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GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC

GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,100 to it, the largest being THE DR JACK AND LIBBY JACOBS FAMILY FOUNDATION JOHN F JACOBS JR ($235,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$77k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$238k
Net assets
$-42673
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Global Sisterhood Inc does

Mission

The global sisterhood's primary exempt purpose is to educate while providing resources and networking for women and girls internationally. By forming connections and supporting each other's missions and movements, we will provide sustainable ways for women throughout the world to make their goals and dreams a reality.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provide resources, materials, and teaching opportunities for the advancement of women as leaders and creation of networks.

    $11,295 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,295.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($64k) Expenses 100 ($76k)2024 Revenue 121 ($77k) Expenses 97 ($73k)
20202024
Revenue (121)Expenses (97)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$262
$14k
20202024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’20
$3k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Dr Shellie Hipsky

Exec. Director and founder

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $12k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2

From the IRS filings of GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 2 states in all.

WI
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC?
GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,100 to it, the largest being THE DR JACK AND LIBBY JACOBS FAMILY FOUNDATION JOHN F JACOBS JR ($235,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $238,100 in grants to GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC?
THE DR JACK AND LIBBY JACOBS FAMILY FOUNDATION JOHN F JACOBS JR is the largest funder on record, with $235,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLOBAL SISTERHOOD INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing