Revenue & Expenses:

For the fiscal year 2006-2007, the revenue and expenses for Girls Incorporated of Alameda County was $5,400,000. Please contact our Development Manager (510-357-5515 ext. 246) if you would like to see a copy of the audited financials or our IRS 990 form.

Agency Accomplishments

• In 2008, Girls Inc. of Alameda County is celebrating 50 years of inspiring Alameda County Girls to be strong, smart and bold.
• Executive Director Linda Boessenecker was welcomed to Girls Inc. of Alameda County in October 2007. Boessenecker brought with her 22-years of professional experience in the girls’ movement and a passion for advocating the benefits an all-girl environment provide.
• Due to the percent of women earning degrees in computer science decreasing by 12% since 1985, Girls Inc. of Alameda County partnered with SRI International to develop BuildIT, a program for middle-school girls with a designed-based curriculum. Girls Inc. of Alameda County piloted this program, and will be integral in bringing it to four Girls Inc. affiliates across the country in 2008.
• Over 80% of participants in our Eureka! Teen Achievement Program enroll in college each year.
• In October 2005, Girls Inc. launched the Girls Advocacy Project, a three-year program in which high school girls research, design, and implement a permanent and far-reaching public health project. The San Francisco Chronicle recently featured the Girls Advocacy Project’s preliminary findings in two articles on teen health.
• Girls Inc. established a new facility at Concordia Park in East Oakland in 2006. The site provides technology, academic, and health and fitness programming for over 100 elementary and middle school girls.
• Girls Inc. of Alameda County received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities, in August 2007.
• Pat Loomes, former Girls Inc. of Alameda County Executive Director, was recognized as the 2007 Woman of the Year by Sen. Ellen Corbett.
• Girls Inc. of Alameda County secured a three year partnership with AmeriCorps in 2007.
• Girls Inc. expanded early literacy programs to reach more girls, at a younger age. Our Pathways Counseling Center offers Family Reading nights to support non-English speaking preschoolers and their parents in English reading development. Also, the GIRLStart Literacy Program, previously serving first- and second-grade girls, expanded to include kindergarten literacy classes at three Oakland schools in 2006 and began to serve third-grade girls in 2007.