2025-04-18T10:55:05-05:00 2024-06-30 420714325 RSM US LLP 7351 OFFICE PARK PLACE MELBOURNE FL 329408229 990 2023-07-01 546039598 VIRGINIA GIRLS STATE INCORPORATED VIRG 8043556410 1708 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE RICHMOND VA 23230 MRS PEGGY THOMAS SECRETARY 8043556410 2025-04-07 1 1 KELLI PECK P01423033 3217516200 2025-04-07 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z EMILY HALL GREGORY 1708 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE RICHMOND VA 23230 188530 0 X HTTPS://VAGIRLSSTATE.ORG X 1949 VA VIRGINIA GIRLS STATE PROVIDES YOUNG WOMEN IN VIRGINIA WITH RESOURCES TO EXPERIENCE DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP THROUGH A WEEK LONG IMMERSIVE PROGRAM THAT TEACHES OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. VIRGINIA GIRLS STATE IS A PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, A COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION. FOR OVER 100 YEARS THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY HAS BEENSERVING, HELPING, AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS, MILITARY, AND THEIR FAMILIES - BOTH HERE AND ABROAD. 5 4 0 4 0 0 52797 0 204675 170348 11 20 -8930 16467 248553 186835 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174288 240378 174288 240378 74265 -53543 225998 172455 0 0 225998 172455 X TO PROVIDE YOUNG WOMEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE TOGETHER AS SELF-GOVENRING CITIZENS AND TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE DUTIES, PRIVILEGES, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITES OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. 0 0 231679 170348 PATRIOTISM: GIRLS STATE CITIZENS GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR AMERICAN TRADITIONS AND A GREATER APPRECIATION OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FLAG AS WELL AS LEARN OUR GOVERNMENT PROCESSES THROUGH SIMULATED REAL LIFE INVOLVEMENT IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. THE EVENT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR AND IS A STUDY OF GOVERNMENT FOR GIRLS WHO ARE RISING SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE COST OF GIRLS STATE COMES FROM THE GIRLS PAYING THEIR OWN WAY OR BEING SPONSORED BY AN AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT OR AMERICAN LEGION POST. THE PROGRAM FEES ARE COLLECTED FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE. THE EVENT RUNS FOR ONE WEEK EACH JUNE. APPROXIMATELY 600 RISING HIGH-SCHOOL SENIORS ATTENDED.PARTICIPATION IN THE CITIZEN'S COMMUNITIES WHEN THE PARTICIPANT RETURNS HOME AND BEGINS A LIFE LONG COMMITMENT TO BE ACTIVE IN ALL LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. TO PRODUCE GIRLS STATE CITIZENS WITH THIS COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPATION, UNITS MUST MAKE WISE SELECTIONS OF DELEGATES, PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATIVE ORIENTATIONS BEFORE THE SESSION BEGINS, AND THEN GIVE THEM RECOGNITION WHEN THEY RETURN HOME.CITIZENSHIP: PROVIDE RISING SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP IN A HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENT. THE GIRLS SPEND AN INTENSIVE WEEK OF STUDY, WORKING TOGETHER AS SELF-GOVERNING CITIZENS. GIRLS STATE TEACHES YOUNG WOMEN RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP AND LOVE FOR GOD AND COUNTRY. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE GIRLS STATE PROGRAM IN 1937, NEARLY ONE MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FIRST-HAND HOW THEIR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS. 231679 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 VA X YVONNE BURGESS 8043556410 1708 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE RICHMOND VA 23230 EMILY HALL-GREGORY CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 CHERYL SHINE VICE CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ANNE STARKE TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 PEGGY THOMAS SECRETARY 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 YVONNE BURGESS MEMBER, ALA DEPT TREASURER 1.00 37.00 X 0 26185 0 0 26185 0 0 0 0 0 LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY 201 HIGH ST FARMVILLE VA 23901 CONFERENCE SERVICES 179682 1 GIRLS STATE PROGRAM FE 900099 170348 170348 170348 20 20 18162 1695 16467 16467 186835 170348 0 16487 5408 4326 1082 424 339 85 22125 17700 4425 3260 2608 652 6499 5199 1300 196888 196888 4460 3568 892 OTHER COSTS 1314 1051 263 240378 231679 8699 0 225998 172455 225998 172455 0 0 X 225998 172455 225998 172455 225998 172455 -53543 0 X 0 0 0 X 1237 10157 1507 52797 65698 29407 28700 161185 214028 188510 621830 30644 38857 162692 266825 188510 687528 10132 10132 0 10132 10132 677396 16 3 8 11 20 58 16 3 8 11 20 58 30660 38860 162700 266836 188530 687586 0.98520 0.98590 0.00010 0.00010 X FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THERE ARE NO COMMITTEES OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BEFORE FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY COVERS ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT ANNUALLY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND DETERMINES WHETHER A CONFLICT EXISTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6104(D). AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY - DEPT OF VA 1708 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE RICHMOND VA 23230 540470763 SERVICES TO VETERANS AND THE MILITARY VA 501(C)(19) N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0