Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← THE TATANKA FUNDS INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE TATANKA FUNDS INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$396,706
Total expenses
$616,664
Contributions and grants received
$374,933
Grants paid
$25,125
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$743
Other revenue
$21,030
Total assets, end of year
$743,673
Total liabilities, end of year
$665,224
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$78,449
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$369,158
Management and general expenses
$247,506
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$369,158

Program services were 59.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $371,183

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $743 · excluded $743

  • 11a · Other revenue: AFFILIATED COMPANY TRA

    total $20,000 · excluded $20,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $1,030 · excluded $1,030

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,030

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,125 · program services $25,125

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $59,502 · management and general $59,502

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $377,290 · program services $226,374 · management and general $150,916

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,493 · program services $19,496 · management and general $12,997

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,397 · program services $15,238 · management and general $10,159

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,570 · management and general $8,570

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,362 · management and general $5,362

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $476 · program services $476

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,093 · program services $22,093

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,343 · program services $5,343

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,903 · program services $23,903

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $550 · program services $550

  • 24a · Other expenses: INDIRECT COST EXPENDITU

    total $8,580 · program services $8,580

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $7,183 · program services $7,183

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

    total $562 · program services $562

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,235 · program services $13,235

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $254,145 · end of year $493,754

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,146 · end of year $12,579

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,030

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $90,482

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $833

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $142,286 · end of year $144,995

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,600 · end of year $318,444

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $310,552 · end of year $118,557

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,439 · end of year $228,223

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$77,014 · end of year $78,449

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS LAKOTA, WE BELIEVE WE ARE ALL RELATED AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AT TATANKA FUNDS WE DO THIS BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE THROUGH PERSONAL FINANCE, BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND HOME OWNERSHIP.

  • PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SICANGU LAKOTA BUSINESSES AND PROSPECTIVE HOMEOWNERS. TATANKA FUNDS FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL LITERACY, BUSINESS COACHING, AND HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE WHILE PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER LOANS.

    Expenses $369,158 · Grants $25,125

  • DURING FY24, TATANKA FUNDS BEGAN PROVIDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND BIA HIP PROGRAMS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHERE PLANK

    PRESIDENT/INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WAYNE FREDERICK

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUEL BURNETTE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAY COLOMBE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID MURRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAUREECE HEINERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SKYA DUCHNEAUX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRITNEY HISELEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JULY 24)

    Total calculated
    $69,954
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,954
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5:
BRITNEY HISELEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IS COMPENSATED BY ROSEBUD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (REDCO), AN UNRELATED BUT AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION. 2023 COMPENSATION IS AS FOLLOWS: SALARY: $60,000 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO RETIREMENT: $0 NONTAXABLE BENEFITS: $9,954

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532279349303338

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.