GIRL SCOUTS--ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL.PDF

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General information
Organization Girl Scouts--Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Contact First name Whitney
Contact Last name Willis
Contact e-mail wwillis@girlscoutsaz.org
Contact phone number 6024927009
Address
Street 101 E Coronado Road
City Phoenix
State AZ
ZIP Code 85004
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/27/2018 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among
fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Denny Barney
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson, 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Melody Henderson Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Whitney Willis Title: Senior Manager, Advancement
10. Phone Number: 602-452-7009
11. Mailing Address: 101 E Coronado Road
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85004
13. Email Address: wwillis@girlscoutsaz.org Website Address: www.girlscoutsaz.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: GSACPC’s STEM Programming Expansion
15. Purpose of Grant: This grant funding will help GSACPC expand its STEM programming to reach more
girls with high-quality STEM programs over a two-year period. These programs are aimed to provide access
to all girls, K-12, within our Council’s jurisdiction.
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $100,000
18. Number of years that funding is 2
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $200,000
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past 2014 - $500,000 for the Campaign for Girls
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year 2012 - $85,000 for Social Impact Programs
and amount 2009 - $50,000 for Social Impact Programs
GSACPC serves girls in 66% of the state in Central & N
21. Geographic area served
Arizona.
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Outcome A Approval Recommended/Amount $ A Denial

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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
Girl Scouts is the world's pre-eminent organization dedicated solely to girls, with a mission to create girls of
courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Girl Scouting in Arizona has a rich history
and has helped form and develop some of our state’s and country’s greatest leaders.
Our local Council, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus Pine Council (GSACPC), held its first Annual Meeting in 1936
and was incorporated in the State of Arizona in 1940. In Arizona, GSACPC serves nearly 21,000 girls with the
help of more than 10,000 adult members who act as troop leaders, mentors, program assistants, consultants
and board members.
GSACPC provides traditional Girl Scouting for girls in kindergarten through 12th grade, where an adult volunteer
is trained by the Council to offer guidance and support to the girl-led activities that follow research-based
curriculum. GSACPC also offers camping experiences at our four campsites throughout central and northern
Arizona. In addition, GSACPC offers several nontraditional Girl Scouting programs for girls in underserved and
low-income areas of the community in staff-led troops under the umbrella of “Girl Scouting Social Impact
Programming.” These programs also serve girls in refugee communities, girls in foster care, girls with mothers
who are incarcerated and girls in the juvenile correction system.
Girl Scouts is creating the world’s best model for leadership development for girls. Based on the values
articulated in the Girl Scout Promise and Law, program activities are arranged around the themes of: Discover
(activities that engage girls in exploring their values, skills and the world), Connect (activities that engage girls
in teaming up and relation with others in a multicultural world) and Take Action (activities that engage girls in
making a difference in the world around them). In all of the GSACPC programs, girls develop their leadership
skills, social conscience and conviction about their own self-worth.
The Girl Scout program can change the way girls see the world and their place in it. Girls learn the importance
of personal responsibility, the value of goal setting, the spirit of teamwork, and the thrill of accomplishment. For
girls struggling to stand on their own and meet their basic needs, Girl Scouts is an invaluable resource and
opportunity for success.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through partnerships, collaborations,
in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting municipality’s role in
this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please enter the
text “Not applicable.”
Over the years GSACPC has engaged with hundreds of other non-profit organizations, community groups,
individuals and government entities to bring the best programming possible to girls in Arizona. Additionally, we
have a close relationship with Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, a separate 501c3 organization that serves girls
in the Southern half of the state. Together we collaborate on issues facing girls in the state of Arizona and

