Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,118,244

Total expenses

$1,937,550

Contributions and grants received

$1,981,849

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$37,125

Investment income

$99,270

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$7,537,115

Total liabilities, end of year

$276,900

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,260,215

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,529,989

Management and general expenses

$190,097

Fundraising expenses

$217,464

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,529,989

Program services were 79.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• 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 2022, WE LAUNCHED YEAR 1 OF OUR 2-YEAR PILOT COHORT. WE RECRUITED AND ONBOARDED 3 NATIVE NATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIBAL FINANCE PILOT PROGRAM. THROUGH RECRUITMENT, WE PRESENTED TO 4 TRIBAL COUNCILS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. WE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED 2 WEEK-LONG IN-PERSON TRAININGS FOR 14 TRIBAL LEADERS AND FINANCE STAFF. 9 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THE NATIVE AMERICAN FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION 3-DAY IN-PERSON CONFERENCE. 57 INTERVIEWS WITH THE PARTICIPATING NATIVE NATIONS WERE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. WE RECRUITED 7 MENTORS AND PAIRED 3 OF THEM WITH A NATIVE NATION BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES. GUIDELINES AND PROCESSES FOR THE GRANT PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM WERE DETERMINED AND PREPARED TO BE DEPLOYED IN 2023. LASTLY, THE ENTIRE PROGRAM HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION TEAM WHICH HAS PROVIDED CONSISTENT FEEDBACK AND REPORTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $589,398

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER EDUCATES, ENGAGES, AND SHARES INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY AROUND TOPICS RELATED TO SOVEREIGNTY, NATION REBUILDING, AND INDIAN COUNTRY. IN 2022, WE HOSTED THREE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT REACHED A COMBINED LIVE AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 845 PEOPLE, MADE CONNECTIONS WITH 22 NATIVE PANELISTS AND ARTISTS, DELIVERED CONTENT BY PARTICIPATING IN 25 EXTERNAL, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PRESENTATIONS, WROTE 13 ORIGINAL NEWS STORIES ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR MISSION, CREATED TWO ANIMATED EXPLAINER VIDEOS, LAUNCHED A THREE-EPISODE SOVEREIGNTY-FOCUSED VIDEO SERIES CALLED WINGS WITH WAYNE, AND PARTICIPATED IN 15 MEDIA INTERVIEWS (LOCAL AND NATIONAL OUTLETS) TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY ON A BROAD SCALE. WE ALSO RELEASED 11 ORIGINAL RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE. OUR RESOURCES SECTION RECEIVED OVER 59,000 UNIQUE PAGEVIEWS, AND OUR TOP FIVE MOST-VIEWED RESOURCES WERE ON THE TOPIC OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. NGC ALSO LEADS THE WE ARE STILL HERE: MINNESOTA (WASH-MN) CAMPAIGN AND TASKFORCE, A RESEARCH-BASED MOVEMENT THAT WORKS TO DISPEL AND CHANGE HARMFUL NARRATIVES ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS. IN 2022, WASH-MN'S PHILANTHROPY SUB-COMMITTEE HOSTED A LEARNING SERIES THAT INCLUDED TWO TOPICS, LANDBACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN GRANTMAKING IN MINNESOTA TO NEARLY 100 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION. THE MEDIA AND POP CULTURE SUB-COMMITTEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MPR HOSTED THREE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WITH OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS EACH SESSION, CULMINATING IN AN EXPERIENTIAL SESSION ATTENDED BY 198 PEOPLE REPRESENTING MEDIA GROUPS FROM ACROSS MINNESOTA AT THE SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY'S HOCOKATA TI. WASH-MN ALSO CO-PRODUCED AN EPISODE OF TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION'S SCI-GIRLS ON DAKOTA STAR KNOWLEDGE. THE K-12 SUB-COMMITTEE WORKING WITH THE MINNESOTA INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HOSTED TWO STATEWIDE MEETINGS DISTRIBUTING A SURVEY FOR EDUCATORS TO IDENTIFY ROADBLOCKS TEACHING INDIGENOUS EDUCATION. THE FIRST MEETING HAD 650 ATTENDEES AND THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE HOSTED 45 ATTENDEES IN A FOLLOW UP TO TALK ABOUT RESULTS AND WORKING TOWARDS CREATING AN "ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS" PROJECT FOR

  Expenses $365,317 · Revenue $37,125

• 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 150 NATIVE CHANGEMAKERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM. IN 2022, NGC ENGAGED 17 REBUILDERS FOR COHORT 12. REBUILDERS COMPLETED 5 MODULE SESSIONS, 2 VIRTUAL AND 3 MULTI-DAY IN-PERSON SESSIONS AT 3 DIFFERENT NATIVE NATIONS IN OUR SERVICE REGION, FOR OVER 100 HOURS OF TRAINING. EACH SESSION FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING SKILLS IN NATION REBUILDING SUCH AS FACILITATION AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR SEVENTH GENERATION PLANNING. WE HAD 15 COMMUNITY LEADERS ENGAGE WITH THE REBUILDERS DURING ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS. ALL 17 REBUILDERS COMPLETED THE NATIVE NATION REBUILDING CURRICULUM, PRESENTED THEIR COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN, AND ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THOSE ACTION PLANS IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. REBUILDERS CLOSED OUT THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF NATIVE NATION REBUILDING, STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS, AND STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $358,578

• TRIBAL GOVERNANCE SUPPORT: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 2022, WE PRESENTED TO SEVERAL TRIBAL COUNCILS ABOUT NATION REBUILDING, AND PROVIDED OUR INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE PROGRAM TO 65 TRIBAL LEADERS AND STAFF FROM 3 NATIVE NATIONS. WE PUBLISHED OUR TRIBAL CIVICS GUIDEBOOK AND DEVELOPED AND PILOTED A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SERIES BASED ON THE GUIDEBOOK TO AN ON THE GROUND TRIBAL CIVICS TEAM FROM A NATIVE NATION. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PLAN A WEBINAR SERIES SPECIFIC TO NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY TRIBAL LEADERS.

  Expenses $216,696

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

30 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202311539349300136

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