Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Southsiders Organized For Unity And Liberation
CHICAGO, IL
Total revenue
$1.4M
Total expenses
$875K
Net assets
$3.1M
Grants received
$3.1M
51 grants
EIN
364174590
Tax year
2024
Mission
SOUL is a not-for-profit faith-based organization whose mission is to assist low-income people in the Chicago Southland to build power and then leverage it to fight for their own interests and liberation. We achieve this mission by partnering with congregations people of faith and local community groups training them in disciplined organizing strategies to build leadership educate residents about the impact of public policy engage in direct action and hold their public officials accountable to the interest of their communities.
Programs
2 programs
Organizing: Water4all advocacy PreTrial fairness advocacy Cook County prisoner outreach general faith-based institutional outreach
General Programming: Second Saturday leadership meetings Leadership Development Trainings Community Gardeners engagement Prisoner Support community care programs organizational strategic planning public meetings event planning
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
11 listed
Pastor Michael Russell
President
—
1 hrs/wk
Pastor Luther Mason
Treasurer
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1 hrs/wk
Shani Smith
Secretary
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1 hrs/wk
Erica Bland
Director
—
0.25 hrs/wk
Vicar Elle Dowd
Director
—
0.25 hrs/wk
Pastor Shawna Bowman
Director
—
0.25 hrs/wk
Aremu Mbande
Director
—
0.25 hrs/wk
Pastor Nicolette Panaranda
Director
—
0.25 hrs/wk
Pastor Kwame Pitts
Director
—
1 hrs/wk
Tanya Watkins
Executive Director
$114K
40 hrs/wk
Jaime Fluker
Executive Director
$55K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
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$3.1M from 30 funders · 51 grants · 2017–2024
$513K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$395K · 2 grants · 2020–2022
$350K · 1 grant · 2023
$272K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$260K · 1 grant · 2023
$220K · 1 grant · 2024
$175K · 1 grant · 2020
$165K · 2 grants · 2022–2023