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ensure that programming is consistent and holistic across the state. GSACPC collaborates with a wide variety
of nonprofit, municipal and other partners to accomplish the goals of our programs and provide diverse
opportunities for girls and adult volunteers. Some of these partners include: Arizona Science Center, St
Vincent de Paul, Arizona Audobon Society, AzStRUT, ASU School of Sustainability, Desert Botanical Garden
and Liberty Wildlife. These partners provide training, content, collaboration, program sites and help with
recruitment of girls and volunteers.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.
The Girl Scouts of today learn about the outdoors, STEM, life skills, and entrepreneurship. These pillars of
focus serve as knowledge networks that help establish leadership development opportunities for girls and
young women. GSACPC’s STEM Programming is offered to girls in grades K – 12, who reside in Maricopa
County and surrounding counties. This year we are expanding the program significantly by hiring a new
position, a full-time STEM Coordinator dedicated to creating more STEM opportunities for girls and reaching
more girls with recruitment efforts. The STEM program is delivered by GSACPC program staff and adult
volunteers and activities are offered at GSACPC’s camp sites, through Council-sponsored activities at various
program sites, and through troop badge and patch work.
Girls are encouraged to explore various ways to learn while having fun and applying STEM skills through
experiential learning opportunities for girls while addressing the barriers associated with STEM including
gender, achievement, exposure and support. Our programs keep girls interested and engaged over time and
beyond transition points. We strongly believe (and data confirms) that single-gender education allows girls to
feel safe and confident to ask questions about the world, to problem solve and to use natural creativity through
play and experimentation while fostering girls’ internal assets such as self-confidence, self-esteem and a
strong work ethic. Additionally, girl participants are exposed to people who have careers in STEM, so they can
observe firsthand what these careers are, and what they can offer.
Specific STEM activities offered fall under one of these four areas:
• STEM First Saturday’s: An innovative new program, which started September 2017, is called
“First STEM Saturday’s,” where girls gather at the Parsons Leadership Center in South Phoenix
on the first Saturday of every month, to participate in programs focused on STEM. The program
itself features two tracks happening simultaneously: a volunteer training for adult volunteers, to
help them be better equipped to train and teach STEM to girls through their Girl Scout journey,
and program offerings for girls focused on increasing their interest and confidence in STEM, as
well as introducing them to STEM experts and careers.
• STEM Summer Camp Offerings: Summer camp begins June 2018 for Girl Scouts in Arizona. All
four of our camp sites will offer STEM programs for girls during this time. Examples of programs
offered throughout the summer are: building hardware technology, in computers, engineering
projectile inventions, exploring video game developing and coding and learning about
astronomy at night with telescopes and program experts.
• STEM Council-Sponsored Activities: STEM events and activities, including field trips, are hosted
regularly by program partners and at GSACPC camp-sites. Examples of these programs
include: astronomy camp-ins, mine tours, biology workshops and computer refurbishment
sessions.
• STEM Troop Level Activities: Girls can earn badges and patches in their individual troops,
including 23 new national STEM badges rolled out by GSUSA last year. Girl Scouts can create

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algorithms, design robots and racecars, go on environmentally conscious camping trips, collect
data in the great outdoors, try their hand at engineering, and so much more.
GSACPC’s STEM programs aim to:
• Increase girls’ interest in STEM: often, girls lose interest in STEM topics by middle school (in
some cases, even earlier) and their interest level is consistently low compared to boys.
• Increase girls’ confidence to their STEM-related abilities: in a single-gender environment, girls
can feel confident taking risks, making mistakes and building their confidence in their STEM-
related abilities.
• Educate girls about STEM careers: we know girls want to learn more about STEM careers, and
older girls become interested in college-level STEM major and pursuing STEM careers when
education on the possibilities.
• Expose girls to STEM professionals: adults help girls learn about the program content and serve
as role models, providing real-life insights into how girls can prepare for successful careers in
STEM.
Through these outcomes are often considered as “soft” and less valuable than academic performance goals,
research has found that factors such as STEM interest and perceptions of relevance of STEM to one’s life
provide the necessary foundation for successful STEM learning and careers.
These outcomes and accomplishments will be measured through registration and survey data, including
surveys taken post programs.
Specific goals/outcomes of GSACPC’s STEM programming in FY18 are as follows:
• Provide 9 STEM training sessions to at least 50 total adult volunteers to better equip them to teach
STEM topics with girls in their individual troops and service units, as evidenced by registration and
survey data.
• Provide 9 STEM First Saturday sessions to at least 200 total girls to introduce them to or expand
their knowledge of STEM topics through hands on experiences, as evidenced by registration and
survey data.
• Hire a full-time STEM Coordinator to manage Council-sponsored STEM events, assist with STEM
summer camp offerings, manage the STEM Volunteer Leadership group and continuously enhance
and expand STEM offerings for girls.
• Hire two part-time camp counselors with expertise in STEM topics to enhance the summer camp
STEM experience for girls.
• Coordinate at least 25 STEM events for at least 800 girls to introduce them to or expand their
knowledge of STEM topics through hands on experiences, as evidenced by registration and survey
data.
• Provide at least 25 STEM summer camp activities to at least 550 girls to introduce them to or
expand their knowledge of STEM topics through hands on experiences, as evidenced by
registration and survey data.
• Create a STEM Volunteer Leadership group, which will consist of at least 10 adult volunteers, who
help will plan STEM activities and events for the next membership year to ensure STEM is
accessible to girls, provided in a meaningful way, and always growing to reach more girls.
• Provide at least 80 scholarships for girls in underserved and outlying communities to attend STEM
Summer Camp activities and STEM First Saturdays.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.

