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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INDIGIGENIUS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,140,021
Total expenses
$1,145,383
Contributions and grants received
$1,135,094
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,927
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,171,988
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,171,988
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,028,897
Management and general expenses
$100,603
Fundraising expenses
$15,883
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,028,897

Program services were 89.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,135,094

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,927 · related or exempt $4,927 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,547 · program services $105,382 · management and general $30,110 · fundraising $15,055

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $321,141 · program services $278,012 · management and general $43,129

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,213 · program services $32,970 · management and general $8,243

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,700 · program services $36,560 · management and general $9,140

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $23,438 · program services $23,438

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $744 · management and general $744

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $97 · program services $11 · management and general $86

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $210,392 · program services $210,392

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,272 · program services $12,068 · management and general $726 · fundraising $478

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $134,921 · program services $129,536 · management and general $5,385

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $169,705 · program services $168,875 · management and general $830

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,010 · program services $1,608 · management and general $402

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $561 · program services $561

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies and Materials

    total $22,885 · program services $22,885 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other Business Expense

    total $8,757 · program services $6,599 · management and general $1,808 · fundraising $350

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,174,886 · end of year $1,171,988

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $924,886 · end of year $1,021,239

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $150,749

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To increase the number of Indigenous Computer Science students and instructors in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and beyond by providing access to learning opportunities, tools, resources, mentorship, and support. IndigiGenius is an Indigenous-led, community focused nonprofit developing a sustainable and scalable system of creating leaders and changemakers in the fields of Computer Science. Our organizational goal of reaching population parity with CS PhD graduate rates by graduating thirty-five Indigenous CS PhD students per year. To accomplish this goal, IndigiGenius developed a series of programs that educate students and teachers to create earlier CS opportunities at the high school level.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Mission : We are Indigenous futurists dedicated to empowering communities through culturally-centered mentorship, education, research, and career development. By advancing Indigenous knowledge and sovereignty in AI, computer science, and transformational technologies, we aim to inspire future leaders and drive innovation that benefits Indigenous peoples. Our Vision : We envision an ecosystem of Indigenous excellence in AI, computer science, and advanced technology, guided by culturally informed research, education, and community-driven programs. As a North Star, our initiatives empower youth, educators, and communities to reclaim knowledge, innovate, and lead in fields shaping our future.

  • Lakota AI Code Camp Program aims to inspire students to pursue pathways into higher education and careers in advanced technology fields. LAICC is a three-week long summer program for high school students where they gain hands-on experience developing personalized mobile apps using industry standard software engineering practices, computer science, deep learning, and extended reality incorporating Indigenous knowledge and methods. By inspiring the students to pursue their future in advanced technology and connecting them with professional networks, the LAICC fulfills the Strategic Focus Areas of Higher Education and Career Readiness while also laying the foundations for all three aspects of Workforce Development: Early Career Exposure, Diverse Pathways to Employment, and Bridging Transitions between Higher Education and Careers. Laying the foundations for Academic Success the LAICC provides future Indigenous AI researchers, practitioners, and professionals with a community of Indigenous peers, mentors, and technical experts to support and uplift them as they continue learning and developing their programming and AI skills after the camp.

    Expenses $248,432

  • Indigenous in AI/ML's vision is to build an international community of Native, Aboriginal, and First Nations who will collectively transform their home communities with advanced technology. By elevating the voices of Indigenous ML researchers we will inspire future impactful work and break stereotypes. Additionally, this group will strive to educate the broader NeurIPS on contemporary indigenous issues relevant to information technology and practices.

    Expenses $9,395

  • Teach the Teacher Professional Development (T3PD) offers AI Education to Indigenous communities, who have historically been underserved, by recruiting, training, and supporting future instructors to implement an AI Code Camp in their home community.

    Expenses $558,487

  • The FLAIR initiative serves Indigenous communities in their efforts to revitalize their language and culture through technology. We are building the foundations for Indigenous Voice AI in systems explicitly designed to respect data sovereignty and linguistic self-determination. Our foundational automatic speech recognition (ASR) research aims to develop a method for the rapid creation of custom models for endangered languages. These models can be used for language learning, audio transcription, voice-controlled technology and much more. We envision a world in which Indigenous communities have full self-determination and sovereignty over their language and culture. We imagine technology serving the revitalization and thriving of languages as a tool to connect community members, to celebrate their identity, and to transmit their culture and knowledge on the community's own terms.

    Expenses $212,583

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Delgado-Olson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $150,547
    From this org
    $150,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,047
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $150,547

  • Ian Her Many Horses

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $23,250
    From this org
    $23,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mason Grimshaw

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $13,250
    From this org
    $13,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Starks

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $9,250
    From this org
    $9,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Running Wolf

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caroline Running Wolf

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II
Compensation salary for Executive Director with a holiday bonus

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
2024
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202501339349304900

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