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Nonprofit · EIN 51-0544927

SISTER SONG INC

Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30310

Financials

$8.2M$8.5M2023$11M$11.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SISTER SONG INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$10,959,685$11,842,109-$882,424$25,235,301$290,892$24,944,409
December 31, 2023990$8,184,351$8,547,432-$363,081$25,481,728$244,277$25,237,451
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$10,346,243
Program service revenue
$216,583
Investment income
$396,065
Other revenue
$794

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,244,206
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,026,429
Other salaries and wages
$1,241,162
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,624,712
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$8,325
Accounting fees
$149,860
Occupancy
$214,245
Travel
$1,713,426
Program services (functional)
$9,550,566
Management and general (functional)
$1,891,408
Fundraising (functional)
$400,135

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$25,481,728
Total assets, end of year
$25,235,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$290,892
Net assets, end of year
$24,944,409
Publicly traded securities
$3,641,624
Net assets without donor restrictions
$19,127,466
Net assets with donor restrictions
$5,816,943
Gross receipts
$10,959,685
Employees
26
Volunteers
80
Year formed
2006
State of legal domicile
GA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LEAH JONESDEPUTY DIRECTOR
Officer
40$154,247$33,118
MONICA SIMPSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$171,322$13,267
OREOLUWA ADEBOYEGAOPERATION DIRECTOR
Officer
40$127,501$10,780
KHADIJAH AUSTINDIGITAL STRATEGY MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$106,855$30,478
BRITTANY SMITHPROGRAM DIRECTOR
Officer
40$123,359$11,606
DANIELLE RODRIGUEZGEORGIA COORDINATOR
Highest-paid employee
40$103,291$21,522
ANDREW RANDALLFINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$93,161$25,922
STEPHANIE LOZANOBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0
ELIZABETH ESTRADASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
XAELAH JARRETTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PARK CANNONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LINDSEY GODWINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATRINA MACZEN-CANTRELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MADELINE GOMEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CYNTHIA GUTIERREZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
6 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
BREANA LIPSCOMBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LAWANDA SWANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ALI ANDERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
POPPY LIUDIRECTOR (LEFT IN FEB. 2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
DEEPIKA SRIVASTAVADIRECTOR (LEFT IN FEB. 2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
COYA WHITEHAT-ARTICHOKERDIRECTOR (LEFT IN FEB. 2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MONICA SIMPSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$170,030$16,950
LEAH JONESDEPUTY DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$146,571$36,497
OREOLUWA ADEBOYEGAOPERATION DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$113,949$17,007
BRITTANY SMITHPROGRAM DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$117,220$12,120
STEPHANIE LOZANOBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ELIZABETH ESTRADASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
XAELAH JARRETTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PARK CANNONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LINDSEY GODWINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATRINA MACZEN-CANTRELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MADELINE GOMEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CYNTHIA GUTIERREZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BREANA LIPSCOMBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAWANDA SWANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALI ANDERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
POPPY LIUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DEEPIKA SRIVASTAVADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
COYA WHITEHAT-ARTICHOKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1237 RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY BLVD SW, ATLANTA, GA 30310-1731
In care of
% LORETTA ROSS
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MONICA SIMPSON, 1237 RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY SW, ATLANTA, GA 30310
Signed the 990
MONICA SIMPSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(404) 756-8680
Return prepared by
JONES AND KOLB

