2026-02-12T08:23:08-08:00 2025-06-30 363335935 Costabile & Steffens PC 1805 Hicks Rd Rolling Meadows IL 60008 990 2024-07-01 364024533 GIRLS IN THE GAME NFP GIRL 3126334263 1401 SOUTH SACRAMENTO DR CHICAGO IL 60623 MEGHAN MORGAN Executive Director 2026-02-12 true true Frank J Costabile P00629672 8477763700 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 1401 SOUTH SACRAMENTO DR CHICAGO IL 60623 1725561 false X www.girlsinthegame.org X 1995 IL AT GIRLS IN THE GAME NFP, EVERY GIRL FINDS HER VOICE, DISCOVERS HER STRENGTH AND LEADS WITH CONFIDENCE THROUGH FUN AND ACTIVE SPORTS, HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. 24 24 73 380 0 1336572 1285744 77948 62595 19434 17392 -69454 235223 1364500 1600954 10785 22925 0 1299371 1271030 0 311805 428707 425237 1738863 1719192 -374363 -118238 787419 677730 255645 264194 531774 413536 X AT GIRLS IN THE GAME NFP, EVERY GIRL FINDS HER VOICE, DISCOVERS HER STRENGTH AND LEADS WITH CONFIDENCE THROUGH FUN AND ACTIVE SPORTS, HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. false false 557828 383929 At Girls in the Game every girl finds her voice, discovers her strength and leads with confidence through fun and active sports, health, and leadership programs. Our programs serve over 3,600 girls, ages 7-18, each year, reaching over 15 Chicago neighborhoods. We prioritize girls of color from low-income backgrounds who live in under-resourced neighborhoods. At our largest program, After School, participants play sports, learn about healthy lifestyle choices, and improve their leadership skills in an all-girl setting. Ninety-minute sessions take place weekly for three 10-week seasons over the course of the school year. During the program year, participants are engaged in a variety of fitness, health and leadership activities. The curriculum also addresses topics related to bullying, healthy relationships and personal safety. After School provides a safe, non-competitive environment for girls to learn and be physically active. Through Family Nights and field trip opportunities for the whole family, Girls in the Game strives to involve parents and caregivers in our healthy lifestyle curriculum, helping to increase the likelihood that the lessons learned during programming will continue at home. 200607 122541 Girls in the Games teen programs are designed to offer teen girls further opportunities for leadership development.Teen Squad: Teen Squad provides up to 40 teen leaders the opportunity to earn scholarships for college while improving their self-esteem and leadership skills. Members of Teen Squad lead health and leadership workshops for younger girls in the community and participate in fitness activities along with younger participants to set a positive example of healthy living. In exchange, members earn scholarships for higher education and other incentives through a tiered rewards system. In addition to leading workshops for younger girls, Teen Squad members participate in Leader to Leader Interviews where they meet with panels of professionals in a variety of different roles and industries and interview them about their backgrounds and careers. Teens prepare and lead the interview and use the opportunity to educate the panelists about the needs and issues facing teen girls today.Summer Squad: Summer Squad provides leadership training for girls ages 14 to 18. Participants learn coaching skills, while increasing their leadership ability, personal responsibility, time management, and knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviors.Teen Club: The site-based Teen Club adapts our traditional programming to dive deeper into needed topics. It is used to engage girls ages 14 to 18 who we arent currently reaching through Teen Squad due to family obligations, part-time jobs, or lack of transportation. Teen Club meets girls where they are by entering school spaces to work with teens. We utilize small groups and lunch periods during school time once a week for twelve-week seasons.Teen Residential Programming: We offer teen programming at Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) and Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. This programming adapts our sports, health, and leadership curriculum to allow participants more choice over topics and incorporate trauma-informed approaches such as opening and closing check-in circles. Programming at JTDC is offered year-round and programming at Mercy Home occurs during the school year. 195979 82373 Girls in the Game offers one-time and school-break programs to engage more girls and offer fun, active and healthy opportunities for girls when they are out of school.Days of Play: Days of Play are healthy-lifestyle workshops open to all girls who participate in Girls in the Game programs. Coaches (including teen coaches) lead girls through rotations of our sports, health, and leadership lessons for a fun day where girls from all over Chicago come together to play and learn. We hold Days of Play in the winter and spring on non-school attendance days. Game Days: Game Days are one-day events held in a variety of Chicago neighborhoods. Over the course of the year, up to 1,500 girls at 40 different Chicago sites will participate in three hours of traditional and nontraditional sports as well as workshops on health and leadership. Game Days are often hosted at potential After School sites and serve as the first impression of our programs for many participants and their families. We also hold Game Days at sites where we run elementary and middle school programming in order to recruit new girls. Sports and Leadership Summer Camp: Summer Camp brings up to 130 girls from across Chicago together to experience new sports and learn about healthy lifestyles and leadership topics. Girls participate in four weeks of full-day, day camp, one week of overnight camp, and attend field trips. Girls in the Game provides daily complimentary bus service to ensure that girls have safe transportation to and from camp. 112429 ALL OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 112429 1066843 true true false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 3 0 true 73 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 24 24 false false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true true false IL X X MEGHAN MORGAN 3126334263 1401 SOUTH SACRAMENTO DR CHICAGO IL 60623 MEGHAN MORGAN Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 130260 