New York · Nonprofit
SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC
SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,736 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ($170,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $298k
- Net assets
- $216k
What Sister to Sister International Inc does
Mission
The Organizations mission focuses on health and wellness the promotion of higher education and global awareness targeting women and families of African descent and communities of color.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization conducts research on Black Women and Girls sponsors forums campaign and webinars on health and wellness STEAM education economic prosperity and juvenile justice as part of its Black Women and Girl Child initiatives. The organization hosts a STEAM summer camp annually and a year-round academy that offers academic support college readiness career exposure as well as leadership and personal development. The organization hosts an annual United Nations Day promoting global awareness for youth and women of African descent.
$224,130 spentof which $137,703 as grants$86,427 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $224,130.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $83k to $219k (+164%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 45% · 2019 49% · 2020 24% · 2021 16% · 2022 28% · 2023 15% · 2024 25% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $75k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL 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
SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 45% · 2022 86% · 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
57% of SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $128k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC?
- SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,736 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ($170,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $297,736 in grants to SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC?
- ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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