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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INDIGENOUSWAYS.

Totals

Total revenue
$260,757
Total expenses
$257,012
Contributions and grants received
$259,546
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,208
Investment income
$3
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$56,380
Total liabilities, end of year
$102
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$56,278
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$188,509
Management and general expenses
$43,733
Fundraising expenses
$24,770
Program service expenses (Part III)
$188,509

Program services were 73.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $164,350

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $63,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,696

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE

    total $1,208 · related or exempt $1,208

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3 · excluded $3

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $164,350

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,001 · program services $60,293 · management and general $6,990 · fundraising $22,718

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $292 · management and general $292

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,456 · program services $4,995 · management and general $579 · fundraising $1,882

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,126 · management and general $5,126

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,303 · program services $57,102 · management and general $6,201

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,100 · program services $21,199 · management and general $1,901

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,071 · program services $279 · management and general $2,792

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,857 · program services $5,457 · management and general $2,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $688 · program services $630 · management and general $58

  • 20 · Interest

    total $105 · program services $1 · management and general $104

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,730 · program services $15,844 · management and general $886

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,565 · program services $2,402 · management and general $3,163

  • 24a · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT AND SUP

    total $6,954 · program services $3,581 · management and general $3,373

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,275 · program services $2,362 · management and general $3,913

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUSINESS MEALS

    total $6,035 · program services $4,881 · management and general $1,154

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS

    total $4,330 · program services $3,239 · management and general $1,091

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,124 · program services $6,244 · management and general $3,710 · fundraising $170

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $22,352 · end of year $19,627

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $775

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

    $96,853

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

    $60,300

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,367 · end of year $36,553

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $200

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $961 · end of year $102

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,533 · end of year $56,278

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

INDIGENOUSWAYS PROMOTES LIVING IN BALANCE FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGH MUSIC, ARTS, OUTREACH AND EVENTS. OUR VISION IS TO REACH AND UPLIFT COMMUNITIES THROUGH MUSIC, THE ARTS, AND INDIGENOUS WISDOM, FOSTERING CONNECTION AND RESILIENCE.

  • OUR 2024 INDIGENOUSWAYS FESTIVALS ENGAGED OVER 12,550 PARTICIPANTS IN PERSON AND ONLINE, CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS CULTURE THROUGH INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE EVENTS. WE FEATURED 84 ARTISTS AND PRESENTERS FROM INDIGENOUS, WOMEN, DEAF AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARALYSIS (PLWP) COMMUNITIES. THESE EVENTS AMPLIFIED DIVERSE VOICES, STRENGTHENED CONNECTIONS, AND GENERATED 31,000 WEBSITE VISITS AND 380+ NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

    Expenses $130,498 · Revenue $1,208

  • IN 2024, THE INDIGENOUSWAYS CIRCLE HOSTED 12 VIRTUAL SESSIONS THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE VOICES OF 12 INSPIRING PRESENTERS, SUPPORTED BY 24 ASL INTERPRETERS. THESE SESSIONS REACHED 420 LIVE PARTICIPANTS ON ZOOM AND GARNERED AN IMPRESSIVE 9,853 VIEWS FROM THE YEAR'S VIDEO ARCHIVES, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 14,590 VIEWS ACROSS ALL ARCHIVED EVENTS. THIS IMPACTFUL SERIES CELEBRATED INDIGENOUS VOICES WHILE PRIORITIZING ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION.

    Expenses $31,762

  • IN 2024, OUR MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM PROUDLY COMPLETED THE INDIGENOUS WAYS DOCUMENTARY, WHICH DEBUTED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS 2025 FILM FESTIVAL. THAT SAME YEAR, WE LAUNCHED AN INNOVATING PLAINS INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH JAMES WOODEN LEGS, A DEAF NORTHERN CHEYENNE, AND A TEAM OF THREE FILMMAKERS, INCLUDING ONE WHO IS ALSO DEAF. THESE PROJECTS EXEMPLIFY OUR DEDICATION TO PRESERVING INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND ELEVATING ALL VOICES.

    Expenses $25,798

  • INDIGENOUSWAYS VISITED BLACK MOUNTAIN RESERVATION TAKING FOOD, WATER AND SUPPLIES

    Expenses $451

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Natasha Terry

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Willa Shalit

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • Michelle Redmond

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Karita Coffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kathryn Moss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

  • Rachelle Pablo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

  • Judith Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

  • Homer Hubbell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

  • Nicole Oxendine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

  • Elena Higgins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

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
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511009349300601

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