Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis)

As of 2026, BroSis has received funding from New York City government agencies including the NYC Department of Health, the Office of Children and Family Services, and the city Council on the Arts.  ³ The group has also received funding from left-of-center grantmaking organizations including the Jewish Communal Fund, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. ^{4  5  6}

Activities

The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) offers educational and community services for youth from African American and Latino communities in New York City. These include an after-school program, college-preparatory services, and a summer leadership program. ^{1  7}

BroSis has also encouraged its members to promote activism and community organizing to advocate lenient criminal justice policy and left-wing environmentalism. ²  It hosts an annual Voices Gala to raise funds for its initiatives, with previous attendees including radical-left academic Cornel West and record executive Russell Simmons. ^{8  9}

BroSis claims that as of 2026, roughly 94 percent of its alumni had graduated high school or earned a GED, that none of its members were then incarcerated, that less than one percent of its members had a felony conviction, and that 95 percent of its members were either enrolled in college or working full-time.  ²

According to the group’s website, media personality Oprah Winfrey was previously quoted by claiming BorSis was “using their passion to uplift and inspire a next generation through extraordinary work that creates leaders and a sanctuary for children…. where their members can develop a higher vision of themselves.” ¹⁰

Leadership

Khary Lazarre-White is the co-founder and executive director of the Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis), a position held since 1995. Lazarre-White has previously sat on the boards of several organizations, being appointed a New York City Commissioner of Human Rights by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and serving as a mayoral appointee to the Young Men’s Initiative under then-Mayors Michael Bloomberg (I) and de Blasio. ¹¹

Finances

In 2024, the Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) reported $9,773,167 in total revenue, $10,943,876 in total expenses, and $25,050,861 in total assets. That year, the group received $586,770 in government grants. ¹²

In 2023, BroSis reported $10,305,011 in total revenue, $9,700,058 in total expenses, and $26,823,960 in total assets. That year, the group received $2,874,083 in government grants (approximately 28 percent of its total revenue). ¹³

In 2022 when the group reported $15,189,546 in total revenue, $7,709,693 in total expenses, and $26,795,150 in total assets, as well as $4,049,790 in government grants (approximately 27 percent of its total revenue). ¹⁴ BroSis also received $4,800,386 in government grants in 2021 (approximately 39 percent of its total revenue that year). ¹⁵

From 2010 through 2025, BroSis secured numerous local and state government contracts in New York. In 2010, the group secured a $250,000 contract with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. In 2017, it secured a $21,725 contract with the New York Department of Health. In 2019, it secured a $18,275 contract with the New York Department of Health. In 2021, it secured a $40,000 contract with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and in 2022 it secured a $22,968 contract with the New York Department of Health. In 2024 and 2025 it secured $40,000 contracts with the New York Council on the Arts. ³

Funding

The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) has received funding from left-of-center organizations. From 2010 to 2024, BroSis received twelve grants from the Jewish Communal Fund totaling $2,090,490. ^{16  17  18  19  20  21  22  4  23  24  25  26} In 2017, BroSis received two grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation totaling $900,000. ⁵

From 2017 to 2024, BroSis received two grants from the Ford Foundation totaling $103,000. ^{6  27} From 2020 to 2024, BroSis received four grants from the Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund totaling $52,500. ^{28  29  30  31} In 2021, BroSis received a $45,000 grant from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA). ³² From 2015 to 2021, BroSis received three grants from the Network For Good totaling $36,651. ^{33  34  35}