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GSACPC’s STEM programs fulfills Gila River Indian Community’s priority funding areas of education and
economic development. As we increase girls’ interest and confidence in STEM, as well as expose them to
role models in STEM fields and educate them about STEM careers, we hope to that boost the number of
women in STEM fields to ultimately expand our nation’s pool of innovators for the future, and potentially
tackling problems that have been overlooked in the past. STEM curriculum offered by GSACPC aligns with
state and national education standards and are used to enhance general knowledge of STEM topics and to
promote life-long learning.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
Over the past 50 years, women in the United States have made great strides in education and entry into the
work force in this country. However, despite these advances, women continue to be underrepresented in STEM
fields. Women’s representation is low at all levels of the STEM career “pipeline,” from interest and intent to
majoring in a STEM field in college to having a career in a STEM field in adulthood.
There are several cultural, social, and individual factors preventing more girls and women from entering and
having careers in STEM fields. A few of these factors include:
• Outdated stereotypes and feelings of insufficiency that hold girls back. Social psychological
research shows that the stereotype that girls are not as good as boys in math can have negative
consequences. When girls know or are made aware of this stereotype, they perform much more
poorly than boys.
• Compared to boys, girls with the same abilities are more likely to give up when the material
is difficult and talk themselves out of pursuing the field, which is why Girl Scouts aims to
increase confidence and interest in STEM for girls.
• The subtleties of society and culture reflect the stereotype that girls are not good at or
suited for math and science and unconsciously discourage girls. For example, experts in
STEM education have observed how mothers interact with their children in science museum
settings, finding that mothers encourage their sons more than their daughters to engage in hands-
on activities. ]
GSACPC serves K-12 girls living in Central and Northern Arizona with STEM programming, including girls
Native American communities, military installations, and border communities. 85% percent of the girls who
benefit from Girl Scout programs reside in Maricopa County. We serve girls from every economic, racial,
ethnic, and religious background, and girls of all abilities. We go to great lengths to ensure that every girl has
access to our programs. Additionally, we ensure that no girl is turned away from Girl Scouting because of
financial barriers; we are dedicated to extending opportunities to all girls, regardless of their financial
circumstances.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
This is a project expansion. We are dedicated to expanding this program to reach more girls than ever
before, as well as provide them more STEM program opportunities and expose them to STEM experts in
the community. To sustain this program long-term, we will continue to work with potential and existing
funders to support this program, as well as leverage existing partnerships to decrease the cost of program
offerings.

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Additionally, to expand and sustain our STEM programming on a scale that will impact girls in a meaningful
way year over year, we are leveraging the talents and passions of our adult volunteers. The Girl Scouts
model is successful because of our dedicated volunteers working independently in the traditional troop
setting. This year we are seeking to bring together volunteers who are interested in STEM and provide
them the training and resources they need to engage girls in STEM education and experiential activities on
a troop and neighborhood service unit level. With the First Saturday’s program as a vehicle to engage the
volunteers with initial training and then a place to use their skills to teach girls, we seek to build a
community of STEM volunteers within Girl Scouts in a STEM group. Ultimately this volunteer group will
take over the planning of STEM events and grow the program in ways that are meaningful to them and the
girls.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
This request is for two fiscal years of funding, starting on October 1, 2018 and ending September 30, 2020.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
GSACPC collaborates with a wide variety of nonprofit, municipal and other partners to accomplish the goals of
our programs and provide diverse opportunities for girls and adult volunteers. Some of these partners include:
Arizona Science Center, St Vincent de Paul, Arizona Audobon Society, AzStRUT, ASU School of Sustainability,
Desert Botanical Garden and Liberty Wildlife.
We have secured funding from Walton Family Foundation, Mas Wireless, West Pharmaceutical, State Farm and
Intel to support this project. In addition, the Walton Family Foundation has committed to another $50,000
matching gift in the 2018/2019 membership year to support STEM programming. A gift from Gila River Indian
Community given before December 31, 2018, would be matched up to $50,000, helping to strengthen our impact
and reach more girls.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
Funding is needed to reach the max number of girls possible. These funds help provide the supplies,
transportation and scholarships needed to run these programs. It is critical to young girls that Girl Scouts
continues to offer STEM programming to K-12 girls. A decrease in funding would directly impact the number of
girls who can participate in these programs and would reduce the delivery or program services in underserved
communities. However, we welcome funding at any level and will use funds received to reach more girls in
these programs.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a
program/project previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards
the previously described sustainability plan.
We are committed to working with potential and existing funders to support this key program, as well as
leveraging and deepening existing partnerships to decrease the cost of program offerings and expanding

