Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$258,606

Total expenses

$80,694

Contributions and grants received

$262,192

Grants paid

$16,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

-$3,586

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$363,734

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$363,734

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$64,466

Management and general expenses

$12,551

Fundraising expenses

$3,677

Program service expenses (Part III)

$64,466

Program services were 79.9% 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

• In 2024, our efforts were focused on:EDUCATION1) Sa'le Q'ewet Netse-lh/Our Hearts Beat as One, a bilingual Xwlemi Chosen/English children's book about the Lummi people's special connection to the captive orca Lolita/Tokitae/Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut. The story told in the book is the story lived by Lummi people and their supporters as they worked to bring their orca relation out of captivity at the Miami Seaquarium and back home to the Salish Sea. The book is written in English, with Lummi language translation. It is illustrated by Coast Salish artist Jason LaClair. The back pages are filled with educational materials and activities related to the story, to orcas, to the Lummi people, and to Coast Salish art. The book is being taught as part of the Since Time Immemorial curriculum in the Bellingham School district.2) The Mountaineers: we wrote a series of articles and blog posts for the Mountaineers magazine, educating the public on regional treaties, land acknowledgments, and Indigenous place names.3) Our Hearts Honoring Ceremony: we invited the public to witness the story of how Lummi tribal members worked to bring their relation Tokitae. We blanketed the Lummi tribal members, invited speakers to the floor, and shared a multi-media presentation of "Sa'le Q'ewet Netse'lh/Our Hearts Beat as One." This event was free and open to the public.4) ongoing readings and classroom visits pertaining to the bookMEDIA PRESENCE AND RELATIONS1) ongoing interviews, film festival screenings, panel discussions related to the documentary films "Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving A Way of Life," "Resident Orca, and "The Last Reefnetter."2) ongoing monthly "Since Time Immemorial" interview/photo series in Bellingham Alive! magazineCULTURAL PROJECTSWe continued to develop "The Protector" idea, in which a statue of a traditional Lummi woman would serve both as protector of all Lummi people out on the water and as a memorial to those lost at sea.

  Expenses $64,466 · Grants $16,000

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.

Grants on this return

• Northwest Indian College Foundation

  $16,000

  Sk'ali Legacy Scholarship

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

21 August 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202542339349300549

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