Sistersong Inc
Sistersong Inc is an Atlanta, Georgia-based public charity whose filing type is Form 990. It describes itself as a Southern-based, national membership organization focused on improving policies and systems that affect marginalized communities’ reproductive lives. Its work includes reproductive justice education, advocacy, movement-building, and support for birth and parenting justice.
Sistersong Inc at a glance
In short: Sistersong Inc gave $1.1M across 24 grants in 2024 (avg $47K), top state Georgia. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $1,119,206
- -15.5% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 24
- +14.3% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $46,634
- -26.0% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $50,200
- Total assets
- $25,235,301
- -1.0% vs 2023
- Primary geography
- Georgia (34% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Sistersong Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 1237 Ralph David Abernathy Sw, Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: (404) 756-8680
Website: https://sistersong.net
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Sistersong Inc
Who Sistersong Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) ($65K). Together the top 10 received $517K.
Grant Size Distribution
81 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 51 grants of 81 (63%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
SisterSong describes its membership organization as Southern-based and its birth and parenting justice grant program as national in scope. The filing says the program emphasizes applicants in the South and Midwest with limited access to funding. In 2024, Georgia received 34% of grant dollars; the other leading recipient states by share were New York (5%), New Mexico (4%), California (4%), and Kansas (4%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 24 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Sistersong Inc gives
- 75% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (+16%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $961K (2021) to $2.8M (2022). In 2024 it made 24 grants totaling $1.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) Atlanta, GA | 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. | $65,206 |
| New Mexico Doula Association (Center for Southwest Culture FS) Albuquerque, NM | 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. | $50,200 |
| For the Village Inc Chula Vista, CA | 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 | $50,200 |
| Topeka Doula Project Inc Topeka, KS | Funds to be used to build our organization into a smooth operation that is able meet the clients needs and allow our doulas to work at their full potential. | $50,200 |
| Comunidad Materna En Utah Salt Lake City, UT | His grant will help cmu to provide birth/postpartum doula support to those families who are low income, uninsured and vulnerable. | $50,200 |
| Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center Atlanta, GA | Operating grant to further rj mission including additional virtual trainings and workshops as well as expanded services | $50,200 |
| Mujer De La Tierra Bronx, NY | Funds will be used for a virtual school where bbipoc pregnant people and birth workers from the U.S. and mexico can access childbirth education, lactation, postpartum care, newborn care, parenting & abortion care courses taught by traditional midwives. | $50,200 |
| The Black Counseling & Consulting Collective Louisville, KY | We will use this grant to offer therapy and doula services to individuals and families who are at least 30 weeks pregnant and or have experienced a pregnancy loss within the last six months. | $50,200 |
| Reale Justice Network (Alliance for Global Justice FS) Tucson, AZ | Funds will be used to train and certify 10 new community health workers and expand services | $50,200 |
| Margins Women Helping Black Women Birmingham, AL | Plan to use these funds to assist black women and tgnc parents with getting out of living in scarcity. | $50,200 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25,235,301 | $10,959,685 | $11,842,109 | $1,119,206 | 24 | $396,065 |
| 2023 | $25,481,728 | $8,184,351 | $8,547,432 | $1,324,000 | 21 | $124,458 |
| 2022 | $25,317,025 | $22,272,980 | $10,190,047 | $2,774,680 | 2 | $19,624 |
| 2021 | $13,275,117 | $8,489,711 | $5,244,873 | $961,000 | 34 | $2,469 |
| 2020 | $9,096,049 | $8,432,588 | $2,374,427 | — | — | $948 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
SisterSong’s stated mission is to strengthen and amplify the collective voices of Indigenous women and women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights. It defines reproductive justice as the right to bodily autonomy, to have children or not have children, and to parent children in safe and sustainable communities.
The organization’s filing describes programs in reproductive justice training, culture change, movement solidarity, group capacity-building, advocacy and organizing, state infrastructure, and birth justice. Its birth and parenting justice grant program supports BIPOC-led grassroots organizations; the website also identifies BIPOC creatives using the arts to shift narratives and BIPOC researchers amplifying underrepresented perspectives.
