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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$367,773
Total expenses
$573,053
Contributions and grants received
$352,371
Grants paid
$570
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$15,400
Total assets, end of year
$303,036
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,952
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$282,084
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$368,901
Management and general expenses
$134,137
Fundraising expenses
$70,015
Program service expenses (Part III)
$368,901

Program services were 64.4% 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

    $352,371

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $15,400 · related or exempt $15,400

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $570 · program services $570

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,496 · program services $99,675 · management and general $25,877 · fundraising $8,944

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $232,821 · program services $169,417 · management and general $42,269 · fundraising $21,135

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,204 · program services $4,397 · management and general $1,079 · fundraising $728

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,794 · program services $21,038 · management and general $5,367 · fundraising $2,389

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,500 · management and general $20,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,743 · program services $19,257 · management and general $8,836 · fundraising $24,650

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $434 · management and general $434

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,860 · program services $3,761 · management and general $1,072 · fundraising $27

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,800 · program services $5,170 · management and general $2,204 · fundraising $7,426

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,730 · program services $6,603 · management and general $2,042 · fundraising $85

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25 · management and general $25

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $353 · management and general $353

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,921 · management and general $3,921

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES AND AC

    total $24,791 · program services $24,791

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION

    total $22,862 · program services $3,156 · management and general $16,756 · fundraising $2,950

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND MEALS

    total $10,921 · program services $10,921

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,083 · management and general $3,402 · fundraising $1,681

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $145 · program services $145

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $358,051 · end of year $207,144

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,002 · end of year $11,804

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $122,635 · end of year $30,138

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,637 · end of year $4,300

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,425

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,425

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $354 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $36,600 · end of year $49,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,915 · end of year $20,952

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $427,364 · end of year $282,084

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT REGARDING COMMON, YET RARELY DISCUSSED, DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THEM. WE APPROACH THESE DISEASES AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES THROUGH A CULTURAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LENSAS WE BELIEVE THAT POOR KNOWLEDGE OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO HEALTH, RACIAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES.

  • COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:THIS CORE PROGRAM TACKLES ISSUES WITH REGARD TO KNOWLEDGE GAPS ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS AS WELL AS DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT EQUITY, PREVENTATIVE SCREENINGS, HARMFUL MEDICAL PRACTICES, MATERNAL HEALTH, AND STRESS AND "WEATHERING" AS THEY PERTAIN TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. WE ALSO FOCUS ON IN-DEPTH EDUCATION ABOUT PRECONCEPTION AND POSTPARTUM HEALTH.CONTINUED ONTO SCHEDULE OSISTERHOOD EMPOWERMENT CIRCLE:THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON CREATING A SAFE SPACE TO EXPLORE OUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AS WELL AS OUR RESILIENCY AND STRENGTHS WHILE WE CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STRUCTURED INEQUITIES THAT MAKE US MORE VULNERABLE TO DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:THIS RSP PROGRAM EDUCATES COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE, INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ITS DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. IN ADDITION, WE EXAMINE RACIALIZED BEAUTY NORMS THAT DRIVE BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS TO PRODUCTS SPECIFICALLY MARKETED TO THEM THAT CONTAIN HARMFUL CHEMICALS.INCARCERATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:THIS PROGRAM EXAMINES THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE US PRISON SYSTEM. PRISONS ARE SITES OF REPRODUCTIVE VIOLENCE AS WELL AS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES. INCREASING NUMBERS OF THESE WOMEN AND GIRLS REPRESENT A GROWING PROPORTION OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN THE US CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM. THE IMPLICATIONS OF INCARCERATION ARE PROFOUND GIVEN THAT MOST OF THESE WOMEN ARE OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND LARGELY FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.ART AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE:THIS PROGRAM USES ART AS A CATALYST - AND DRAWS ON THE SANKOFA PRINCIPLE OF LOOKING TO THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT. THROUGH CURATED ARTWORK, WE TELL THE STORIES OF HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, BUT WE ALSO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS AND SHOW THE EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK WOMEN OVER TIME. CONSISTENT WITH THIS VISION, WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, INSPIRE INTROSPECTION, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THEM. MANY OF THE PIECES WE HAVE COMMISSIONED SHED LIGHT ON PAST MEDICAL MALFEASANCE AND THE HISTORY OF PSEUDOSCIENCE USED TO JUSTIFY THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OF RACE.REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND IMMIGRATION:THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ADDRESS HARSH ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WOMEN OF COLOR OFTEN FACE ACCESSING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS SERVICES.

    Expenses $368,901 · Grants $570 · Revenue $15,400

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lilly Marcelin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,670
    From this org
    $119,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,688
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephanie Decandia

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liseli Fitzpatrick

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Delores Reyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Urmi Chakrabarti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Najat Belayneh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Dessain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yassmina McDonald

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Case

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roseann Murray

    CLERK (AS OF 01/2025)

    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
2025
Filed
14 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612579349300431

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