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Educate Girls

EIN 46-4493359 · Austin, TX

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak47 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Educate Girls promotes and protects the right of girls to a quality education and works by supporting partners in geographies where the need is greatest to mobilize communities, enroll girls into school and improve learning outcomes. Our vision is that every girl is in school,learning and completes 12 years of education.

Income
$9.1 million
Spending
$6.3 million
Spent on programs
95%
Reserves
2.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 87%
Employees
6
Volunteers
0
Highest pay
$257,127, founder & president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 10% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 2.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    2 of 20

    It owes 76% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 31% of income.

  • Income trend

    5 of 15

    Income fell 13% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    94% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    6 of 6 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)
  1. $4.5 million spent. Educate Girls awards grants to proximate non-profit partners in India to engage in programmatic activities in support of the mission to ensure that girls are in school and learning well. In the past year, grants were awarded to local non-profit partners working in multiple states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Bihar. The Educate Girls investment includes multi-year grant awards as a long-term commitment and investment in the villages in which our partners work and acknowledges the commitment to girls education as an ongoing responsibility to each girl once we make an investment in the village. Programs supported were focused on identification of out-of-school girls, enrollment, retention, and learning outcomes of vulnerable girls and also a second chance program for adolescents girls and young women from remote villages to complete their class 10th through open school examination. The total grant expenses include a planned drawdown of multi-year commitments to the villages in which the partners operate programs with a responsibility to maintain presence in a village for 3-5 years to ensure saturation and mindset shift/behavioral change has occurred for future sustainability.
  2. $604,997 spent. Educate Girls invests in technical advising and capacity building of grantee partners in the areas of data analytics, performance management systems, strategy, and program management software. Our partners use the performance management systems to enhance their ability to collect and track data, resulting in improved data collection and robust metrics. These investments are central to the Educate Girls core philosophy of engaging in proximate grant- making in order to build and strengthen the ability of local non-profit organizations to deliver the Educate Girls model in their districts while ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.
  3. $831,400 spent. Educate Girls invests in global strategic engagement to amplify the issue of girls education and provide thought leadership to share our impact, promote locally-based and outcomes-driven grantmaking, and participate in conferences with global leaders. Through our strategic engagement, Educate Girls shines a light on the issue of girls education and the importance of local leadership to change mindsets and societal norms in order to ensure that girls are in school and learning well.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since September 2014.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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