SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 120555, NASHVILLE, TN 37212-0555

In care of

% JULIE ALLEN

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

SARAH LINGO, P O BOX 120555, NASHVILLE, TN 37212

Signed the 990

SARAH LINGO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(615) 952-0201

Website

WWW.SCNASHVILLE.ORG

Return prepared by

BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP

Mission

TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG CITIZENS OF NASHVILLE AND OTHER CULTURES OF THE WORLD THROUGH ITS CULTURAL EXCHANGES, CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE PEACE THROUGH MUTUAL RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

Program accomplishments

• CITY PARTNERSHIPS - THE ORGANIZATION ENJOYS SISTER CITY AND FRIENDSHIP PARTNERSHIPS WITH BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND; CAEN, FRANCE; EDMONTON, CANADA; ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ; KAMAKURA, JAPAN; MAGDEBURG, GERMANY; MENDOZA, ARGENTINA; TAIYUAN, CHINA; TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA AND CHENGDU, CHINA. THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF IN-PERSON, CIVIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH ALL BUT ONE OF ITS PARTNER CITIES INCLUDING VISITS TO AND/OR FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND; CAEN, FRANCE; MAGDEBURG, GERMANY; MENDOZA, ARGENTINA; TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA; CHENGDU, CHINA; EDMONTON, CANADA; KAMAKURA, JAPAN AND ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ.STUDENT EXCHANGES - THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM INVOLVES AREA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HOSTING OR TRAVELING ABROAD TO SISTER CITY PARTNERS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE COORDINATED RECIPROCAL STUDENT EXCHANGES BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND MENDOZA, ARGENTINA: CAEN, FRANCE AND MAGDEBURG, GERMANY IN OCTOBER 2024, APRIL 2025, AND JUNE OF 2025. THESE EXCHANGES IMPACTED OVER 1,200 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY THROUGH IN-PERSON TRAVEL OR IN-PERSON VISITS FROM STUDENTS FROM SISTER CITIES IN ARGENTINA, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. ADDITIONALLY, SCN WAS ABLE TO SEND TWO STUDENTS AND A TEACHER FROM JAMES LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL TO CHENGDU, CHINA FOR A DEBATE COMPETITION. OUR STUDENTS PLACED SECOND OVERALL IN THIS INTERNATIONAL DEBATE CHALLENGE. SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE VISITED AND WORKED DIRECTLY WITH 19 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND CLASSROOM VISITS IN AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE AND INFORM STUDENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND PROGRAMMING. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN ACADEMIC AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 19 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS. THERE ARE 24 EDUCATORS SERVING AS ACADEMIC AMBASSADORS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NASHVILLE AREA WHO ARE ACTIVELY PROMOTING SISTER CITIES' PROGRAMS AND EXCHANGES IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON CONNECTING STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS TO COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER SISTER CITIES. THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO WELCOME STUDENTS ONCE AGAIN FROM MENDOZA, CAEN AND MAGDEBURG DURING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AND CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS IN OTHER SISTER CITIES TO CREATE NEW AVENUES FOR COLLABORATION AND CONNECTING STUDENTS THROUGH VIRTUAL CLASSROOM EXCHANGES AND BOTH INBOUND AND OUTBOUND ON-THE GROUND STUDENT EXCHANGES.NASHVILLE PARTNERSHIPS - THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN PARTNERSHIPS DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR WITH A VARIETY OF CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, ART, GOVERNMENT, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN NASHVILLE. THESE INCLUDED 19 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, BELMONT UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE LANGUAGE CENTER, NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SOCIETY OF NASHVILLE'S ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS, FRIST ART MUSEUM, CHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDENS, NASHVILLE ZOO, NASHVILLE PREDATORS, TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, NASHVILLE BAR ASSOCIATION, METRO PARKS & RECREATION, NASHVILLE HEALTHCARE COUNCIL, NASHVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NASHVILLE AREA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NASHVILLE METRO COUNCIL, TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM, COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, NASHVILLE FARMERS MARKET, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TN, NASHVILLE SOCCER CLUB, THE GRAND OLE OPRY, NASHVILLE DOWNTOWN ROTARY, AND MANY, MANY MORE.DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES FOR NASHVILLIANS THAT SHOWCASED THEIR PROGRAMS WITH VARIOUS SISTER CITIES. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED CELEBRATE NASHVILLE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, NASHVILLE CHERRY BLOSSOM WALK AND FESTIVAL AND THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL FEATURING KITE FLYING ACTIVITIES, HIGHLIGHTING CHINESE CULTURE. