Non-profit

SisterLove Inc.

Website:

www.sisterlove.org/

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Tax ID:

58-2016070

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2020):

Revenue: $1,805,064
Expenses: $2,088,857
Assets: $2,567,755

Type:

Sex education and policy advocacy

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Sister Love Inc. is a sex education and policy advocacy group that focuses on issues related to HIV/AIDS and sexual health among African-American women. 1

Activity

Sister Love Inc. operates various programs to deal with reproductive health issues facing African American women, primarily HIV/AIDS. One of these programs is the Healthy Love Workshop, an educational program where participants receive information about HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, safer sex practices, sexuality, and reproductive health. 2

In its Policy and Advocacy Program, Sister Love focuses on issues related to HIV/AIDS prevention treatment and care, sexual reproduction, and health disparities. 3 Sister Love Inc. also has a branch in South Africa called Sister Love International that runs the Innovative Strategies for Those At Risk Seeking High Impact Prevention and PrEP Program (also known as iSTARSHIPP). iSTARSHIPP is a Dreams Innovation Challenge project funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a five-year commitment by the U.S. government that works towards reducing HIV infections among high-risk persons in South Africa. 4

Partnerships

Sister Love Inc. is partnered with various left-of-center organizations such as the Ford Foundation, 5 one of the largest foundations in the United States that has given a great deal of money to left-of-center organizations since its founding. 6 Sister Love Inc. is also partnered with Family Health International (or FHI 360), 7 a left-of-center international nonprofit that works on left-progressive gender-related social policy, economic development projects, environmental issues, juvenile justice programs, and other projects. 8 The organization is also partnered with NEO Philanthropy 9 (formerly Public Interest Projects), a New York based fiscal clearinghouse for left-of-center causes. It serves as a vehicle for left-of-center foundations to sponsor various liberal projects, pool-resources, and host donor advised funds. 10

People

Dazon Dixon Diallo founded Sister Love, Inc. as a volunteer organization in 1989 to provide information to African-American women in Atlanta, Georgia, while also working at the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta. 11 Diallo is a member of various organizations such as the Women-At-Risk Subcommittee, UNFPA Global Advisory Council, the Scientific Advisory Group of the HIV Prevention Trials Network, the Women’s Research Initiative, and is a founding member of Sister Song Reproductive Justice Collective. She is the creator and convener of the WomenNOW! Summit and the Prevention Options for Women at Risk -PoWaR-Partnership (formerly known as US Women & PrEP Working Group). Diallo graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master’s degree in public health and from Spelman College with a bachelor’s degree. 12

References

  1. “SisterLove, Inc.” The Well Project. Last modified April 12, 2022. https://www.thewellproject.org/partners/sisterlove-inc.
  2. “Healthy Love Workshop.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/women-program-healthy-workshop.
  3. “Policy & Advocacy Program.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/pap.
  4. “South Africa.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/slisa.
  5. “Our Partners.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/our-partners.
  6. “A Legacy of Social Justice.” Ford Foundation. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/about-ford/a-legacy-of-social-justice/.
  7. “Our Partners.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/our-partners.
  8. “PRACTICE AREAS.” FHI360. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.fhi360.org/practice-areas.
  9. “Our Partners.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/our-partners.
  10. “Inside NEO Philanthropy: An Unusual Funding Group Works to Unify the Social Justice World.” Inside Philanthropy. Last modified August 21, 2017. https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/6/30/inside-neo-philanthropy-an-unusual-funding-group-works-to-un.html
  11. Shaw, Maggie L. “Outreach, Engagement, Inclusion Infuse the Work of Georgia’s SisterLove Inc.” AJMC. Last modified August 30, 2021. https://www.ajmc.com/view/outreach-engagement-inclusion-infuse-the-work-of-georgia-s-sisterlove-inc.
  12. “Our Founder.” SisterLove, Inc. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.sisterlove.org/our-founder.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: October 1, 1992

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2020 Dec Form 990 $1,805,064 $2,088,857 $2,567,755 $2,175,064 N $1,798,860 $1,947 $4,257 $0
    2019 Dec Form 990 $1,902,524 $2,573,214 $1,517,890 $839,959 N $1,873,353 $27,998 $1,173 $0 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $1,765,322 $2,118,491 $1,731,710 $395,862 N $1,280,405 $481,179 $3,738 $0 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $2,114,439 $1,828,311 $2,235,204 $546,187 N $2,113,767 $0 $672 $311,173 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $2,124,919 $1,317,900 $1,982,871 $517,379 N $2,124,549 $0 $370 $311,760
    2015 Dec Form 990 $1,174,864 $1,064,267 $1,304,610 $646,137 N $1,174,715 $0 $149 $194,712 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $938,591 $880,340 $1,008,803 $460,927 N $936,598 $0 $1,993 $189,904 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $748,846 $818,706 $852,870 $363,245 N $747,123 $0 $1,723 $191,772 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $762,124 $835,400 $915,688 $356,203 N $758,445 $0 $3,679 $187,500 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $896,735 $826,769 $679,498 $46,737 N $894,538 $906 $1,291 $187,910 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    SisterLove Inc.


    Atlanta, GA