Roger Russ's Market SAC Federal Credit Union Scheels Slumberland Mary Spears P Stripp Two Men and A Truck
We apologize if we inadvertently omitted or spelled your name/company incorrectly. Please contact us at 402.779.8227 so we may update our records.
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Board of Directors 2015-2016 PRESIDENT Lynne Ruth FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Tricia Montague SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Mike Sullivan SECRETARY Lynn Harland TREASURER Bob Wick
We are committed to helping girls “find their voice” through creative expression programming.
MEMBERS AT LARGE Kate Betsworth Scott Bradley Juli Comstock Libby Davis Colleen Dorwart Ashley Eisert Katie Glover Howie Halperin Macala Hoffschneider Amanda Hoover Jennifer Klein Ann Pedersen Brian Runge Susan Seidel Maria Vazquez Thomas Walker Sändra Washington Linda Willis