Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$2,101,781

Total expenses

$3,215,003

Contributions and grants received

$1,816,274

Grants paid

$403,000

Program service revenue

$59,061

Investment income

$226,446

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$12,122,184

Total liabilities, end of year

$78,229

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,043,955

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,496,820

Management and general expenses

$516,339

Fundraising expenses

$201,844

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,496,820

Program services were 77.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• TRIBAL FINANCE:USING A NATIVE NATION REBUILDING APPROACH TO TRIBAL FINANCE, WE EQUIP TRIBAL LEADERS WITH THE INSPIRATION, SKILLS, RESOURCES, AND CONNECTIONS THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY IMPROVE THEIR TRIBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. DURING THE 2-YEAR COHORT, WE WORK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION TO BUILD THEIR FINANCIAL CAPACITY THROUGH IN-DEPTH FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS, EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND RESOURCES, PEER LEARNING WITH OTHER NATIVE NATIONS, GROUP CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, MENTORSHIP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND PROJECT-BASED FUNDING.IN 2025, WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH 4 NATIVE NATIONS. EACH NATIVE NATION COMPLETED ROADMAP PLANNING SESSIONS TO PRIORITIZE AND MAP IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS. EACH NATIVE NATION SIGNED A GRANT AGREEMENT AND RECEIVED FUNDING TO ASSIST IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROADMAP.WE HOSTED 2 IN-PERSON AND 2 VIRTUAL CONVENINGS, PROVIDING 6 FULL DAYS OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND PEER LEARNING. MONTHLY EXECUTIVE COACHING SESSIONS CONTINUED THROUGH OCTOBER 2025. INFORMAL COFFEE CONNECTION VIRTUAL MEETINGS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2024 AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2025 WITH A TOTAL OF 7. CFO ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2024 AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2025 WITH A TOTAL OF 6. EACH OF THE PROGRAMMING EVENTS WAS WELL RECEIVED BY MOST PARTICIPANTS AND WE CONTINUED TO GATHER FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE FUTURE PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $898,705 · Grants $403,000 · Revenue $59,061

• LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT:NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER PROVIDES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIGENOUS CHANGEMAKERS THROUGH THE NATIVE NATION REBUILDERS (NNR) PROGRAM. THIS TWO-YEAR, COHORT-BASED PROGRAM WAS BUILT TO STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP IN OUR REGION BY EQUIPPING INDIGENOUS CHANGEMAKERS WITH TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS THEY CAN USE TO HELP REBUILD THEIR NATIONS. OVER 256 NATIVE CHANGEMAKERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. IN 2025, NGC ENGAGED 23 REBUILDERS FOR COHORT 14. THE REBUILDERS PARTICIPATED IN FIVE MODULE SESSIONS, TOTALING 101 HOURS. INCLUDING TWO VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND THREE MULTI-DAY, IN-PERSON SESSIONS HELD AT THREE DIFFERENT NATIVE NATIONS IN OUR SERVICE REGION. EACH SESSION FOCUSED ON ENHANCING SKILLS IN NATION REBUILDING, INCLUDING FACILITATION TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR SEVENTH-GENERATION PLANNING. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, 22 COMMUNITY LEADERS INTERACTED WITH THE REBUILDERS DURING BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS. 14 REBUILDERS COMPLETED THE NATIVE NATION REBUILDING CURRICULUM, PRESENTED THEIR COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS, AND ARE ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE REBUILDERS CONCLUDE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF NATIVE NATION REBUILDING, STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS, AND ENHANCED LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $621,705

• TRIBAL GOVERNANCE SUPPORT: WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH TRIBES THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC NEEDS OR ISSUES, NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER HELPS CREATE AND IMPLEMENT GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS THROUGH TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND CONSULTING SERVICES. WE LISTEN TO NATIVE NATIONS' NEEDS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A VARIETY OF INDIGENIZED TOOLS AND EXPERTISE FOR DEVELOPING STRONG GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. IN 2025, WE HOSTED 2 ELECTED LEADER LISTENING SESSIONS IN NEBRASKA AND 1 IN NORTH DAKOTA. WE MET WITH 7 ELECTED LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA AND 4 ELECTED LEADERS FROM THE SANTEE SIOUX NATION. WE HELD AN ELECTED LEADERS' DINNER IN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE WITH ELECTED LEADERS FROM SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE, SPIRIT LAKE NATION, AND STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ND INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND ND REPRESENTATIVE JAYME DAVIS WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.WE FACILITATED 4 CUSTOMIZED TRIBAL SUPPORT PROJECTS WITH 4 NATIVE NATIONS. WORKING WITH THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE CONSTITUTIONAL DELEGATES, WE FACILITATED ONE TRAINING FOR 31 MLBO MEMBERS. WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR 2 MLBO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS: THE DISTRICT 1 CONVENTION HAD 105 ATTENDEES AND THE DISTRICT 2 CONVENTION HAD 74. 2 ADDITIONAL CONVENTIONS WERE HELD IN THE SPRING OF 2026. WE PROVIDED A TWO-DAY IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR 12 ELECTED LEADERS OF THE ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE IN OCTOBER 2025. IN THE FALL OF 2025, WE FACILITATED TWO COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS FOR A LAND LEASING POLICY FOR THE LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE. MEETING #1 HAD 49 ATTENDEES AND MEETING #2 HAD 16. FINALLY, WE WORKED WITH THE SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE OLD AGENCY DISTRICT TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY INPUT ON CONSTITUTION REFORM. 5 ELECTED LEADERS AND ELDERS, AND 21 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2 MEETINGS.TGS MODERATED 3 CANDIDATE FORUMS IN 2025 FOR 2 NATIVE NATIONS. THE BOIS FORTE BAND OF CHIPPEWA HAD SPECIAL PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUMS FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON. THE PRIMARY ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUM HAD 61 ATTENDEES AND THE GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUM HAD 46 ATTENDEES. THE YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE CANDIDATE FORUM HAD 31 ATTENDEES.WE FACILITATED THE VIRTUAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR 2 NATIVE NATIONS. WICHITA AND AFFILIATED TRIBES HAD 18 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING ELECTED LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE HAD 5 PARTICIPANTS THAT ONLY INCLUDED NEWLY ELECTED LEADERS.TGS DEVELOPED 3 RESOURCES IN 2025: A PROFILE ON THE NEWLY ELEVATED GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN FOR THE NATIVE NATIONS THAT SHARE GEOGRAPHY WITH SOUTH DAKOTA AND WORKBOOKS FOR INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE AND TRIBAL CIVICS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS.WE HOSTED AN OPEN VIRTUAL WEBINAR FOR 45 PARTICIPANTS AND PRESENTED TO 12 ATTENDEES AT THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS. WE TABLED AT THREE CONFERENCES IN 2025.

  Expenses $550,705

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM BRINGS ACCESSIBLE, EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ACTION; THE ORGANIZATION EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY WITH THE GOAL OF SEEING INCREASED RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR NATIVE PEOPLE.

  Expenses $425,705

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY

  $100,000

  LSIC PROCUREMENT PROJECT

• LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS

  $100,000

  TRIBAL ACCOUNTING EUNA GRANT AND PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE PROJECT.

• GRAND PORTAGE BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA

  $100,000

  GRAND PORTAGE PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM EVALUATION GRANT

• TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

  $100,000

  TMBCI TRIBAL FINANCE PROJECT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

1 September 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202632469349300048

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