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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS IN SOLIDARITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$925,418
Total expenses
$996,911
Contributions and grants received
$916,354
Grants paid
$765,420
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,495
Other revenue
$3,569
Total assets, end of year
$1,210,705
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,423
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,197,282
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$765,420
Management and general expenses
$157,977
Fundraising expenses
$73,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$765,420

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $916,354

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,495 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,495

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,990

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,961

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,029 · unrelated business $3,029

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $540 · related or exempt $540 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $540

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $765,420 · program services $765,420

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $500 · program services $0 · management and general $500 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,796 · program services $0 · management and general $11,796 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $140,638 · program services $0 · management and general $88,041 · fundraising $52,597

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,258 · program services $0 · management and general $372 · fundraising $1,886

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,874 · program services $0 · management and general $3,771 · fundraising $3,103

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,866 · program services $0 · management and general $21,866 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,230 · program services $0 · management and general $5,388 · fundraising $4,842

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,598 · program services $0 · management and general $969 · fundraising $3,629

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,033 · program services $0 · management and general $3,033 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Sales tax

    total $618 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $618

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,080 · program services $0 · management and general $22,241 · fundraising $6,839

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $374,746 · end of year $329,072

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $107,223 · end of year $112,716

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $21,165

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,591 · end of year $1,591

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $645,650 · end of year $707,661

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $38,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,976 · end of year $13,423

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $461,663 · end of year -$114,062

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $663,571 · end of year $1,311,344

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Friends in Solidarity is a ministry instituted by Roman Catholic women and men religious in the US to raise awareness and support the educational, health, agricultural and pastoral needs of the peoples of Africa and especially in South Sudan.

  • Catholic Health Training Institute - Since its inception in 2010, the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau has graduated a total of 393 students, including 253 nurses and 140 midwives. Notably, 38% of these graduates are women (148). CHTI is committed to encouraging more South Sudanese women to pursue training in healthcare, with the aim of achieving gender balance traget a 50% male-female ratio.

    Expenses $333,500

  • Solitarity Teacher Training College (STTC) - Since 208, STTC has played a crucial role in strengthing South Sudans education sector, graduating 854 teachers through its in-service and pre-service certficate programs. Approximately 77% of these graduates are currenty employed in the education sector, helping to address the countrys critical shortage of qualified teachers and improving access to quality education.

    Expenses $135,550

  • Juba Ministry - the Solidartity with South Sudan Office is headquartered in Juba. The grant made to them covers the salaries of the: the finance manager,finance assistant, roaming finance officier, HR manager, administrative assistant. It also covers the cost of operations in Juba which include renting an office space, and other expenses related to travel to the outstations of the ED, living expenses of the Juba community members, legal fees, etc.

    Expenses $115,000

  • Good Shepherd Peace Center, Humanitarian Relief, Sustainability Agriculture Project, NSP

    Expenses $181,370

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mumbi Kigutha CPPS

    President & ex-officio member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Craig J Franz FSC

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lawrence Lundin SJ

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Bridget Bearss RSCJ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eilis McCulough HM

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Camille Grippen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simone Blanchard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Coles-Bell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
20 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521719349300602

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