Nonprofit · EIN 61-1274170
SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND
Also known as SONG
Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30309
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,390,105 | $7,787,241 | -$4,397,136 | $19,100,529 | $152,442 | $18,948,087 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $2,541,274 | $4,179,349 | -$1,638,075 | $23,004,351 | $161,192 | $22,843,159 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $3,143,433 | $3,244,725 | -$101,292 | $25,205,973 | $159,739 | $25,046,234 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,494,308
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- -$131,203
- Net rental income
- $27,000
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$135,499
- Other revenue
- $27,000
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $3,409,500
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $184,790
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,339,300
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,957,013
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $54,502
- Occupancy
- $83,343
- Travel
- $386,631
- Depreciation
- $5,449
- Program services (functional)
- $5,968,441
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,597,119
- Fundraising (functional)
- $221,681
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $23,004,351
- Total assets, end of year
- $19,100,529
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $152,442
- Net assets, end of year
- $18,948,087
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,950,762
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,997,325
- Gross receipts
- $4,046,890
- Employees
- 25
- Volunteers
- 450
- Year formed
- 1998
- 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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESHA RASHEED | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $92,395 |
| WENDI MOORE-O'NEAL | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $92,395 |
| KAREN MOSLEY | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBERTO TIJERINA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SELMA ALAMIN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HERMELINDA CORTES | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAULINA HELM-HERNANDEZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DJ HUDSON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESHA RASHEED | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $77,920 |
| WENDI MOORE-O'NEAL | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $77,920 |
| ROBERTO TIJERINA | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SELMA ALAMIN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HERMELINDA CORTES | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KAREN MOSLEY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAULINA HELM-HERNANDEZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DJ HUDSON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESHA RASHEED | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $90,000 |
| WENDI MOORE-O'NEAL | CO DIRECTOR | 40 | $90,000 |
| ROBERTO TIJERINA | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SELMA ALAMIN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HERMELINDA CORTES | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KAREN MOSLEY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAULINA HELM-HERNANDEZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DJ HUDSON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1201 W PEACHTREE ST NW, ATLANTA, GA 30309-3449
- Signed the 990
- LIONEL NEPTUNE, Operations Director
- Phone
- (770) 301-9464
- Website
- southernersonnewground.org
- Return prepared by
- GREGG S BOSSEN CPA PC
Mission
Southerners on New Ground, Inc. (SONG) is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. SONG builds, sustains, and connects a southern regional base of LBGTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in the communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing. Since 1993, SONG has been known, both regionally and nationally, for organizing and training work across issues of race, class, gender and sexuality with both LGBTQ people and allies. SONG works to build and maintain a Southern LGBTQ infrastructure for organizers strong enough to combat the Southern-specific strategy of the Right to divide and conquer Southern oppressed communities.
Program accomplishments
- For the year ended December 31, 2024, SONG operated the following programs:(i) Local Campaign Training and Organizing: In 2024, SONG continued to train LGBTQ leaders in seven local chapters across the South in grassroots campaign organizing and intersectional methodology and connect leaders building local organizing campaigns with each other. Responding to the changing conditions in 2024, leaders in local sites worked with regional staff to develop campaigns focusing on Housing & Land Liberation, Protecting the Queer & Trans Kindred, and Stopping Criminalization. Additionally, SONG members worked to evolve organizing practices in the response to climate disaster conditions which required shifts in organizing methodology and limited campaign tactics.(ii) Coalition and Alliance Work: SONG brings LGBTQ leadership, expertise, and visibility to key racial and economic justice alliances and organizing fights in the South and incubates collaborative work that helps to connect bases and shared priorities. In 2024, SONG continued to participate as a partner in multiple coalitions including Movement 4 Black Lives, as well as partnering with other local and statewide coalitions and alliances throughout the South.SONG also continued to serve as an anchor organization along with eight other Southern movement organizations to lead the Southern Power Fund which was designed to raise and distribute resources to grassroots organizations across the South. The coalition has been anchored by four core organizations: SONG, Highlander Training Center, Alternate ROOTS, Inc., and Project South, Inc. As one of the four anchor organizations of the Southern Power Fund, SONG helped raise funds to redistribute to smaller southern organizations. (iii) Regional Membership & Base-building: SONG maintains and builds a base of more than 48,955 Southern LGBTQ Black people, people of color, rural, working class, and immigrant people. In 2024, SONG continued its work to connect and support SONGs base through general membership meetings, training and leadership development, communications work, and regional convenings. Due to continued pandemic conditions, SONGs gatherings which have been central to our work have happened virtually and in-person to support continued connection while also being mindful of our immunocompromised members and staff. We were able to engage members using online meeting tools and old school technologies like phone calls. In response to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing climate catastrophes, SONG continued to offer a member support fund and distributed funds for emergency support to SONG members and other community members in need. Through these programs in 2024, SONG brought leadership to intersectional organizing projects; further developed leadership within a multi-racial, intergenerational LGBTQ base; and engaged Southern LGBTQ people in projects and campaigns that directly addressed institutional and social injustice.Expenses $5,968,441 · grants $3,409,500
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 61-1274170
- 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
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R260)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $19,100,529
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,046,890
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,390,105 | $7,787,241 | $19,100,529 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,541,274 | $4,179,349 | $23,004,351 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,143,433 | $3,244,725 | $25,205,973 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 61-1274170).
Questions about SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND
- What is the EIN of SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND is 61-1274170.
- Is SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND 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 SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND 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 SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $92,395 (AESHA RASHEED, CO DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,390,105, expenses of $7,787,241 and total assets of $19,100,529 at year end.
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