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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WAUB AJIJAAK PRESS & FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$190,922
Total expenses
$372,334
Contributions and grants received
$206,145
Grants paid
$139,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,619
Other revenue
-$16,842
Total assets, end of year
$216,023
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$216,023
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$277,334
Management and general expenses
$49,530
Fundraising expenses
$45,470
Program service expenses (Part III)
$277,334

Program services were 74.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $206,145

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,619 · excluded $1,619

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,985

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $22,827

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$16,842 · excluded -$16,842

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $125,000 · program services $125,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,000 · program services $14,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $129,490 · program services $90,643 · management and general $12,949 · fundraising $25,898

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,939 · program services $9,057 · management and general $1,294 · fundraising $2,588

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,847 · program services $8,293 · management and general $1,185 · fundraising $2,369

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,956 · program services $7,978 · management and general $7,978

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,330 · program services $9,165 · management and general $9,165

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,160 · program services $1,580 · management and general $790 · fundraising $790

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,187 · management and general $1,093 · fundraising $1,094

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $581 · management and general $581

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,537 · program services $6,269 · management and general $3,134 · fundraising $3,134

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $791 · program services $554 · management and general $79 · fundraising $158

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE FEES

    total $13,646 · management and general $6,823 · fundraising $6,823

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,213 · program services $4,107 · management and general $2,053 · fundraising $2,053

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSING AND OTHER FEE

    total $1,843 · management and general $1,843

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,376 · program services $688 · management and general $344 · fundraising $344

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $438 · management and general $219 · fundraising $219

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $167,449 · end of year $44,549

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $225,169 · end of year $154,089

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,021

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,343 · end of year $16,364

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,526

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $397,435 · end of year $216,023

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND EMPOWERMENT FOR OUR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT LAKES AND BEYOND.

  • FOR THE GRANTS AND PHILANTHROPY WE SUPPORTED 24 ORGANIZATIONS SPANNING ALABAMA, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, ONTARIO, RHODE ISLAND, VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, AND VERMONT. FOR OUR 2025 YEAR A GRAND TOTAL OF $125,000 GOES TO SUPPORT THESE AMAZING NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS. THE AVERAGE GRANT AWARD IS $9,615.

    Expenses $125,000 · Grants $125,000

  • FOR THE WAUB AJIJAAK LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP WE PROVIDED 7 AWARDS TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF MICHIGAN TOTALING $14,000.

    Expenses $14,000 · Grants $14,000

  • FOR WAUB AJIJAAK PRESS WE TRANSITIONED OUR CHILDREN'S BOOKS FROM PAPERBACK TO HARDCOVER. ALSO, WE DONATED 250 BOOKS TO 10 RECIPIENTS.

    Expenses $138,334

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cecelia Lapointe

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Renard Monczunski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Jeneile Luebke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Kirsten Matoy Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
22 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622309349301897

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