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED IN PERSON EVENTS FOR THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MIXER, ANNUAL WORLD OF FRIENDSHIP GALA, AND HELD THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER RAFFLE, GIVING AWAY A TRIP TO ARGENTINA AND RAISING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR NASHVILLE STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED A NUMBER OF DELEGATION VISITS AND GUESTS FROM BELFAST, NORTH IRELAND; MENDOZA, ARGENTINA; TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA; ERBIL, KURDISTAN; AND MAGDEBURG, GERMANY. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED DELEGATION VISITS TO CAEN, FRANCE; MAGDEBURG, GERMANY; MENDOZA, ARGENTINA; EDMONTON, CANADA; TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA; AND BELFAST, NORTH IRELAND. DOZENS OF NASHVILLIANS SPENT TIME ABROAD PROMOTING AND REPRESENTING NASHVILLE THROUGH PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES. VISITS FROM PARTNER CITIES OFFERED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NASHVILLIANS TO MEET WITH AND INTERACT WITH FRIENDS FROM ABROAD AT RECEPTIONS, CELEBRATE PARTNERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES, SMALL DINNER PARTIES, AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS WITHOUT EVER NEEDING TO LEAVE HOME.THIS YEAR MARKED A PERIOD OF EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH AND VISIBILITY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. THROUGH MEDIA INTERVIEWS, FEATURE STORIES, COMMUNITY FESTIVALS, AND SIGNATURE EVENTS, WE ESTIMATE THAT OUR PROGRAMS AND PRESENCE REACHED OVER 20,000 PEOPLE IN THE NASHVILLE/DAVIDSON COUNTY AREA. MUCH OF THIS IMPACT STEMS FROM THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF OUR INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISITS, WHICH HAVE BECOME A CORNERSTONE OF OUR WORK. THESE VISITORSREPRESENTING CITIES SUCH AS CAEN, MENDOZA, BELFAST, ERBIL, AND TAMWORTHNOT ONLY ENGAGE WITH OUR ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO CONNECT DEEPLY WITH NASHVILLE'S LEADERS, STUDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTS. THEIR PRESENCE FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION, AND SPARKS ONGOING CURIOSITY ABOUT THE BROADER WORLD.OUR PARTICIPATION IN VIBRANT COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE AMERICANAFEST, CELEBRATE NASHVILLE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, CMAFEST, BELFAST TO NASHVILLE ST. PADDY'S PARTY, THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AND WALK, CAAN'S CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, AND MANY OTHERS ALLOWED US TO DIRECTLY CONNECT WITH THOUSANDS OF NASHVILLIANS. THESE FESTIVALS OFFERED UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE NASHVILLE'S MULTICULTURAL FABRIC WHILE SHOWCASING OUR MISSION OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR ALSO BROUGHT RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE AT OUR OWN CORNERSTONE EVENTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MIXER IN JANUARY AND THE WORLD OF FRIENDSHIP FUNDRAISING GALA IN APRIL. ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT, WE CELEBRATED KEY MILESTONES, SUCH AS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH KAMAKURA, AND RESUMED TRAVEL TO SEVERAL SISTER CITIES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING MENDOZA, EDMONTON, AND BELFAST.NOTABLY, OUR NEWLY FORMED PARTNERSHIP WITH ERBIL SPARKED SIGNIFICANT LOCAL MEDIA ATTENTION. IN SEPTEMBER, WPLN REPORTER ROSE GILBERT TRAVELED TO ERBIL TO RESEARCH THE KURDISH DIASPORA IN NASHVILLE. HER WORK RESULTED IN A SERIES OF FEATURE STORIES AND A FOUR-EPISODE PODCAST THAT BROADENED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY'S DEEP INTERNATIONAL TIES AND THE ROLE WE PLAY IN FOSTERING THEM.IN ADDITION TO LARGE-SCALE EVENTS AND DELEGATION EXCHANGES, WE CONTINUED TO OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT REFLECT OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE. EACH ENGAGEMENTWHETHER A PANEL DISCUSSION, SCHOOL PRESENTATION, OR CULTURAL WORKSHOPHELPED EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY'S ACCESS TO GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND REINFORCED OUR ROLE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND THE WORLD.
  Expenses $203,064 · grants $12,200 · revenue $22,369

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

58-1959113

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1991

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q200)

Assets (IRS master file)

$181,198

Income (IRS master file)

$248,441

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 58-1959113).

Questions about SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC

What is the EIN of SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC is 58-1959113.

Is SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.

Are donations to SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names SARAH LINGO.

Who are the officers and directors of SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 45 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $77,425 (SARAH LINGO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does SISTER CITIES OF NASHVILLE INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $227,866, expenses of $250,879 and total assets of $181,198 at year end.

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