Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,133,391
- Total expenses
- $1,902,846
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,792,345
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $119,317
- Investment income
- $212,953
- Other revenue
- $8,776
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,953,690
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $801,140
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,152,550
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,445,919
- Management and general expenses
- $397,211
- Fundraising expenses
- $59,716
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,445,919
Program services were 76.0% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$778,045
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,014,300
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2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME
total $119,317 · related or exempt $119,317
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3 · Investment income
total $212,953 · excluded $212,953
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
total $8,776 · related or exempt $8,776
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11e · Other revenue, total
$8,776
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $273,139 · program services $215,282 · management and general $53,287 · fundraising $4,570
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $469,008 · program services $369,661 · management and general $91,499 · fundraising $7,848
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,991 · program services $6,298 · management and general $1,559 · fundraising $134
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $62,991 · program services $49,139 · management and general $13,055 · fundraising $797
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11b · Fees: legal
total $20,895 · management and general $20,895
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $69,310 · management and general $69,310
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11g · Fees: other
total $830,117 · program services $704,701 · management and general $94,730 · fundraising $30,686
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,825 · program services $3,234 · management and general $11,644 · fundraising $1,947
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16 · Occupancy
total $15,963 · program services $9,441 · management and general $3,504 · fundraising $3,018
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17 · Travel
total $19,715 · program services $7,033 · management and general $12,073 · fundraising $609
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23 · Insurance
total $10,018 · program services $126 · management and general $9,850 · fundraising $42
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24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES
total $52,260 · program services $52,238 · management and general $11 · fundraising $11
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24b · Other expenses: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMEN
total $39,378 · program services $26,731 · management and general $7,310 · fundraising $5,337
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $12,607 · program services $636 · management and general $7,608 · fundraising $4,363
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24d · Other expenses: EVENTS EXPENSE
total $2,629 · program services $1,399 · management and general $876 · fundraising $354
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $8,004,823 · end of year $950,333
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $3,588,482
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $729,221 · end of year $1,166,735
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,694 · end of year $15,849
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$9,242,454
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$10,163
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $5,658,369 · end of year $9,232,291
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $248,588 · end of year $625,226
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $227,514 · end of year $175,914
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,654,830 · end of year $11,318,059
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,267,175 · end of year $2,834,491
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
ENGAGING PEOPLE TO HONOR AND CARE FOR OUR NATURAL PLACES AND THE SACRED SITES AND CULTURAL VALUE WITHIN THEM.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE SCHEDULE OENGAGING PEOPLE TO HONOR AND CARE FOR OUR NATURAL PLACES AND THE SACRED SITES AND CULTURAL VALUE WITHIN THEM.
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WTA'S LAND AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM CO-MANAGES THE 27-ACRE WAKAN TIPI (FORMERLY, BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY) WITH THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL. IN 2025, WTA ENGAGED NEARLY 500 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH 20 VOLUNTEER EVENTS AND MORE THAN 400 PARTICIPANTS IN 13 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENTS. LAND AND ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO LEADING A MAJOR RESTORATION PROJECT TO DAYLIGHT PHALEN CREEK- IN 2025, THE PROJECT ACCOMPLISHED 60% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR PHASE 1 OF THE PROJECT, A MILE STRETCH OF CREEK AT THE SOUTH END OF LAKE PHALEN. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM LANGUAGEWTA'S EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT AND BEGAN INSTALLATION OF THE PERMANENT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITS FOR WAKAN TIPI CENTER, A 7,500 SQ FT. CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO WAKAN TIPI CULTURAL SITE. WTA ALSO HOSTED 11 INTERPRETIVE SITE TOURS WITH A TOTAL OF 183 PARTICIPANTS.WTA'S CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS HOSTED 16 EVENTS AND ENGAGED MORE THAN 600 PARTICIPANTS. EVENTS INCLUDED DAKOTA LANGUAGE TABLES, WINTER STORYTELLING, AND A COMMUNITY CANOE BUILD.
Expenses $1,445,919 · Revenue $128,093
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Albert Chip LindekeALBERT CHIP LINDEKE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Samantha OdegardSAMANTHA ODEGARD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Glenn JohnsonGLENN JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katherine BeaneKATHERINE BEANE
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $2,750
- From this org
- $2,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Leah JurssLEAH JURSS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shelley BuckSHELLEY BUCK
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas DraskovicTHOMAS DRASKOVIC
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maggie LorenzMAGGIE LORENZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $151,700
- From this org
- $139,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,700
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $139,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,500
- Filer's total
- $151,700
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Kathleen GamadesKATHLEEN GAMADES
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $121,440
- From this org
- $110,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,440
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
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
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 18 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202632309349302923
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