G Irl

Our mission is to provide girls and gender nonconforming from underserved communities access to resources, knowledge, and skills that are not readily accessible to them in their own neighborhoods. We believe access to these skills will aid them in their journeys to becoming confident, assertive, and independent.

Our vision is a community of girls enlightened and empowered to become the best version of themselves. We envision girls so emboldened with knowledge and resources that they plant that seed into their neighborhoods and the next generation.

Source: Nonprofit submitted responses

Goal One: Increase our human resource capacity. Our organization is growing at a rapid pace, and we need dedicated staff that understands our vision to expand and outreach even more.

Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).

Goal Two: Expand our programming even more. Our programs are well attended, and sometimes we have to limit attendance because we do not have the capacity. We need to hire staff and acquire more funds.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Goal Three: We see that our community needs more alternative education. College is a goal, but not the only goal. We want to invest more program centered around creative and tech careers.

Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.

Describe an investment in leadership

We have invested in a strategy agency (Inside Projects) that helped develop our backend, Board structure, and Leadership. Through this training, our Founder and Executive Director had to attend a cohort on building Executive Presence. These classes focused on building confidence within. The Board and their roles were fully fleshed out, and KPI's were created.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

• Strategic Partnerships

• Networks of Collective Impact Efforts

• Thought Leadership

• Raising Awareness

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

G.IRL has always been a community-based organization. We have formed several key partnerships with organizations and nonprofits within Compton and surrounding neighborhoods. We team up for programming and making our grants stretch to increase impact.

Our organizational story is one of adaptation. We started off as an after-school club with a 30-dollar-a-week budget, moved to a community group, and now have changed into a nonprofit. We stepped up to the plate and adapted the offerings that our community needed. That means changing our curriculum to a safe but fun virtual space. This year we have adapted to an increase in the audience and people we serve. We have doubled our impact by making partnerships with organizations and government programs like L..A. County Parks. We also updated and our Board and Chair structures through a partnership with the Strategic Planning group Inside Projects. We are fortifying our organization every year.