EIN 61-1274170

Southerners on New Ground (SONG)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
23
State
Year formed
1998
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
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.
Total revenues
$3,143,433
2022
Total expenses
$3,244,725
2022
Total assets
$25,205,973
2022
Num. employees
23
2022

Program areas at SONG

For the year ended December 31, 2022, SONG operated the following programs:(i) Local Campaign Training and Organizing: In 2022, 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 2022, leaders in local sites worked with regional staff to assess their recent organizing campaigns addressing the use of money bail and pretrial detention to better understand how those efforts had impacted local conditions and their own organizing skills. Additionally, SONG members worked to evolve organizing practices in the response to pandemic 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 2022, SONG continued to participate as a partner in multiple coalitions including Movement 4 Black Lives, the National Bail Out Collective, 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. The net assets with donor restrictions for Southern Power Fund (see Note 4) should be released in 2023.(iii) Regional Membership & Base-building: SONG maintains and builds a base of more than 43,000 Southern LGBTQ Black people, people of color, rural, working class, and immigrant people. In 2022, SONG continued our 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 had to continue virtually as our staff worked to support continued connection by using online meeting tools and old school technologies like phone calls. In continued response to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing climate catastrophes, SONG offered a member support fund and distributed funds for emergency support to SONG members and other community members in need due to pandemic-driven economic crises and environmental emergencies.Through these programs in 2022, 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.

Grants made by SONG

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
The Smile TrustGeneral Operations$250,000
The Smile TrustGeneral Operations$250,000
Foundation for A Just Society (FJS)General Operations$95,000
...and 1 more grant made

Who funds Southerners on New Ground (SONG)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Open Society FoundationsTo Provide General Support$1,000,000
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationGeneral Operating Support$566,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$426,015
...and 41 more grants received totalling $5,455,256

Personnel at SONG

NameTitleCompensation
Wendi Moore-O'NealDirector$90,000
Selma AlaminBoard Member$0
Aesha RasheedDirector$90,000
Catalina NietoSecretary / Director$0
Ada SmithSecretary$0
...and 1 more key personnel

Financials for SONG

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,963,479
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$1,402
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$178,552
Total revenues$3,143,433

Form 990s for SONG

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122024-04-17990View PDF
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2021-122023-02-23990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122022-03-24990View PDF
...and 12 more Form 990s
Data update history
October 16, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 10 new grant, including a grant for $175,000 from Ananda Fund 009146-000
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $14,488 from Tides Foundation
January 24, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsSocial advocacy organizationsHuman rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsCharities
Issues
Human rightsLGBTQ
Characteristics
Community engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
561 W Whitehall St SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Metro area
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
County
Fulton County, GA
Website URL
southernersonnewground.org/ 
Phone
(770) 301-9464
IRS details
EIN
61-1274170
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1998
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R26: LGBT Rights
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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