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← LAKOTA LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAKOTA LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$914,866
Total expenses
$614,716
Contributions and grants received
$460,052
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$377,048
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$77,766
Total assets, end of year
$639,547
Total liabilities, end of year
$476,598
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$162,949
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$610,189
Management and general expenses
$4,527
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$610,189

Program services were 99.3% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $329,967

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $130,085

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $329,967

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $377,048 · related or exempt $377,048

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,206

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,395

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,811 · related or exempt $9,811

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $67,955 · related or exempt $67,955

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $67,955

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $149,902 · program services $149,902

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,875 · program services $7,875

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,090 · program services $2,090

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,558 · program services $4,279 · management and general $4,279

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $316,900 · program services $316,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $255 · program services $255

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,084 · program services $31,084

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,729 · program services $2,729

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,062 · program services $37,062

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,053 · program services $17,053

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $750 · program services $750

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,749 · program services $5,749

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,749 · program services $2,749

  • 24a · Other expenses: LOSS FROM PARTNERSHIP

    total $248 · management and general $248

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $21,064 · program services $21,064

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $4,750 · program services $4,750

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $4,507 · program services $4,507

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,391 · program services $1,391

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,531 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,313 · end of year $11,192

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $216,075 · end of year $216,075

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $71,149 · end of year $400,000

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

    $35,092

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

    $22,812

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,224 · end of year $12,280

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,805 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $29,300 · end of year $29,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $431,998 · end of year $447,298

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$137,201 · end of year $162,949

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE, REVITALIZE, AND HELP PASS ON THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • LAKOTA LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM, INC. WORKS TO ENSURE THE CROW LANGUAGE IS PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE SUPPORT LAKOTA LEARNERS AND TEACHERS BY DEVELOPING LANGUAGE MATERIALS SUCH AS TEXTBOOKS, DICTIONARIES, FLASHCARDS, POSTERS, ETC., BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO APPS AND MULTIMEDIA, AND BY ORGANIZING INTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH BEST-PRACTICE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES.

    Expenses $610,189 · Revenue $445,003

  • LAKOTA DICTIONARY SALES

    Revenue $9,811

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ben Black Bear

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $1,100
    From this org
    $1,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Travis Condon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Iris Engle Chasing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $900
    From this org
    $900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Two Dogs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Ullrich

    DIRECTOR/LINGUIST

    Total calculated
    $127,565
    From this org
    $127,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Bendickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Tipiziwin Tolman

    INTERIM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Wilhelm Meya

    FORMER BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $121,998
    From this org
    $121,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,998
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $121,998

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 · 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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349306236

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