Sistersong Inc
Atlanta, GA · EIN 51-0544927. Reported 81 grants totalling $6,178,886 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Sistersong Inc, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 56 distinct organizations, with 45% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 48% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,200. Half of what it reported fell between $22,500 and $50,200; the smallest was $8,000 and the largest $2,759,680. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mamas Matter Alliance (bmma) | Atlanta, GA | $2,759,680 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Mamas Matter Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $385,206 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $172,900 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organization for Human Rights and Democracy | Atlanta, GA | $122,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Wombmans Way Warrior Midwife Training Program Inc | Raleigh, NC | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African American Breastfeeding Network Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Doula Collective | Hampton, GA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birth Sanctuary | Gainesville, AL | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Counseling and Consulting Collective | Louisville, KY | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center of Southwest Culture Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Birth Companion | Opelousas, LA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Comunidad Materna En Utah | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delivering Unto You | Austin, TX | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feminist Womens Health Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| For the Village Inc | Chula Vista, CA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mujer De La Tierra | Bronx | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pea Pod Nutrition and Lactation Support Inc | Decatur, GA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Six Dimensions | Madison, MS | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Birthwork Foundation | Augusta, GA | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Topeka Doula Project Inc | Topeka, KS | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yellowhammer Fund | Birmingham, AL | $100,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women With a Vision | New Orleans, LA | $72,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shades of Divinity | Tucson, AZ | $50,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shades of Motherhood Network | Spokane, WA | $50,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birth Detroit Inc | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black and Pink Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Health New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daughters Beyond Incarceration | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund - Atlanta Jobs With Justice | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poder in Action Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisterlove Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $30,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cheyenne Varner LLC | Richmond, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| AIDS Services Coalition | Hattiesburg, MS | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camden Repertory Theater Community Development Group | Camden, NJ | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everyblackgirl Inc | Columbia, SC | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Worker Inc | Bronx, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing Effective Support | Columbia, LA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miami Workers Center Inc | Miami, FL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Inc | New York, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poise Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Sisters Circle | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Speaking Down Barriers | Spartanburg, SC | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Center for Resilient Individuals Families and Communities | New Orleans, LA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trans Women in Need of Services Inc | Miramar, FL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Gifted & Green | Memphis, TN | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miller Brooks Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge of Light Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Justice | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Menddigap Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Women for Wellness | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Voices Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spark Reproductive Justice Now Inc | Atlanta, GA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens Fund of Greater Omaha Inc | Omaha, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 56 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance (bmma)
AT THE END OF 2022, BMMA APPLIED FOR SEPARATE (C)(3) STATUS. BMMA WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED A PROGRAM OF SISTERSONG. THESE FUNDS WERE MONIES COLLECTED BY SISTERSONG WHICH WERE RESTRICTED TO THE BMMA PROGRAM. - New Mexico Doula Association
THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE CORE DESIGN AND BUILD OF AN EMR SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE DOULA AND LACTATION SERVICES DOCUMENTATION AND MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT, MAKING IT EASIER FOR INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE CORE DESIGN AND BUILD OF AN EMR SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE DOULA AND LACTATION SERVICES DOCUMENTATION AND MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT, MAKING IT EASIER FOR INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SUPPORT THE CORE DESIGN AND BUILD OF AN EMR SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE DOULA AND LACTATION SERVICES DOCUMENTATION AND MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT, MAKING IT EASIER FOR INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. - For the Village Inc
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTS AND FORMS FOR THE BIRTHING PEOPLE IN OUR PROGRAM, AND FUND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE BIRTH WORKERS AND EDUCATORS OF OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT - Topeka Doula Project Inc
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY BASED DOULAS. - Comunidad Materna En Utah
HIS GRANT WILL HELP CMU TO PROVIDE BIRTH/POSTPARTUM DOULA SUPPORT TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE LOW INCOME, UNINSURED AND VULNERABLE. - Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center
OPERATING GRANT TO FURTHER RJ MISSION INCLUDING ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS AS WELL AS EXPANDED SERVICES
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 56 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $961,000 | $22,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | $2,774,680 | $1,387,340 |
| 2023 | 21 | $1,324,000 | $50,200 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,119,206 | $50,200 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
62% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,200 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sistersong Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1237 Ralph David Abernathy Sw, Atlanta, GA, 30310.
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