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← DAKOTA WICOHAN

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DAKOTA WICOHAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$778,897
Total expenses
$881,038
Contributions and grants received
$758,582
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$16,708
Investment income
$464
Other revenue
$3,143
Total assets, end of year
$541,519
Total liabilities, end of year
$47,111
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$494,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$597,601
Management and general expenses
$249,651
Fundraising expenses
$33,786
Program service expenses (Part III)
$597,601

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $147,108

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $611,474

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME: SERVIC

    total $16,708 · related or exempt $16,708

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $464 · excluded $464

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $3,143 · excluded $3,143

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,143

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,930 · program services $52,226 · management and general $13,976 · fundraising $4,728

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $210,641 · program services $195,768 · management and general $14,199 · fundraising $674

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,860 · program services $14,731 · management and general $1,074 · fundraising $55

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,691 · program services $19,159 · management and general $2,134 · fundraising $398

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $131,234 · management and general $131,234

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $209,802 · program services $112,698 · management and general $72,564 · fundraising $24,540

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,795 · program services $16,648 · management and general $4,088 · fundraising $2,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,800 · program services $95,897 · management and general $1,752 · fundraising $151

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,503 · program services $33,329 · management and general $3,524 · fundraising $650

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,913 · program services $21,913

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,078 · program services $800 · management and general $278

  • 20 · Interest

    total $37 · management and general $37

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,815 · program services $13,970 · management and general $1,555 · fundraising $290

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,780 · program services $9,522 · management and general $1,060 · fundraising $198

  • 24a · Other expenses: HORSE CARE EXPENSE

    total $8,599 · program services $8,599

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,560 · program services $2,341 · management and general $2,176 · fundraising $43

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,080 · end of year $117,004

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $75,499 · end of year $17,424

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $412,761 · end of year $357,753

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,200 · end of year $1,800

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,990 · end of year $9,430

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

    $97,950

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

    $81,052

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,537 · end of year $16,898

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $29,675 · end of year $21,210

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,214 · end of year $35,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,979 · end of year $11,778

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $335,579 · end of year $136,975

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $260,970 · end of year $357,433

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PRESERVING DAKOTA AS A LIVING LANGUAGE AND THROUGH IT TRANSMIT DAKOTA LIFE WAYS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVING DAKOTA AS A LIVING LANGUAGE AND THROUGH IT TRANSMIT DAKOTA LIFE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

  • YOUTH PROGRAMS - TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT EMERGING LEADERSHIP THAT LEADS WITH WO'DAKOTA. YOUTH ARE PROVIDED WITH A PROVEN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT HELPS REVITALIZE THEIR TRADITIONAL CULTURE WHILE ALSO TEACHING A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF LIFE SKILLS. YOUTHS PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP BUILDING ACTIVITIES, SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS, LANGUAGE CLASSES, FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES, TAKE CARE OF AND LEARN TO RIDES HORSES, LEARN TO SING TRADITIONAL DAKOTA SONGS, POST-SECONDARY COUNSELING AND ALSO LEAD A NATIVE AMERICAN 4H GROUP. OUR YOUTH ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE DAKOTA COMMUNITY AND IT IS CRITICAL THAT THEY BE MENTORED AND DEVELOPED WITH A FOUNDATION OF TRADITIONAL DAKOTA VALUES.

    Expenses $440,369

  • LIFEWAY PROGRAMS - TO SUPPORT AND INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF DAKOTA ARTISTS. THE TAWOKAGA PROGRAM GIVES EMERGING AND MASTER ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES TO EITHER DEVELOP OR TEACH THEIR RESPECTIVE ART SKILL. THIS INCLUDES BEADING, BRAIN TANNING, HORSE REGALIA AND QUILLING. THIS IN TURN INCREASES APPRECIATION OF DAKOTA ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND INSPIRES NEW ARTISTS TO GET INVOLVED. ARTS HAVE LONG BEEN A PART OF TRADITIONAL DAKOTA CULTURE AND THESE ART MAKING PRACTICES HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN MANY GENERATIONS. DAKOTA WICOHAN CONTINUES THIS TRADITION WITH OPTIMISM.

    Expenses $145,137

  • CURRICULUM PROJECT - DAKOTA HOMELANDS CURRICULUM PROJECT-THIS PROJECT MAKES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS AROUND THE REGION A HIGH-QUALITY TEN-LESSON CURRICULUM THAT INTRODUCES DAKOTA ENVIRONMENTAL TEACHINGS AND APPLIES THESE TEACHINGS TO MINNESOTA HISTORY. THROUGH THIS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE, STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT AND INTEGRATE DAKOTA VALUES OF CARING FOR THE LAND AS A RELATIVE. TEACHERS ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO APPROPRIATELY IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM. THE CURRICULUM IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE WHERE PROJECT STAFF CAN MAKE UPDATES AND ADDITIONS AS MORE CLASSROOMS INTEGRATE THE CURRICULUM INTO THEIR 6TH GRADE CLASSROOMS.

    Expenses $12,095 · Revenue $16,708

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Lemm

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Teresa Peterson

    CHAIR (THRU 12/6/24)

    Total calculated
    $102
    From this org
    $102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Evelyn Luna

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $776
    From this org
    $776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Erler Peters

    SECRETARY (THRU 12/6/24)

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raine Cloud

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $11,500
    From this org
    $11,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gabrielle Strong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181
    From this org
    $181
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Pazi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55
    From this org
    $55
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dory Stands

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $59,431
    From this org
    $54,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,907
    Hours/week
    40

  • Grace Goldtooth

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 12/6/24)

    Total calculated
    $75,780
    From this org
    $70,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,810
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349319347

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