Grantee missions illustrate the range of work supported. Black Mamas Matter Alliance says it centers Black mamas through advocacy, research, power-building, and cultural work for Black maternal health, rights, and justice. For the Village says it works to improve birth outcomes for Black mothers and babies by raising awareness, developing Black birth workers, and facilitating birth services. The African American Breastfeeding Network describes work to improve maternal and child health and breastfeeding equity through advocacy, community partnerships, education, and support.
Grantmaking
In 2024, SisterSong reported 24 grants totaling $1,119,206. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $65,206, with a median grant of $50,200.
The largest reported grant was $65,206 to Black Mamas Matter Alliance in Atlanta. The filing says these funds had been collected by SisterSong and restricted to the BMMA program, which had previously been considered a SisterSong program before applying for separate 501(c)(3) status. Other notable grants of $50,200 included the New Mexico Doula Association, for development of an electronic medical records system supporting doula and lactation services; For the Village, for translation of documents and forms and birth-worker training; and Topeka Doula Project, for organizational capacity. Other grants at that amount supported doula services for low-income families, virtual childbirth and related education, therapy and doula services, community health worker training, midwifery training, and reproductive justice programming.
The filing says grant applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. It describes a two-stage review by SisterSong staff and a steering committee, beginning with an eligibility review. The grant program is described as national, with emphasis on groups in the South and Midwest that have limited access to funding.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Stephanie Lozano as board chair, Elizabeth Estrada as secretary, and Xaelah Jarrett as treasurer. Directors listed are Park Cannon, Lindsey Godwin, Katrina Maczen-Cantrell, Madeline Gomez, Cynthia Gutierrez, Breana Lipscomb, and Lawanda Swan.
Sistersong Inc is led by Monica Simpson, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 7 of 21 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Monica Simpson
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$110K (2020) → $171K (2024)
Stephanie Lozano
Board Chair
Co-Chair → Board Chair, 2022
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brittany Smith
Program Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$117K (2023) → $123K (2024)
Oreoluwa Adeboyega
Operation Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$114K (2023) → $128K (2024)
Andrew Randall
Finance Director
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$93K (2024)
Deepika Srivastava
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Maczen-Cantrell
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lindsey Godwin
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Park Cannon
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Poppy Liu
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ali Anderson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Breana Lipscomb
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia Gutierrez
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Madeline Gomez
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Coya Whitehat-Artichoker
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawanda Swan
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Jones
Deputy Director
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$111K (2022) → $154K (2024)
Danielle Rodriguez
Georgia Coordinator
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$103K (2024)
Khadijah Austin
Digital Strategy Manager
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$107K (2024)
Elizabeth Estrada
Secretary
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Xaelah Jarrett
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (4)
- Former: Coya White Hat-Artichoker (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Wanda Swan (2022) — Director
- Former: Bianca Laureano (2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Through 063020
- Former: Gina Brown (2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Through 120120
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $171K, to Monica Simpson (Executive Director). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Sistersong Inc
How much does Sistersong Inc give each year?
Sistersong Inc gave $1.1M across 24 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $1.3M across 21 grants.
What is Sistersong Inc's typical grant size?
Sistersong Inc's median grant in 2024 was $50,200, and its average grant was $46,634, across 24 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Where does Sistersong Inc give grants?
Sistersong Inc's top state is Georgia, with 34% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990. The next largest state was New York (5%). The most frequent recipient cities were Atlanta, GA (4 grants).
Does Sistersong Inc give general operating support?
Occasionally: 4% of Sistersong Inc's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (1 of 24) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Who are Sistersong Inc's largest grantees?
Sistersong Inc's largest 2024 grantees include Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) ($65,206), New Mexico Doula Association (Center for Southwest Culture FS) ($50,200) and For the Village Inc ($50,200), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 15% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is Sistersong Inc?
Sistersong Inc reported $25.2M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.0M.
What does Sistersong Inc fund?
SisterSong’s stated mission is to strengthen and amplify the collective voices of Indigenous women and women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Sistersong Inc?
Sistersong Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check sistersong.net for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Sistersong Inc's EIN?
Sistersong Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0544927. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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