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Name:	Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Inc.
Address:	222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2120
	Chicago, IL 60606
Phone:	312-416-2500
Web Address:	www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org
Also known as: N/A

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana offers dynamic interactive learning opportunities that provide what girls ages 5 - 17 need to develop their leadership skills and thrive in a rapidly changing world. We exist to help every girl discover who she can be and what she can do, wherever she chooses to put her energies. To ensure that all programming aligns with our Girl Scout Mission, all experiences are girl-led, age-appropriate and action-oriented and are intentionally designed to tie to one or more of the 15 national outcomes related to the three pillars of leadership: Discover, Connect and Take Action. The council’s interactive program center called Journey World encourages girls to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, math, environmental sciences, commerce, entrepreneurism, and finance. Other current programs and activities complement the national leadership journeys and focus on science and technology, financial literacy, healthy living, environmental leadership, and global citizenship and are available to girls in a variety of pathways which invite them to participate as part of a group or as individuals. Current activities serve a membership of nearly 86,000 girls in 245 communities in six Illinois counties and four Indiana counties

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Inc.'s program expenses were:

membership services	12,981,297
camping	986,929
Total Program Expenses:	$13,968,226

Chief Executive : Maria Wynne, CEO

Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Board of Directors
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Bank

Board Size: 30

Paid Staff Size: 200

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, planned giving arrangements, cause-related marketing, membership

Fund raising costs were 28% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,164,957, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Girl Scouts of Chicago's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

Source of Funds
cookies sales, net or direct costs	10,374,561
total public support	2,160,644
program fees	1,041,152
fall sales, net of direct costs	824,955
sales of merchandise, net of direct costs	683,970
interest and dividend, net	244,367
miscellaneous	138,206
net realized and unrealized gain on investments	70,134
Total Income	$15,537,989

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 75%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: 19%

Total income		$15,537,989
Program expenses		$13,968,226
Fund raising expenses		1,162,801
Administrative expenses		3,637,875
Total expenses		$18,768,902
Expenses in Excess of Income		(3,230,913)
Beginning net assets		34,206,195
Ending net assets		30,975,282
Total liabilities		5,343,836
Total assets		$36,319,118