Girls Gotta Run Foundation Incorporated
Girls Gotta Run Foundation Incorporated
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About this organization
Mission
GGRF supports 60 students and 55 mothers in the Soddo school project, and 80 students and 80 mothers in the Bekoji school project in grades 5-10. Grants provide scholarships, athletic training and equipment, food, mentoring and life-skills training. Grants of $21,772 for Soddo and $42,776 for Bekoji were funded, for a total of $64,548.
About
GGRF is the only non-profit organization in Ethiopia dedicated to using the national sport of running as an innovative approach to creating safe spaces, ending child marriage and expanding access to secondary school for vulnerable girls. GGRF worked with 275 girls and women, impacting over 1,100 community members in 2019. GGRF programs focus on four key investment strategies for girls and their mothers: education, running, life skills, and savings and entrepreneurship. Located in Southern Ethiopia, Soddo is a town rich in culture and identity. Despite a growing economy, families in Soddo continue to struggle with limited economic opportunity and access to family planning. Since 2013, GGRF has worked with the only all-girls school in Soddo, the Abba Pascal Girl's School, to provide girls with the tools they need to complete their education and build a future of their choosing. GGRF worked with 115 girls and women, impacting over 460 community members in 2019. Grants of $21,772 were made to the Soddo project in 2019. An astonishing 16 Olympic medals in 20 years have been won by runners from Bekoji, a small farming village in the highlands of Ethiopia. Here, running offers a means of building a better future and the honor of contributing to the Ethiopian national identity. GGRF has worked in Bekoji since 2014 and is the first and only non-profit organization investing in female athletes and coaches in this historic town. GGRF worked with 160 girls and women, impacting over 640 community members in Bekoji in 2019. Grants of $42,776 were made to the Bekoji project in 2019.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
From their filing, the objective of the non-profit is stated as “Girls gotta run foundation (ggrf) invests in girls who use running and education to empower themselves and their communities in ethiopia. ggrf envisions a world in which every girls is able to design a future of her choosing. girls gotta run foundation (ggrf), established in 2006 as the first and only 501(c)3 ngo with the mission of empowering girls through running and education in ethiopia. an all-volunteer organization, ggrf began with the aim of providing athletic gear and financial support for girls to pursue athletics in ethiopia. from these humble beginnings, ggrf's program model evolved alongside the communities of girls and women it served. in 2014, after assessing nearly a decade of programming, ggrf redeveloped its program model launching the ggrf athletic scholarship program to better address the challenges girls face as they navigate adolescence and athletics. this model leveraged our programmatic strengths by holistically investing in girls during adolescence, addressing”.
When talking about its functions, they were outlined as: “Ggrf supports 60 students and 55 mothers in the soddo school project, and 80 students and 80 mothers in the bekoji school project in grades 5-10. grants provide scholarships, athletic training and equipment, food, mentoring and life-skills training. grants of $21,772 for soddo and $42,776 for bekoji were funded, for a total of $64,548.”.
- The legally reported state of operation for the non-profit is DC.
- According to the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 is 3715 Jocelyn St NW, Washington, DC, 20015.
- The non-profit organization as of 2020 has a total of 1 employees reported on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $100,000 and $250,000.
- Revenue is between $100,000 and $250,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $13,438.
- The organization has 7 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2006.
- The organization pays $64,509 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $13,303 in fundraising expenses.
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