Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,058,434
Total expenses
$5,492,104
Contributions and grants received
$2,568,549
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,340,908
Investment income
$142,068
Other revenue
$6,909
Total assets, end of year
$7,328,282
Total liabilities, end of year
$479,908
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,848,374
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,775,994
Management and general expenses
$609,163
Fundraising expenses
$106,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,775,994

Program services were 87.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $979,543

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,589,006

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Convention

    total $1,681,382 · related or exempt $1,681,382

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Membership Dues

    total $175,580 · related or exempt $175,580

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Training & Tech Assista

    total $483,946 · related or exempt $483,946

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $144,426 · excluded $144,426

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,413,130

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,415,488

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,358

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,358 · excluded -$2,358

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $6,909 · related or exempt $6,909

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,909

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,000 · program services $149,473 · management and general $19,560 · fundraising $5,967

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,209,086 · program services $1,032,720 · management and general $135,137 · fundraising $41,229

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $49,233 · program services $42,051 · management and general $5,503 · fundraising $1,679

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $465,207 · program services $397,349 · management and general $51,995 · fundraising $15,863

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,218 · program services $111,224 · management and general $14,554 · fundraising $4,440

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,473 · program services $4,713 · management and general $676 · fundraising $84

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $186,751 · program services $160,817 · management and general $23,078 · fundraising $2,856

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $399 · management and general $399

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,222,023 · program services $1,052,324 · management and general $151,011 · fundraising $18,688

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,550 · program services $8,583 · management and general $2,834 · fundraising $133

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $212,668 · program services $198,963 · management and general $9,356 · fundraising $4,349

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $314,214 · program services $300,510 · management and general $8,208 · fundraising $5,496

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,279 · program services $94,753 · management and general $4,455 · fundraising $2,071

  • 17 · Travel

    total $464,692 · program services $394,369 · management and general $69,251 · fundraising $1,072

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $687,800 · program services $637,531 · management and general $50,210 · fundraising $59

  • 24a · Other expenses: Licensing Fees

    total $92,097 · program services $68,437 · management and general $22,597 · fundraising $1,063

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $54,676 · program services $40,630 · management and general $13,415 · fundraising $631

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt

    total $32,465 · program services $24,124 · management and general $7,966 · fundraising $375

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $77,273 · program services $57,423 · management and general $18,958 · fundraising $892

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,014,115 · end of year $1,397,096

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,968,700 · end of year $1,136,523

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $986,787 · end of year $631,934

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $185,650 · end of year $386,511

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,165 · end of year $55,693

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

    $25,028

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

    $25,028

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $381,888 · end of year $3,601,922

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $180,134 · end of year $118,603

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $457,613 · end of year $338,088

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $28,020 · end of year $27,385

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $176,383 · end of year $114,435

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,392,469 · end of year $5,929,328

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,706,954 · end of year $919,046

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O

  • Education Reform: NIEA equips all educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to support Native students in reaching their full potential in the classroom and beyond. As a member organization, NIEA has established meaningful and sound relationships among educators and advocacy leaders on local and national levels. Through strong relationships with federal, state and national organizations, NIEA serves as the critical link between Native communities and the diverse array of institutions that serve Native students from birth through lifelong learning.

    Expenses $2,987,242

  • Conventions: The annual organization convention is hosted in various regions throughout the US to ensure the organization has a broad reach and representative of Native and non-Native educators and advocates. The convention brings together pre-K through college educators, school leaders, parents, students, community, tribal leadership, researchers, and allies to explore and exchange ideas, network, and learn of innovative strategies pertaining to education, culture and language.

    Expenses $910,099

  • Other Program Services: Through our national resource center, NIEA works with schools, teachers, administrators, and researchers to equip them with professional learning opportunities, educational capacity building and strategies needed to provide our next generation of Native youth the knowledge for college, career and life success. The organization accomplishes this work by adhering to our founding principles to convene educators to explore ways of improving schools and the educational systems serving Native children; to promote the maintenance and continued development of language and cultural programs; and to develop and implement strategies for influencing policy change. NIEA supports tribal leadership, educators, and students with timely, relevant information on effective advocacy for Native education. NIEA delivers advocacy training and technical assistance, webinars, and fact sheets to ensure our advocates have the resources and information needed.

    Expenses $878,653

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Diana Cournoyer

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $212,417
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,417
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,167
    Filer's total
    $212,417

  • Rusty Creed Brown

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $140,431
    From this org
    $123,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,969
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carrie F Whitlow

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Whitefoot

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lori Quigley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason P Dropik

    Parliamentarian

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandra Bernice Gover

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pam Carter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teresa Sarabia

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sedelta Oosahwee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tesia Zientek

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jolene Bowman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • K KaanoI Walk

    1st Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Connie Oxendine Locklear

    2nd Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alison Lynn Black

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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
2023
Filed
9 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422849349300702

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.