0 0 ANNA HAGHGOOIE Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NORAH LARKE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ABBY BUTKUS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BIANCA CAMARENA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nicole Romito Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ERIN CULLEN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GINA OKA Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DON DUNBAR Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Yvonne Cuevas Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CRYSTAL ANDREWS BANKS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cathy Degiorgio Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Niamh Fitzgerald Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Miral Khairy Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMY POTTER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALYSON MILLER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AUBRIE COREY-NUNEZ Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANETTE OUTLAW Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARILYNN PRESTON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATIE RAMEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE SALOMON Member at Large 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOE TASSONE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 130260 1 false false false 0 237300 107010 941434 32884 1285744 AFTER SCHOOL 611710 56310 56310 CAMPS AND CLINICS 611710 6285 6285 62595 17392 17392 0 0 0 0 359830 237300 124607 235223 0 0 0 1600954 62595 17392 0 22925 22925 0 0 130260 95181 7633 27446 0 941247 547392 187175 206680 18148 10175 3621 4352 76114 46863 13285 15966 105261 59018 21002 25241 0 0 46800 39780 5148 1872 0 0 0 0 970 462 508 66367 8291 51759 6317 0 0 11162 9016 2146 558 32 526 0 0 0 0 1039 429 190 420 25264 13224 5460 6580 contr. labor and training 96212 64300 28844 3068 research 68325 68325 SUPPLIES 48658 36589 2851 9218 TRANSPORTATION 34776 34145 598 33 25106 11190 12484 1432 1719192 1066843 340544 311805 119983 74527 53755 14567 103443 93000 93440 204375 0 0 0 0 92224 94484 47451 47451 1039 0 218535 117441 0 0 0 105000 79336 787419 677730 150645 184858 105000 79336 255645 264194 X 409602 286886 122172 126650 531774 413536 787419 677730 -118238 X false true X true false X 1002375 1736847 1684290 1492310 1708169 7623991 0 120000 190608 190608 190608 184008 875832 1122375 1927455 1874898 1682918 1892177 8499823 0 8499823 141 62 3439 19434 17392 40468 0 0 8540291 0.99530 0.96800 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 53755 39188 14567 125000 71245 53755 125000 125000 125000 125000 125000 125000 1.00000 false false false 36990 36990 10461 10461 ROU ASSET 79336 79336 ROU LIABILITY 79336 79336 X 1909569 184008 124607 308615 1600954 1600954 2027807 184008 124607 308615 1719192 1719192 Part X : FIN48 Footnote THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR EITHER FEDERAL OR STATE INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS TAKEN FOR ALL OPEN TAX YEARS. CURRENTLY, THE 2022, 2023 AND 2024 TAX YEARS ARE OPEN AND SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER AUDIT NOR HAS IT BEEN CONTACTED BY THIS JURISDICTION. BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX POSITIONS, THE MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT ALL POSITIONS WOULD BE UPHELD UNDER AN EXAMINATION. THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR THE EFFECTS OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS HAS BEEN RECORDED FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 direct expenses of fundrasing events $124607 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S direct expenses of fundraising events $124607 X X false FIELD OF DREAMS 363370 142550 220820 82352 4732 GOLF TOURNMT. 148075 14750 133325 35429 1131 1 85685 80000 5685 963 597130 237300 359830 117781 6826 124607 235223 false 0 0 SCHOLARSHIPS 16 22925 Additional Supplemental Information a health education and scholarship program, the teen squad, provides exemplary teen leaders the opportunity to earn college scholarships while improving their self-esteem and leadership skills. the teen squad was initiated in 2007 with high school female leaders because they wanted to make a difference in their communities. members of the teen squad lead healthy lifestyle workshops for younger girls in the community. workshops include three sport and fitness, nutrition, and leadership activities. in the spring, the members design and lead the annual girls' summit, a day of healthy lifestyle activities for all the girls who attended a teen squad workshop throughout the program year. girls in the game staff train and guide the teen squad, but members are responsible for choosing the topics covered and implementing the workshops. in exchange, members earn scholarship dollars for each workshop they lead. although financial need is not a prerequisite, most of the girls in the teen squad are first generation college hopefuls who need funds to attend school. 32884 fmv false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE FINANCE COMMITTE REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO BEING FILED. IF NECESSARY, SUBMITS QUESTIONS TO THE OUTSIDE CPA FIRM WHO PREPARED THE RETURN, ITS FINANCE MANAGER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WHEN ALL QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED, THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c ALL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE A YEARLY DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED DUTIES. IT INCLUDES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHICH THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN. ALL MATERIALS ARE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTE REVIEWS THE PERFORMACE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNUALLY AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION BASED ON PERFORMANCE. SIMILARLY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES A WRITTEN EVALUATION MAINTAINED IN PERSONNEL FILES. COMPENSATION FOR ALL STAFF IS COMPETITIVE AND ALIGNED WITH SALARY SURVEY REPORTS AVAILABLE FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, POSITION AND EXPERIENCE. SALARY SURVEY REPORTS ARE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY AND SALARY RANGES ARE DEVELOPED BY THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.