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← BUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,338,397
Total expenses
$1,548,982
Contributions and grants received
$1,330,707
Grants paid
$667,148
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,690
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,644,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,542
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,604,327
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,320,674
Management and general expenses
$217,197
Fundraising expenses
$11,111
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,320,674

Program services were 85.3% 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

    $1,330,707

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,690 · related or exempt $7,690

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $667,148 · program services $667,148

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $129,283 · program services $25,857 · management and general $94,376 · fundraising $9,050

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $332,121 · program services $298,909 · management and general $33,212

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,161 · program services $5,002 · management and general $3,888 · fundraising $271

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $55,961 · program services $35,385 · management and general $19,481 · fundraising $1,095

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,462 · program services $28,810 · management and general $13,957 · fundraising $695

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,255 · management and general $31,255

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,311 · program services $71,034 · management and general $277

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,089 · program services $4,089

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,584 · program services $38,067 · management and general $9,517

  • 17 · Travel

    total $97,868 · program services $86,634 · management and general $11,234

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,171 · program services $32,171

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,017 · program services $19,017

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,551 · program services $8,551

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,298,534 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $405,736 · end of year $1,576,458

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $52,943

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $619 · end of year $642

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

    $67,769

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

    -$27,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$27,313

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $61,186 · end of year $95,082

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,107 · end of year $23,136

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,406

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,814,911 · end of year $1,604,326

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance's mission is to ensure that the Native nations in the US portion of the Northern Great Plains have the technical and financial resources to plan and act on the vision for their traditional lands and waters, which includes ensuring that: Grasslands and native wildlife are restored or enhanced. Tribal members thrive by sustainable stewarding and connect with natural resources & Fish and Game departments have the capacity to deliver conservation impacts at scale.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance's mission is to ensure that the Native nations in the US portion of the Northern Great Plains have the technical and financial resources to plan and act on the vision for their traditional lands and waters.

  • The Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance's mission is to ensure that the Native nations in the US portion of Northern Great Plans have the technical and financial resources to plan and act on the vision for their traditional lands and waters, which includes ensuring that: Grasslands and native wildlife are restored or enhanced. Tribal members thrive by sustainable stewarding and connective with natural resources & Fish and game departments have the capacity to deliver conservation impacts at scale.

    Expenses $1,320,674

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marvin Grassrope

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Monica Rattling Hawk Terkeldsen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rachel Hanisch

    Board Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jennifer Martel

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shaun Grassel

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $129,283
    From this org
    $129,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adriann Killsnight

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601339349309800

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