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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: February 2025 Expires: February 2027

Girls on the Run Greater Houston

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(346) 229-5901
14811 Saint Marys Ln Ste 275
Houston, TX, 77079
https://www.gotrgreaterhouston.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Girls on the Run Greater Houston meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

 
To inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
 
 
 

Year, State Incorporated:
2004, TX

 
Girls on the Run (GOTR), is a 10-week programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development and to prevent the display of at-risk activities in the future. In 2019, GOTR engaged over 700 passionate volunteers and 1,794 girls in 3rd through 8th grade participated in GOTR programs.
 
 
 

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Girls on the Run Greater Houston's program expenses were:

Pogram services $473,104
Total Program Expenses $473,104

Chief Executive
Mary Callahan, CEO & Founder

Chair of the Board
Chris Parsons

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
ExxonMobil

Board Size
Not disclosed

Method(s) Used:
Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

Tax status information not available.

The following information is based on Girls on the Run Greater Houston's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Sponsors and donations $194,192
Registration fees $144,867
Fundraiseer events, net (Note 1) $90,414
Evenet registrations $52,600
Grants $25,286
Intrest Income $18,313
Total Income $525,672

Programs: 86% Fundraising: 5% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $525,672
Total expenses: $548,223
  Program expenses $473,104
  Fundraising expenses $26,837
  Administrative expenses $48,282
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-22,551
Beginning Net Assets $367,349
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $344,798
Total Liabilities $85,208
Total Assets $116,997

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BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas