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San Francisco, CA

THE KITCHEN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS

EIN 24-3369042
Arts, Culture & Heritage Film & Media Arts
Mission

The Kitchen Sisters Productions creates radio programs, podcasts, multimedia, books, events and educational programs that build community through storytelling and train and mentor new voices for public media.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About THE KITCHEN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS

The Kitchen Sisters Productions (EIN 24-3369042) is a San Francisco–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva that produces longform audio documentary series for public radio and podcasts, runs training workshops and internships, and organizes live events. The EIN 24-3369042 has been confirmed as the organization’s federal tax identification number through public nonprofit filings and public charity registries.

In recent years the organization has remained active as a donor-facing nonprofit: it continued to publish episodes of its Radiotopia-hosted podcast The Kitchen Sisters Present, issued its annual Kitchen Sisters Soundtrack (2024), and sustained public fundraising and events. Significant recent institutional developments include the Library of Congress acquisition of their professional audio archive in January 2022 and the termination of a National Endowment for the Arts grant that the group announced on May 2, 2025; the organization has continued fundraising and production work since those events.

Notable achievements

Two Peabody Awards

The Kitchen Sisters are recipients of multiple Peabody Awards for their radio documentary collaborations, including Lost & Found Sound (Peabody winner 1999) and The Sonic Memorial Project (Peabody winner 2003).

DuPont-Columbia Award

Their Hidden Kitchens series, produced for NPR, received the prestigious duPont-Columbia Award, recognizing excellence in broadcast journalism and documentary storytelling.

Library of Congress archive acquisition (January 2022)

In January 2022 the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress acquired The Kitchen Sisters’ professional archive—reportedly thousands of hours of audio along with photographs, journals and research materials—ensuring long‑term preservation and public access to their field recordings and oral histories.

At a glance

Total assets
$512K
Annual revenue
$508K
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
24-3369042
Location
San Francisco, CA
On Mahalo since
April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Member of Radiotopia (PRX) and sustained national distribution partnerships with public radio outlets such as NPR, including placement on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Multiple industry honors beyond Peabody and duPont, including James Beard Awards and Webby Awards for their storytelling and digital projects.
Broad public and institutional recognition evidenced by major archive acquisition by the Library of Congress and ongoing invitations to speak, teach, and present at national cultural institutions and festivals.

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