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← ALASKA ESKIMO WHALING COMMISSION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALASKA ESKIMO WHALING COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,906,938
Total expenses
$2,913,888
Contributions and grants received
$2,752,226
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$533
Other revenue
$154,179
Total assets, end of year
$1,758,429
Total liabilities, end of year
$374,241
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,384,188
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,526,363
Management and general expenses
$387,525
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,526,363

Program services were 86.7% 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)

    $2,113,222

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $639,004

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $533 · excluded $533

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $1,792,694

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,674,218

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $118,476 · unrelated business $118,476

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,559

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $11,585

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,974 · related or exempt $2,974

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $16,726 · related or exempt $16,726

  • 11b · Other revenue: Restitution

    total $16,003 · related or exempt $16,003

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,729

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $277,379 · program services $185,446 · management and general $27,995 · fundraising $63,938

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $145,895 · program services $97,540 · management and general $14,725 · fundraising $33,630

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,758 · program services $3,181 · management and general $480 · fundraising $1,097

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $301,688 · program services $201,698 · management and general $30,448 · fundraising $69,542

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,817 · program services $31,300 · management and general $4,725 · fundraising $10,792

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $200,000 · program services $153,559 · management and general $46,441

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $218,189 · program services $167,525 · management and general $50,664

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $552,220 · program services $423,993 · management and general $128,227

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,028 · program services $4,659 · management and general $802 · fundraising $3,567

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,666 · program services $15,826 · management and general $2,723 · fundraising $12,117

  • 17 · Travel

    total $811,899 · program services $777,932 · management and general $33,967

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,893 · management and general $22,893

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,874 · program services $26,114 · management and general $7,553 · fundraising $1,207

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment

    total $296,954 · program services $296,954

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $75,126 · program services $64,074 · management and general $5,320 · fundraising $5,732

  • 24c · Other expenses: Weapons Improvement

    total $30,000 · program services $30,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $28,687 · program services $16,338 · management and general $12,184 · fundraising $165

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$173,185 · program services $30,224 · management and general -$1,622 · fundraising -$201,787

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $606,603 · end of year $363,222

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,471 · end of year $26,473

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $954,373 · end of year $1,227,706

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $77,187 · end of year $58,979

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,267 · end of year $44,557

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $221,562

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $184,070

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $53,310 · end of year $37,492

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $277,014 · end of year $184,367

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $95,059 · end of year $189,874

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,327,159 · end of year $1,320,198

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $63,979 · end of year $63,990

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (Commission), based in Utqiagvik, Alaska, is a nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of preserving and enhancing the marine resources of Bowhead whales including protection of habitat, Eskimo subsistence Bowhead whaling, and the Eskimo culture and traditions associated with Bowhead whales as well as whaling through research and educational activities related to Bowhead whales.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To safeguard the bowhead whale and its habitat, to defend the Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Rights of our members, and to preserve the cultural and traditional values of our communities.

  • Bowhead Preservation - Accounts for all the activities related to the protection of habitat, Eskimo subsistence, and Eskimo culture and traditions associated with Bowhead whales.

    Expenses $2,526,363 · Revenue $35,703

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lesley Hopson

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $114,461
    From this org
    $98,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,600
    Hours/week
    38

  • John Hopson

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $36,600
    From this org
    $36,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Herber Kinneeveauk III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $27,900
    From this org
    $27,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Crawford Patkotak

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $22,800
    From this org
    $22,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • George Kaleak Sr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $22,650
    From this org
    $22,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Peter Ozenna

    Director

    Total calculated
    $13,200
    From this org
    $13,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Edmond Apassingok

    Director

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • John Waghiyi Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $11,700
    From this org
    $11,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Julius Rexford

    Director

    Total calculated
    $11,100
    From this org
    $11,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Enoch Adams Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $7,500
    From this org
    $7,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michael Ahkinga Sr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,700
    From this org
    $5,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Thomas Napageak

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $3,900
    From this org
    $3,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ira Itta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,100
    From this org
    $2,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202611339349308936

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