Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CULTURAL CONSERVANCY SACRED LAND FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,047,113
- Total expenses
- $2,186,892
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,979,845
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $51,953
- Investment income
- $715
- Other revenue
- $14,600
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,879,645
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $419,570
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,460,075
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,565,448
- Management and general expenses
- $290,974
- Fundraising expenses
- $330,470
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,565,448
Program services were 71.6% 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)
$411,594
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,568,251
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$20,456
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2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees
total $51,953 · related or exempt $51,953
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3 · Investment income
total $715 · excluded $715
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $14,600
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $14,600
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $14,600 · related or exempt $14,600
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $288,870 · program services $123,921 · management and general $112,786 · fundraising $52,163
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $924,505 · program services $752,555 · fundraising $171,950
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $17,764 · program services $11,215 · management and general $4,927 · fundraising $1,622
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $157,709 · program services $129,692 · management and general $8,714 · fundraising $19,303
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $97,108 · program services $70,716 · management and general $7,411 · fundraising $18,981
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $95 · management and general $95
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $49,169 · management and general $49,169
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $21,765 · fundraising $21,765
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $162,509 · program services $116,278 · management and general $30,145 · fundraising $16,086
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $75,046 · program services $47,611 · management and general $18,206 · fundraising $9,229
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $61,782 · program services $51,828 · management and general $4,979 · fundraising $4,975
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17 · Travel
total $33,746 · program services $27,531 · management and general $3,017 · fundraising $3,198
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $158,615 · program services $139,793 · management and general $14,961 · fundraising $3,861
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20 · Interest
total $10,016 · program services $10,016
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $28,131 · management and general $28,131
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23 · Insurance
total $18,840 · program services $11,164 · management and general $4,486 · fundraising $3,190
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24a · Other expenses: Farm supplies
total $40,028 · program services $40,028
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24b · Other expenses: In-kind goods
total $20,771 · program services $17,972 · management and general $2,664 · fundraising $135
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24c · Other expenses: Dues, licenses, service fees
total $20,423 · program services $15,128 · management and general $1,283 · fundraising $4,012
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $542,128 · end of year $946,800
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $667,651 · end of year $295,563
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $467,973 · end of year $1,012,819
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $9,750 · end of year $16,300
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $14,631 · end of year $21,343
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,710,578
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$123,758
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,474,562 · end of year $1,586,820
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $167,973 · end of year $77,799
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $49,613
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $359,255 · end of year $341,771
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,361,081 · end of year $1,801,849
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,238,773 · end of year $1,658,226
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
We are a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. We are dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral lands.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Cultural Conservancy is a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. Since 1985, we have been dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral lands.
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2024 saw successful implementation of our land project, programs & grantmaking work, including our Native Foodways work, Indigenous Media & our Mino-Niibi Fund. Our land project is committed to ecological restoration, traditional land tending, and intergenerational education, as well as food justice and seed sovereignty. Native Foodways is a holistic program dedicated to improving the eco-cultural health & well-being of Indigenous communities by promoting traditional food cultures, Indigenous farming & Indigenous nutrition. Our Native Media program creates spaces & resources for accessing, documenting, producing & distributing Native-produced media. The Mino-Niibi Fund promotes the revitalization of Indigenous cultures, knowledges, practices & landscapes - in the Americas & the Pacific - through respectful grant partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations.
Expenses $1,565,448 · Revenue $51,953
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sara Moncada
CEO
- Total calculated
- $149,038
- From this org
- $122,091
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,947
- Hours/week
- 40
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Cyndi Frank
Chief Dev. Officer
- Total calculated
- $142,017
- From this org
- $112,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,267
- Hours/week
- 40
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Arlene Kato
Chief Prog Officer
- Total calculated
- $142,017
- From this org
- $112,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,267
- Hours/week
- 40
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Anthony Reese
COO
- Total calculated
- $139,832
- From this org
- $111,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,832
- Hours/week
- 40
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Melissa Nelson
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $22,500
- From this org
- $22,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Timoteo Montoya
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Lois Ellen Frank
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Kimla McDonald
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Debra Harry
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349314249
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