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curriculum. Below is an update of funds received October 1, 2017 – January 15, 2018 to support FY18 STEM
programming, as well as pending requests we anticipate hearing back from in the next six months. While we are
committed to receiving as many corporate and foundation gifts as possible to offset STEM budget costs for FY18,
in the instance that we don’t raise the full budget, we are dedicated to using funds from the Cookie Program to
fill this gap.
As of February 27, 2018, the following gifts have been received to support the STEM program budget:
• Walton Family Foundation $100,000
• Mas Wireless $1,700
• West Pharmaceutical $5,200
• State Farm $8,000
• Intel $15,000
The following requests are pending or will be submitted within the next few months and we expect to hear back from
these funders within the next six months:
• APS Foundation $50,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the last three years)
• Fiesta Bowl Charities $50,000 (lapsed gift, last gift made in 2014 toward Campaign for Girls)
• USAA Foundation $25,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the last two years)
• General Motors Foundation $25,000 (new request)
• Phoenix IDA $25,000 (new request)
• Westinghouse $25,000 (new request)
• Sales Force Foundation $20,000 (new request)
• Fluor $10,000 (renewal, with support last year)
• Best Buy Children’s Foundation $10,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the past five years)
• Cox Charities $10,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the past two years)
• John F Long Foundation $5,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the past ten years)
• American Airlines $5,000 (new request)
• Burns & McDonell $5,000 (renewal, supporting us consecutively for the past four years)
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Progress toward objectives will be compiled into six-month reports, based on evaluation and
registration data. Additionally, we will gather quotes and stories from programs, as well as photos to
demonstrate qualitative impact.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Over the years, GSACPC has received awards from other Arizona tribes for various purposes, not limited to
this project, including:
• Ak-Chin Indian Community, $50,000 for We Believe in Girls (girl program), January 2008
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, $20,000 for Campaign for Girls in Arizona, July 2013

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• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, $20,000 for Campaign for Girls in Arizona, July 2014
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, $20,000 for Campaign for Girls in Arizona, July 2015

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Project Budget
Budget Period: October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2020
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. Supplies & Materials $55,000 $0 $0 $85,749
2. Salaries & Wages $35,000 $0 $0 $163,784
3. Consulting & Training $10,000 $0 $0 $14,000
4. Evaluation $10,000 $0 $0 $20,000
5. Scholarships for Girls $35,000 $0 $0 $41,120
6. Transportation $35,000 $0 $0 $50,000
7. Marketing/Recruitment $5,000 $0 $0 $8,500
8. Events $10,000 $0 $0 $22,000
9. Indirect/Overhead $5,000 $0 $0 $40,765
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Total Budget $200,000 $0 $0 $446,918

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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Chrome books, telescopes, digital cameras, video production equipment, lego robotics, wood working
equipment, Bright Core Software, equipment storage
2. Full-time STEM Coordinator, summer camp instructors (2)
3. Service agreements & honorariums with partner organizations
4. Surveys completed and analyzed by Evaluator for adults and girls
5. Scholarships for camp and STEM First Saturday's for girls
6. Transportation for girls from other areas of state to come to events
7. Brochure, translation, radio spot, newspaper ad
8. capstone event for girls at Parsons
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