Totals
- Total revenue
- $297,541
- Total expenses
- $307,288
- Contributions and grants received
- $297,541
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,053,396
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $17,750
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,035,646
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $210,553
- Management and general expenses
- $85,060
- Fundraising expenses
- $11,675
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $210,553
Program services were 68.5% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$297,541
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $90,529 · program services $72,161 · management and general $13,527 · fundraising $4,841
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $41,500 · program services $41,500
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $16,671 · program services $4,868 · management and general $8,692 · fundraising $3,111
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $47,762 · program services $33,921 · management and general $10,642 · fundraising $3,199
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11b · Fees: legal
total $230 · program services $70 · management and general $160
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,689 · management and general $30,689
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11g · Fees: other
total $26,064 · program services $22,570 · management and general $3,494
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13 · Office expenses
total $10,211 · program services $5,746 · management and general $3,952 · fundraising $513
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14 · Information technology
total $2,621 · program services $117 · management and general $2,493 · fundraising $11
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,986 · program services $4,986
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17 · Travel
total $2,271 · program services $1,934 · management and general $337
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $7,406 · management and general $7,406
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23 · Insurance
total $3,668 · management and general $3,668
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS
total $16,497 · program services $16,497
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $6,183 · program services $6,183
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $309,164 · end of year $270,096
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $115,743 · end of year $133,455
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $26,476 · end of year $3,468
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$666,129
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$19,752
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $601,984 · end of year $646,377
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,002 · end of year $17,750
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $883,957 · end of year $874,127
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $162,408 · end of year $161,519
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST ENABLES DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THE ABENAKI/WABANAKI PEOPLE TO RENEW AND RESUME THEIR CARETAKING AND STEWARDSHIP ROLES FOR LANDS AND WATERS WITH HISTORICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ABENAKI/WABANAKI PEOPLE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST ENABLES DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THE ABENAKI/WABANAKI PEOPLE TO RENEW AND RESUME THEIR CARETAKING AND STEWARDSHIP ROLES FOR LANDS AND WATERS WITH HISTORICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ABENAKI/WABANAKI PEOPLE. THE BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST ACQUIRED 200+/- ACRES OF LAND IN GREENE AND STARKS, ME IN 2023, EXPANDING SOME OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROTECTED LANDS AS WELL AS STARTING NEW LAND PROJECTS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS CONNECTING THE ABENAKI/WABANAKI PEOPLE TO THE LANDS THROUGH LAND-BASED KNOWLEDGE CELEBRATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND PROGRAMS.
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THE LAND RETURN PROGRAM SERVES THE WABANAKI COMMUNITY BY FACILITATING PROPERTY TRANSFERS BACK TO THE WABANAKI NATIONS AND/OR COMMUNITY, WHICH OCCUR SOMETIMES AS DIRECT TRANSFERS TO BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST, AND OTHER TIMES AS REDIRECTED TRANSFERS TO THE TRIBAL NATIONS THEMSELVES. IN LIEU OF A PROPERTY TRANSFER, BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST OCCASIONALLY FACILITATES LAND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH LANDHOLDERS. SUCCESSFUL TRANSFERS HAVE INCLUDED THREE PROPERTIES IN WABANAKI TERRITORY. SUCCESSFUL LAND USE AGREEMENTS INCLUDE OUR PLANTING GROUNDS WHERE OUR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PROGRAM OPERATES ON THE SANDY RIVER.
Expenses $70,918
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THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PROGRAM SAW DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY PLANTING DAYS THROUGHOUT THE WARM SEASON. THE PROGRAM PRODUCED ENOUGH CORN TO HAND OUT FREE CORNMEAL TO THE COMMUNITIES AT SEVERAL COMMUNITY GATHERINGS THROUGHOUT 2024 AND INTO THE SPRING. OTHER CROPS WERE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO NEED.
Expenses $66,644
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THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION PROGRAM BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING TWO OUTDOOR WORKSHOPS, TWO SEASONAL CEREMONIES THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND WABANAKI COMMUNITIES, AND MULTIPLE DIPLOMATIC GATHERINGS AMONG COMMUNITY LEADERS.AS A PART OF OUR CULTURAL TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, WE STARTED THE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTE (AKI) GUARDIAN PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2024. THE AKI GUARDIAN PROGRAM INITIATIVE SERVES AND EDUCATES LAND STEWARDS THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL AND INTERTRIBAL COLLABORATION. ITS STRUCTURE IS A COMBINATION OF PEER-TO-PEER MENTORSHIP, ELDER-YOUTH MENTORSHIP, AND GENERAL WORKSHOPS/EXCURSIONS.
Expenses $36,136
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM: EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE WABANAKI COMMISSION ON LAND AND STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE FIRST LIGHT LEARNING JOURNEY COHORT, ONLINE EDUCATION FOR GRANTORS, PARTICIPATION IN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GREATER PUBLIC AND THE WABANAKI COMMUNITY, TO FACILITATE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WABANAKI HISTORY.
Expenses $36,855
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Mali-Agat ObomsawinMALI-AGAT OBOMSAWIN
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $45,604
- From this org
- $45,604
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Sikwani DanaSIKWANI DANA
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lokotah SanbornLOKOTAH SANBORN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tagwongo ObomsawinTAGWONGO OBOMSAWIN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jus Crea GiammarinoJUS CREA GIAMMARINO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ann Pollard-RancoANN POLLARD-RANCO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Monet Levalley-GarciaMONET LEVALLEY-GARCIA
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $44,925
- From this org
- $44,925
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 27
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
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513169349306481
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