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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by APACHE STRONGHOLD.

Totals

Total revenue
$283,664
Total expenses
$242,919
Contributions and grants received
$283,664
Grants paid
$115,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$108,813
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$108,813
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$227,704
Management and general expenses
$11,833
Fundraising expenses
$3,382
Program service expenses (Part III)
$227,704

Program services were 93.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $283,664

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 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

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $115,000 · program services $115,000

  • 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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,382 · fundraising $3,382

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,941 · management and general $2,941

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,809 · program services $9,809

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,573 · program services $7,573

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAILER/VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $15,455 · program services $15,455

  • 24b · Other expenses: Lummi/Thacker Pass

    total $14,146 · program services $14,146

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAVEL TO COURT HEARINGS

    total $12,576 · program services $12,576

  • 24d · Other expenses: ANNUAL MARCH AND RUN

    total $9,998 · program services $9,998

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $52,039 · program services $43,147 · management and general $8,892

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $68,068 · end of year $108,813

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 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

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,068 · end of year $108,813

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

APACHE STRONGHOLD IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TOGETHER IN UNITY TO BATTLE CONTINUED COLONIZATION, DEFEND HOLY SITES AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND ARE DEDICATED TO BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • APACHE STRONGHOLD, SAN CARLOS, AZ, IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TOGETHER IN UNITY TO BATTLE CONTINUED COLONIZATION, DEFEND HOLY SITES AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND ARE DEDICATED TO BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE WORK FROM SAN CARLOS, AZ CONNECTING APACHES AND OTHER NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ALLIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. CHI'CHIL BILDAGOTEEL ALSO KNOWNS AS OAK FLAT IS A SACRED SITE FOR OUR APACHE PEOPLE AND MANY OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS. THIS IS A PLACE THAT HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE A PLACE WHERE WE PRAY, COLLECT WATER AND MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR CEREMONIES, GATHER ACORNS AND OTHER FOODS, AND HONOR THOSE THAT ARE BURIED HERE. WE HAVE NEVER LOST OUT RELATIONSHIP TO CHICHIL BILDAGOTEEL, THOUGH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AT TIMES IN OUR HISTORY, HAS IMPRISONED US ON OUR RESERVATIONS AND NOT ALLOWED US TO COME HERE. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND ENCAMPMENT TO PROTECT THE HOLY GROUND AT CHICHIL BILDAGOTEEL WITH ITS FOUR CROSSES, REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE SURROUNDING SACRED AREA, INCLUDING ITS WATER, ANIMALS, OAK TREETS, AND OTHER PLANTS CENTRAL TO OUR TRIBAL IDENTITY. THE FOUR CROSSES ARE NOW PART OF THE BODY OF CHICHIL BILDAGOTEEL.

    Expenses $190,984 · Grants $115,000

  • Eagle Meeting Lummi Nation and Thacker Pass Meeting, WA and NV. May 2023 Apache Stronghold struggle to save Oak Flat. Apache Stronghold group was honored by Lummi Nation at their Eagle Meeting in Washington state. Journey went through Nevada and the Thacker Pass area fighting to save sacred site Peehee Muhuh, Paiute saced site, from Lithium mining, currently in federal courts in Nevada to stop the mine. Journey included stops at Tribal Support groups on way and on return from Lummi, AZ to NV to Oregon to WA and return through Oregon and thru to California Tribes, gaining support for amicus briefs for court case.

    Expenses $14,146

  • Spiritual Convoy to 9th Circuit Court- En Banc Hearing March 19-21, 2023 Pasadena, CA 9th Circuit Court reconsiders their decision about the land transfer of Oak Flat, an Indigenous sacred site of prayer and ceremony, from the federal government to Resolution Copper in an En-Ban hearing with 11 of the 9th Circuit judges. Regarding Oak Flat and court case regarding Resolution Copper, gained support. Apache Stronghold testified at the hearing. Journey went from San Carlos to Oak Flat and to all support groups in AZ and California en route to the Court Case hearing.

    Expenses $12,576

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wendlser Nosie Sr

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $74,945
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $74,945
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Lian Bighorse

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • GAAN BIKE GOZAA

    $115,000

    PROGRAM SERVICES - PAYROLL

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • GAAN BIKE GOZAA

    501(C)(3) · SAVING SACRED SITES · AZ · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by APACHE STRONGHOLD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349303176

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