Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$7,229,684

Total expenses

$2,281,394

Contributions and grants received

$6,966,708

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$37,530

Investment income

$224,844

Other revenue

$602

Total assets, end of year

$14,459,238

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,306,804

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,152,434

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,872,428

Management and general expenses

$192,530

Fundraising expenses

$216,436

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,872,428

Program services were 82.1% 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 · 2024

• 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 2024, WE KICKED OFF COHORT 2 WITH 4 NATIVE NATIONS. EACH NATIVE NATION COMPLETED AN IN-DEPTH FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT. WE HOSTED 2 IN-PERSON CONVENINGS AND 1 VIRTUAL CONVENING WHICH PROVIDED 6 FULL DAYS OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND PEER LEARNING. MONTHLY EXECUTIVE COACHING SESSIONS STARTED FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN SEPTEMBER AND INCLUDED A CLIFTON STRENGTHS TOP 5 ASSESSMENT. INFORMAL COFFEE CONNECTION VIRTUAL MEETINGS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER AND WILL CONTINUE DURING MONTHS WHEN NO OTHER PROGRAMMING IS SCHEDULED. NEWLY ADDED CFO ROUNDTABLE VIRTUAL MEETINGS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER AND WILL CONTINUE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS DURING THE 2-YEAR COHORT OR AS LONG AS THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL FOR PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $695,666

• 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 225 NATIVE CHANGEMAKERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. IN 2024, NGC ENGAGED 21 REBUILDERS FOR COHORT 13. THE REBUILDERS PARTICIPATED IN FIVE MODULE SESSIONS, TOTALING 101 HOURS, INCLUDING TWO VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND THREE MULTI-DAY, IN-PERSON SESSIONS HELD AT THREE DIFFERENT NATIVE NATIONS IN OUR SERVICE REGION. EACH SESSION FOCUSED ON ENHANCING SKILLS IN NATION REBUILDING, INCLUDING FACILITATION TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR SEVENTH-GENERATION PLANNING. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, 16 COMMUNITY LEADERS INTERACTED WITH THE REBUILDERS DURING BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS. ALL 21 REBUILDERS COMPLETED THE NATIVE NATION REBUILDING CURRICULUM, PRESENTED THEIR COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS, AND ARE ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE REBUILDERS CONCLUDED THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF NATIVE NATION REBUILDING, STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS, AND ENHANCED LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $441,719 · Revenue $1,000

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER EDUCATES, ENGAGES, AND SHARES INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY AROUND TOPICS RELATED TO SOVEREIGNTY, NATIVE NATION REBUILDING, AND CURRENT EVENTS IN INDIAN COUNTRY. IN 2024, WE HOSTED 5 VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, REACHING A COMBINED LIVE AND RECORDED VIEWING AUDIENCE OF 5,257 PEOPLE. THROUGHOUT OUR WORK, WE MADE CONNECTIONS WITH 15 NATIVE SPEAKERS AND ARTISTS. WE PRESENTED AT 4 CONFERENCES AND HAD A BOOTH AT 3 EVENTS REACHING OVER 800 PEOPLE. WE ALSO DELIVERED CONTENT BY CARRYING OUT 23 EXTERNAL PRESENTATIONS TOTALING OVER 30 INSTRUCTION HOURS AND REACHING OVER 900 PARTICIPANTS. ONLINE WE RELEASED 5 ORIGINAL RESOURCES ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR MISSION, COLLABORATED WITH 4 REBUILDER ALUMNI TO RELEASE 2 GUEST-WRITTEN ARTICLES, AND SHARED THE FINAL THREE EPISODES OF A SOVEREIGNTY-FOCUSED VIDEO SERIES CALLED WINGS WITH WAYNE THAT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 4,462 VIEWS, ALL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY ON A BROAD SCALE. OUR RESOURCES SECTION RECEIVED OVER 65,000 VIEWS FROM OVER 36,000 UNIQUE SITE VISITORS. OUR TOP 5 MOST-VIEWED RESOURCES ARE ABOUT TOPICS LIKE: BLOOD QUANTUM & SOVEREIGNTY, INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, CULTURAL APPRECIATION VS. APPROPRIATION, TERMINOLOGY AND STYLE, AND GOING BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SITE-WIDE VISITORS DOWNLOADED OUR RESOURCES OVER 3,900 TIMES.

  Expenses $337,040 · Revenue $34,780

• 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 2024, WE PRESENTED TO SEVERAL TRIBAL COUNCILS ABOUT NATION REBUILDING AND PROVIDED OUR INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE PROGRAM TO 21 TRIBAL LEADERS AND STAFF FROM 1 NATIVE NATION. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR FIRST TWO-DAY INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN GOVERNANCE FOR ELECTED LEADERS WORKSHOP FOR 7 ELECTED LEADERS FROM 5 NATIVE NATIONS. WE PROVIDED OUR TRIBAL CIVICS PROGRAM TO 5 GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM 1 NATIVE NATION AND CONVENED 10 TRIBAL CIVICS PROJECT ALUMNI AT OUR ANNUAL CROSS-COHORT GATHERING. WE MODERATED 6 CANDIDATE FORUMS FOR 2 NATIVE NATIONS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED 2 LISTENING SESSIONS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.

  Expenses $398,003 · Revenue $1,750

As filed on the 2024 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

2024

Filed

8 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202503189349304550

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