Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council

Name

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council

Legal name

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto

Website

https://gssjc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps (7212)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Activity Enrichment Camps (Academic + Arts + Sports) (EDAMALAA)

Keywords

• Youth leadership development
• Girl scouting programs
• Volunteer management software
• Cookie fundraising program
• Outdoor camp education

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Girl Scout Cookie Sales Program: The flagship annual cookie sales program where registered Girl Scouts sell cookies door-to-door and through digital channels. Proceeds support troop activities and council operations. Features Digital Cookie online platform and SMS marketing for volunteers.
2. Fall Product Program: Fall product sales program for nuts, candies, and other products managed by trained troop volunteers. Includes SMS opt-in communications for product managers.
3. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees collected from girl members and adult volunteers. Membership provides access to programs, events, camps, and Girl Scout resources.
4. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations, corporate partnerships, annual giving programs, and special events (Success to Significance Luncheon). Includes Juliette Gordon Low Society recognition and Women's Leadership Network.
5. Retail Sales: In-person council shop and online shop selling Girl Scout merchandise, uniforms, badges, and apparel.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council delivers age-tiered leadership, STEM, life-skills, and outdoor programming for girls in kindergarten through 12th grade, organized around volunteer-led local troops and council-run camps. Its flagship fundraising and entrepreneurship experience is the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program (supported by the Digital Cookie platform), complemented by the Fall Product Program, membership dues, retail merchandise sales, and donations. The GSSJC Volunteer Hub App serves as a central digital tool to manage volunteers, events, and digital forms for troop operations.

Product overview

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council offers a volunteer management ecosystem anchored by the GSSJC Volunteer Hub App — a unified mobile platform with integrated modules including Document Hub for digital forms management, Event Search and Calendar features, and volunteer service tracking. The organization also operates the Digital Cookie platform for cookie sales management and provides the Girl Scout Experience Box as a complimentary starter resource for new Daisy troops. The core offering is the Volunteer Hub App which serves as the central tool for volunteer engagement, membership management, and troop administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GSSJC Volunteer Hub App A standalone mobile application for registered Girl Scout volunteers and troop leaders to manage their membership status, browse and register for council events, submit digital forms, and track volunteer service records through a single mobile platform. Login uses existing myGS credentials.
• Digital Cookie Platform Online and mobile platform that enables Girl Scout cookie sellers to manage cookie orders, share digital links with customers, and track sales progress. Integrated with SMS marketing for Fall Product and Cookie Sales programs.
• Girl Scout Cookie Program The flagship annual cookie sales program in which registered Girl Scouts sell cookies door-to-door and through digital channels. Proceeds support troop activities and council operations and serve as an entrepreneurship learning experience for participating girls.
• Fall Product Program Annual fall product sales program for nuts, candies, and other products managed by trained troop volunteers, including SMS opt-in communications for product managers.
• Girl Scout Summer Camp Program Council-operated overnight and day camp experiences at council camp properties for registered Girl Scouts, with camperships available as financial aid for families demonstrating need.
• Annual Girl Scout Membership Annual membership program for girl members and adult volunteers providing access to troop activities, council programs, events, camps, and Girl Scout resources. Financial assistance is available for families in need.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Girl Scouts of the USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council operates under the national Girl Scouts of the USA organization, which provides the program framework, intellectual property (Girl Scout name, marks, and curriculum), operational support, and policy governance. GSUSA is the sole and exclusive owner of Girl Scout intellectual property by virtue of its Congressional Charter (36 U.S.C. § 80301 et. seq.). GSSJC has been granted permission to use these marks solely in connection with Girl Scouting within its council territory.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas: Another large Texas-based local council of Girl Scouts of the USA serving a different region. Directly comparable in mission, program catalog, cookie program, and digital tools — competes with GSSJC for state-level corporate partnerships and donor attention.
• Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta: A comparably sized regional Girl Scout council operating the same GSUSA-licensed program model with cookie sales, camps, and volunteer-led troops. Useful benchmark for council-level digital tooling adoption and fundraising scale.
• Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts of America): National youth character-development organization with parallel troop structure, volunteer leadership, camp properties, and council-level chapters. The most direct competing after-school character/leadership program for the same family demographic.
• Camp Fire: National youth-development nonprofit offering similar badge/progression programs, camping, and after-school programming. Closely mirrors the Girl Scout model in age cohorts, volunteer dependence, and nonprofit revenue structure.
• 4-H (National 4-H Council): USDA-affiliated youth leadership and STEM development organization with local club structures analogous to Girl Scout troops. Competes for the same family demographic and corporate sponsors in the youth-development space.
• Girls Inc. National girls-leadership nonprofit with the same single-gender programming thesis as Girl Scouts. Operates after-school and summer programs targeting the same K-12 girl demographic and competes for corporate partners focused on girls/women in STEM.

Regional players

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston: Local affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America serving the same Houston geography with after-school and summer programming. Directly competes with GSSJC for parent mindshare, donor dollars, and volunteer hours within the Houston market.
• YMCA of Greater Houston: Regional YMCA operator running youth development, summer day-camp, and after-school programs across the same Houston footprint. Competes for camp registrations, family memberships, and youth-development corporate sponsorships.

Broad incumbents

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National umbrella organization with thousands of affiliate clubs providing youth development programs. Operates the same after-school, summer-camp, and leadership programming categories as GSSJC but at vastly greater national scale and mixed-gender.

Emerging players

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National youth-mentoring nonprofit with a comparable volunteer-recruited service model and similar fundraising apparatus. Competes for corporate sponsorships and grant funding earmarked for youth-development outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/girlscoutsgssjc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@GirlScoutsofSanJacintoCouncil
• Facebookfacebook.com/gssjc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/girl-scouts-of-san-jacinto-council
• Instagraminstagram.com/gssjc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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