Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$12,987,939

Total expenses

$12,670,500

Contributions and grants received

$11,885,293

Grants paid

$8,623,852

Program service revenue

$1,400

Investment income

$1,138,920

Other revenue

-$37,674

Total assets, end of year

$30,032,451

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,957,715

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$27,074,736

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$11,649,545

Management and general expenses

$905,165

Fundraising expenses

$115,790

Program service expenses (Part III)

$11,649,545

Program services were 91.9% 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 · 2022

• DISBURSEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE STUDENTS, PRIMARILY THOSE SEEKING GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES. 1492 WERE SUPPORTED DURING THE 2022-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR.

  Expenses $8,623,852 · Grants $8,623,852

• PROVIDE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS AND PROVED RESOURES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES THE WEB RESOURCE CENTER ON THE NATIVE FORWARD WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR ALL STUDENTS. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: ONE OF NATIVE FORWARD'S CORE COMPETENCIES AND PRIORITY AREAS OF FOCUS LIES IN COLLEGE ACCESS. WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL TRIBAL MEMBERS OF THE 574 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH ACCESS TO FUNDING, RESOURCES, AND INFORMATION. -ACCESS TO SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIP FUNDING THROUGH EFFECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATION. MARKETING AND OUTREACH TO NATIONAL NATIVE AUDIENCES. EFFICIENT APPLICATION, REVIEW, AND AWARDING PROCESS, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION, AND TRACKING. -PROVIDE ONE-TO-ONE OUTREACH TO STUDENTS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE, APPLICATION SUPPORT, AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS THROUGH IMPROVING POLICIES, REDUCING OBSTACLES, AND INCREASING ON-CAMPUS SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO NATIVE STUDENTS. -ONLINE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER IS AN ONLINE COLLECTION OF BEST PRACTICES, STRATEGIES AND ADVICE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR NATIVE STUDENT SUCCESSES THAT SUPPLEMENT OUR ONE-TO-ONE SERVICES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THROUGH THE ENTIRE ACADEMIC JOURNEY. NATIVE FORWARD'S BEST IN CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ARE WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US WHEN IT COMES TO COLLEGE SUCCESS. WE HAVE SPENT THE PAST 20 YEARS REFINING SUPPORT SERVICES TO NATIVE STUDENTS AND EXCEL AT PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO ALL OUR STUDENTS. -PROVIDE ADJACENT HIGH IMPACT, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES TO EACH STUDENT THROUGH OUR TARGETED PROGRAM. -PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARS WITH NATIVE FORWARD APPLICATIONS AND FAFSA, PROVIDE STANDARD FINANCIAL LITERACY INFORMATION, ASSIST STUDENTS WITH AWARD REVISIONS AND COA ADJUSTMENTS, AND RESOLVE ANY ISSUES WITH AWARD DISBURSEMENTS. -PROVIDE ONE-TO-ONE OUTREACH TO STUDENTS UTILIZING A THREE-TOUCHPOINT SYSTEM TO ASSIST STUDENTS THROUGH THE MOST DIFFICULT POINTS OF THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY. THIS CONTACT IS DONE THROUGH EMAIL, FLYERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, DIRECT CALLS AND SURVEYS. -INSTITUTIONAL OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTING TO CAMPUS RESOURCES SUCH AS TUTORING, MENTORING, FINANCIAL AID, PEER GROUPS ETC. -TRANSCRIPT REVIEW TO ASSURE STUDENTS SUCCESS, WITH TARGETED "BACK ON TRACK" INITIATIVE TO ASSIST STUDENT WITH ON CAMPUS RESOURCES. -INCENTIVE PROGRAM- CELEBRATE STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, INCLUDING THE AWARDING OF STOLES, ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, AND THROUGH THE STUDENT OF THE PROGRAM. -EACH MONTH NATIVE FORWARD HIGHLIGHTS STUDENTS IN THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH PROGRAM. -NATIVE FORWARD ALSO NOTIFIES STUDENTS OF SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS INTERNSHIPS AND CAREER OPENINGS AS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES. BACK ON TRACK PROGRAM ACADEMIC INTERVENTION THROUGH OUR BACK ON TRACK PROGRAM MAY OCCUR IF STUDENTS STRUGGLE TO REMAIN IN GOOD STANDING WITH THEIR INSTITUTION, AND WE CONNECT STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS RESOURCES INCLUDING TUTORING, MENTORING, AND CONNECTION TO OTHER NATIVE STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. NATIVE FORWARD SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SERVICES TO SUPPORT AWARD RECIPIENTS TO ENSURE THEY THRIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY AND SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH THEIR CAREERS. WE RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE STUDENTS ENTERING WESTERN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND WE CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE NETWORKS AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAKE THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY A TRANSFORMATIONAL AND EMPOWERING EXPERIENCE. OUR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTERING STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES HAS MADE OUR TEAM UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF NATIVE STUDENTS AND QUICKLY ADAPT TO PROVIDE THE MOST RELEVANT AND RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING TO BEST SUPPORT THEM. 2022-2023 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR, WHILE 1492 STUDENTS RECEIVED AWARDS. ADVISE AND COLLABORATE WITH U.S. GRADUATE SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS TO ENSURE STRONG SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS PURSUING GRADUATE DEGREES AND POSTGRADUATE AND EMPLOYMENT ADVISEMENT.

  Expenses $3,025,693

As filed on the 2022 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.

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.

• AIGC SCHOLARS

  501C3 · SEE PART 7 · NM

  Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

8 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431009349300013

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