Mission

TO STRENGTHEN AND AMPLIFY THE COLLECTIVE VOICES OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR TO ACHIEVE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE (RJ) BY ERADICATING REPRODUCTIVE OPPRESSION AND SECURING HUMAN RIGHTS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • THE RJ TRAINING PROGRAM USES SPEECHES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND PARTNERSHIPS TO EDUCATE MULTITUDES ABOUT RJ ISSUES, ANALYSES, AND WORK, PREPARING THEM TO SUPPORT AND LEAD EFFORTS TO ADVANCE RJ. THE CULTURE CHANGE PROGRAM USES STRATEGIC CULTURAL INTERVENTIONS TO HELP SHIFT US CULTURE TO SUPPORT RJ AND RESIST OPPRESSION. THE RJ SOLIDARITY PROGRAM BUILDS RJ MOVEMENT SOLIDARITY AND CAPACITY BY CONVENING MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING, INSIGHT SHARING, MUTUAL SUPPORT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND COLLABORATION. THE RJ GROUP POWER PROGRAM BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUAL RJ ADVOCATES AND GROUPS THROUGH PROVIDING RESOURCES, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, AND REGRANTING PROJECTS. THE RJ ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING PROGRAM LEADS AND JOINS NATIONAL AND SOUTHERN RJ ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING, USING A VARIETY OF TACTICS, ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON ISSUES THAT REQUIRE A RAPID OR COLLECTIVE RESPONSE. THE RJ STATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM BUILDS STATE-BASED RJ MOVEMENTS THROUGH CULTURAL INTERVENTIONS, BASE BUILDING, AND COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING IN GA, NC, AND KY, WHERE SISTERSONG HAS OFFICES. THE BIRTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE TRAINS OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN BIRTH JUSTICE TOPICS, CONDUCTS ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING FOR BIRTH JUSTICE, AND PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES THAT ADVANCE BIRTH JUSTICE FOR OPPRESSED PEOPLE. THE FIRST NONPROFIT LAUNCHED TO BUILD A NATIONAL RJ MOVEMENT, SISTERSONG HAS SEEDED AND/OR MENTORED NEARLY ALL RJ ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS. WE REMAIN THE OLDEST AND LARGEST NATIONAL, MULTIETHNIC, MULTICULTURAL RJ ORGANIZATION, AND THE ONLY ONE STRATEGICALLY HEADQUARTERED IN THE DEEP SOUTH. WE SERVE OUR MOVEMENT AS A STEWARD OF MOVEMENT HISTORY, KEY THOUGHT LEADER AND CULTURE CHANGE INNOVATOR, VOICE TO THE MEDIA AND MAJOR DECISIONMAKERS, TRAINER, CONVENER, CAPACITY BUILDER, COLLABORATION FACILITATOR, ADVOCATE, ORGANIZER, AND DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER. WE EDUCATE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ON RJ, SUPPORT WIDE-REACHING PARTNERS TO INTEGRATE RJ INTO THEIR WORK AND ENGAGE THEIR BASES, CONDUCT AND DISSEMINATE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS RJ WORK, AND ENGAGE PEOPLE OF FAITH TO COUNTER THE USE OF FAITH TO JUSTIFY REPRODUCTIVE OPPRESSION. WE SPREAD RJ THROUGH MAINSTREAM MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE INFLUENCERS, POLITICIANS, AND THE UNITED NATIONS. WE CONVENE ALL RJ ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND NATIONALLY, SUPPORT RJ GROUPS OF ALL SIZES, AND ENGAGE DIVERSE ALLIES AND COALITIONS TO ADVANCE RJ ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING AND TO INTEGRATE RJ INTO DIRECT SERVICES. WE TRAIN OPPRESSED BIRTH WORKERS TO PROVIDE CARE THROUGH AN RJ LENS, PAY THEM TO SUPPORT OPPRESSED MAMAS IN NEED, AND GIVE OPPRESSED MAMAS ESSENTIAL BABY SUPPLIES. WE HAVE MADE RJ A HOUSEHOLD TERM IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE BUILT AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT A NATIONAL MOVEMENT ACCOMPLISHING FAR MORE THAN CAN BE SUMMARIZED HERE. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IS A REALITY FOR ALL OPRESSED PEOPLE -- UNTIL ALL CAN MAINTAIN PERSONAL BODILY AUTONOMY, HAVE CHILDREN WHEN AND AS WE WANT, AND PARENT IN SAFETY AND SUFFICIENCY.
    Expenses $9,550,566 · grants $1,244,206 · revenue $217,377

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
51-0544927
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2006
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Human services (P20)
Assets (IRS master file)
$25,235,301
Income (IRS master file)
$10,959,685

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$10,959,685$11,842,109$25,235,301XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$8,184,351$8,547,432$25,481,728XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$22,272,980$10,190,047$25,317,025IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 51-0544927).

Questions about SISTER SONG INC

What is the EIN of SISTER SONG INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SISTER SONG INC is 51-0544927.
Is SISTER SONG INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
Are donations to SISTER SONG INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SISTER SONG INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of SISTER SONG INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did SISTER SONG INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of SISTER SONG INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MONICA SIMPSON.
Who are the officers and directors of SISTER SONG INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 21 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $154,247 (LEAH JONES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does SISTER SONG INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $10,959,685, expenses of $11,842,109 and total assets of $25,235,301 at year end.

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