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HARM REDUCTION SISTERS

EIN 45-2597370 DULUTH, MN

Revenue 2025
$1,441,280
Expenses 2025
$1,327,355

Program services were 87.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F20
Classification
1000
Street
206 W 4TH ST STE 216 # B

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

HARM REDUCTION SISTERS PROVIDES A FEMINIST RESPONSE, UTILIZING INNOVATIVE HARM REDUCTION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT EXIST FOR PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE USE AND TRAUMA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES A FEMINIST RESPONSE TO ADDRESS THE GAPS FOR PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE USE AND TRAUMA.

  • HARM REDUCTION SISTERS (HRS) PROVIDES SAFER INJECTION AND SMOKING SUPPLIES, NARCAN, NON-MEDICAL HIV CASE MANAGEMENT, HARM REDUCTION EDUCATION, DRUG CHECKING, AND MORE - ALL AT NO COST. OUR HARM REDUCTION SERVICES INCLUDE THE DISTRIBUTION OF STERILE INJECTION SUPPLIES, OVERDOSE EDUCATION, AND NALOXONE TO COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. OUR PEER NAVIGATORS PROVIDE MOBILE RAPID HIV TESTING BY APPOINTMENT IN DULUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. OUTREACH HIV CASE MANAGEMENT - HARM REDUCTION SISTERS' OUTREACH HIV CASE MANAGER WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A REACTIVE HIV TEST. THE OUTREACH CASE MANAGER MEETS CLIENTS IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT WORK FOR THEM TO:- COMPLETE AN INITIAL, RAPID, CLIENT-CENTERED ASSESSMENT OF SERVICE NEEDS- COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUALIZED CARE PLAN- MAKE TIMELY AND COORDINATED REFERRALS AND ASSISTANCE ACCESSING APPROPRIATE HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES BASED ON CLIENT-IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES- PROVIDE ONGOING CLIENT SUPPORT TO ASSESS PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS AND EMERGING NEEDS FOR SUPPORT, INCLUDING CLIENT-SPECIFIC ADVOCACY TO SUPPORT SERVICE ACCESS- DELIVER CLIENT-TAILORED EDUCATION REGARDING HIV CARE AND TREATMENT, RISK REDUCTION AND OTHER AREAS TO SUPPORT OPTIMAL HEALTH OUTCOMES- REASSESS CLIENT NEEDS AND REGULARLY UPDATE CARE PLANPEER ADVOCACY & LINKAGE - OUR OUTREACH TEAM PROVIDES LINKAGE TO REGIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING HOUSING, INSURANCE NAVIGATION, AND HEALTH SERVICES.IN 2025, HARM REDUCTION SISTERS CONTINUED TO EXPAND COMMUNITY SERVICES, UTILIZING OUR MOBILE UNIT TO CONDUCT OUTREACH ACROSS DULUTH AND THE SURROUNDING REGION. WE ESTABLISHED NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL CORRECTIONS CENTER, CENTER FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUP, UMN/UMD, UNION GOSPEL MISSION, AND THE DULUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING WOUND AND FOOT CARE, STI TESTING AND EDUCATION, MOBILE HEALTH OUTREACH, AND SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM (SSP) SERVICES. THE MOBILE UNIT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN EXTENDING THE REACH OF THESE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.HRS ALSO GREW ITS TEAM TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ACROSS BOTH URBAN AND RURAL SERVICE AREAS, RESULTING IN INCREASED PARTICIPATION ACROSS SEVERAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DRUG CHECKING, COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS, STI EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, AND BROADER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.HRS CLOSED OUT 2025 WITH TWO SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS. HRS WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF EIGHT SITES NATIONALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BISTRO STUDY, WHICH EXAMINES LOW-BARRIER BUPRENORPHINE INDUCTIONS WITHIN SSPS. WE WERE ALSO SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT ACCESS STUDY, FOCUSED ON OPT-OUT HIV AND HEPATITIS C TESTING WITHIN SSPS.HRS SERVED 1,792 CLIENTS IN 2025, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE FROM 1,083 CLIENTS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 13,723 DOSES OF NARCAN/NALOXONE.

    Expenses $1,163,485 · Revenue $30,725

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SUSAN PURCHASE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,581
    From this org
    $84,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,345
    Hours/week
    40

  • ABBEY DELISLE

    BOARD MEMBER (END 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY OWEN

    CHAIR (END 8/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NOMI OSTRANDER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD RAY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BELLA MOSQUEDA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER RAY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ANTHONY BANKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA SCHWARTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • XAVIER DOANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMEY SHARP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY SPRAGUE

    BOARD MEMBER (END 9/29/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDAN HANSEN

    BOARD MEMBER (END 11/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI GUEVARA

    BOARD MEMBER (END 11/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA HANSEN

    BOARD MEMBER (END 2/28/25)

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,441,280
    Expenses
    $1,327,355
    Contributions
    $1,410,555
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,061,258
    Expenses
    $1,057,039
    Contributions
    $1,043,145
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $492,634
    Expenses
    $454,782
    Contributions
    $486,134
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $304,041
    Expenses
    $226,904
    Contributions
    $291,916
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $78,115
    Expenses
    $93,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,424

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $107,573
    Expenses
    $84,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,153

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Susan Purchase
Mailing address
1220 East 1st StreetDuluth MN 55805
Website
www.harmreductionsisters.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.