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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS IN SOLIDARITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,329,240
Total expenses
$837,098
Contributions and grants received
$1,233,381
Grants paid
$597,735
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$88,022
Other revenue
$7,837
Total assets, end of year
$1,723,351
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,090
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,670,261
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$597,735
Management and general expenses
$223,570
Fundraising expenses
$15,793
Program service expenses (Part III)
$597,735

Program services were 71.4% 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

    $1,233,381

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,940 · excluded $3,940

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $84,082

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $84,082

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $84,082 · related or exempt $84,082

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $9,337

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,500

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,837 · unrelated business $7,837

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $597,735 · program services $597,735

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $20,000 · management and general $20,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,348 · management and general $2,348

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,586 · management and general $13,586

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $73,790 · management and general $73,790

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $800 · management and general $800

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,572 · management and general $1,817 · fundraising $5,755

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,132 · management and general $15,087 · fundraising $45

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,441 · management and general $409 · fundraising $5,032

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,660 · management and general $699 · fundraising $4,961

  • 24a · Other expenses: Sales Tax

    total $693 · management and general $693

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $1,869 · management and general $1,869

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staff Development

    total $2,559 · management and general $2,559

  • 24d · Other expenses: Religious compensation

    total $86,820 · management and general $86,820

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,093 · management and general $3,093

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $329,072 · end of year $455,925

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $112,716 · end of year $116,656

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning 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 $707,661 · end of year $1,091,744

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $52,695

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $38,500 · end of year $4,740

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,423 · end of year $396

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $52,694

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$114,062 · end of year $623,582

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,311,344 · end of year $1,046,679

Mission and programs · 2025

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 target a 50% male-female ratio.

    Expenses $325,199

  • Good Shepherd Peace Center, Inservice Training -Wau, Sustainability Agriculture Project

    Expenses $211,000

  • Since 2008, STTC has played a crucial role in strengthening South Sudans education sector, graduating 854 teachers through its in-service and pre-service certificate programs. Approximately 77% of these graduates are currently employed in the education sector, helping to address the countrys critical shortage of qualified teachers and improving access to quality education.

    Expenses $8,536

  • The Solidarity 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 officer, 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 $53,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne Mumbi Kigutha

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • 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 Grippon

    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
  • Margie Clark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chero Chuma

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sue Ernster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fr Matheus Ro

    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
2025
Filed
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202621879349301422

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