Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 18 February 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
- Total revenue
- $2,955,885 changed to $2,541,274
- Total expenses
- $4,165,434 changed to $4,179,349
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,954,106 changed to $2,539,495
- Grants paid
- $1,021,320 changed to $1,034,570
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,997,611 changed to $23,004,351
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $160,969 changed to $161,192
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $23,836,642 changed to $22,843,159
- Program services expenses
- $3,484,751 changed to $3,227,551
- Management and general expenses
- $372,758 changed to $833,153
- Fundraising expenses
- $307,925 changed to $118,645
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,484,751 changed to $3,227,551
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,955,885
- Total expenses
- $4,165,434
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,954,106
- Grants paid
- $1,021,320
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,179
- Other revenue
- $600
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,997,611
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $160,969
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $23,836,642
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,484,751
- Management and general expenses
- $372,758
- Fundraising expenses
- $307,925
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,484,751
Program services were 83.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,954,106
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3 · Investment income
total $1,179 · excluded $1,179
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $600
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $600
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $600 · related or exempt $600
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: FEES
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11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE PAYOUT
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11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $1,021,320 · program services $1,021,320
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,248,455 · program services $998,764 · management and general $124,846 · fundraising $124,845
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $294,604 · program services $235,683 · management and general $29,461 · fundraising $29,460
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $96,198 · program services $76,958 · management and general $9,620 · fundraising $9,620
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,726 · management and general $27,726
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $730,097 · program services $584,078 · management and general $73,010 · fundraising $73,009
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $7,314 · program services $5,851 · management and general $732 · fundraising $731
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13 · Office expenses
total $36,401 · program services $29,121 · management and general $3,640 · fundraising $3,640
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $249,515 · program services $199,612 · management and general $24,952 · fundraising $24,951
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17 · Travel
total $231,301 · program services $185,041 · management and general $23,130 · fundraising $23,130
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $15,909 · program services $12,727 · management and general $1,591 · fundraising $1,591
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $22,093 · program services $17,674 · management and general $2,210 · fundraising $2,209
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23 · Insurance
total $21,186 · management and general $21,186
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBS
total $48,790 · program services $39,032 · management and general $4,879 · fundraising $4,879
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24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND MEALS
total $47,701 · program services $38,161 · management and general $4,770 · fundraising $4,770
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24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $32,076 · program services $25,661 · management and general $3,208 · fundraising $3,207
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24d · Other expenses: LICENSES
total $10,501 · program services $8,401 · management and general $1,050 · fundraising $1,050
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24e · All other expenses
total $24,247 · program services $6,667 · management and general $16,747 · fundraising $833
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $16,849,294 · end of year $18,746,978
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $7,367,193 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $365,423 · end of year $4,681,305
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $33,242 · end of year $600
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$750,935
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$185,207
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $587,821 · end of year $565,728
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $100,748 · end of year $21,491
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $58,991 · end of year $139,478
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,277,398 · end of year $12,122,806
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,768,836 · end of year $11,713,836
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
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. SONG builds, sustains, and connects a southern regional base of LBGTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in the communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing. Since 1993, SONG has been known, both regionally and nationally, for organizing and training work across issues of race, class, gender and sexuality with both LGBTQ people and allies. SONG works to build and maintain a Southern LGBTQ infrastructure for organizers strong enough to combat the Southern-specific strategy of the Right to divide and conquer Southern oppressed communities.
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For the year ended December 31, 2023, SONG operated the following programs:(i) Local Campaign Training and Organizing: In 2023, 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 2023, 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 2023, 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 2024.(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 2023, 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 2023, 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.
Expenses $3,484,751
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Roberto TijerinaROBERTO TIJERINA
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Selma AlaminSELMA ALAMIN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Hermelinda CortesHERMELINDA CORTES
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karen MosleyKAREN MOSLEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Paulina Helm-HernandezPAULINA HELM-HERNANDEZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dj HudsonDJ HUDSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Aesha RasheedAESHA RASHEED
CO DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Wendi Moore-O'NealWENDI MOORE-O'NEAL
CO DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 7 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202403129349301575
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