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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TONGVA TARAXAT PAXAAVXA CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,820,938
Total expenses
$1,002,774
Contributions and grants received
$1,790,323
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,500
Investment income
$28,115
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,984,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$51,524
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,933,124
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$431,962
Management and general expenses
$497,779
Fundraising expenses
$73,033
Program service expenses (Part III)
$431,962

Program services were 43.1% 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)

    $282,805

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,507,518

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $517,689

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPEAKER FEES

    total $2,500 · related or exempt $2,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28,115 · excluded $28,115

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,173 · program services $25,573 · management and general $46,028 · fundraising $25,572

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $267,508 · program services $120,755 · management and general $122,918 · fundraising $23,835

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,646 · program services $14,041 · management and general $13,896 · fundraising $3,709

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,332 · program services $11,250 · management and general $11,373 · fundraising $3,709

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $247,581 · management and general $247,581

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $194,874 · program services $171,086 · management and general $23,788

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,532 · program services $877 · management and general $422 · fundraising $233

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,974 · program services $22,113 · management and general $13,272 · fundraising $4,589

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,254 · program services $1,326 · management and general $1,680 · fundraising $7,248

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,147 · program services $3,121 · management and general $3,745 · fundraising $1,281

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,800 · program services $2,145 · management and general $5,445 · fundraising $1,210

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,763 · program services $27,763

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,251 · program services $1,929 · management and general $3,684 · fundraising $638

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,939 · program services $29,983 · management and general $3,947 · fundraising $1,009

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,693,512 · end of year $2,920,664

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $352,665 · end of year $463,285

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,120 · end of year $5,462

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

    $2,156,492

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

    $74,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,090,401 · end of year $2,081,538

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $513,699

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,738 · end of year $51,524

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,035,519 · end of year $3,880,288

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,079,441 · end of year $2,052,836

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECT, PRESERVE, CULTURALLY REVITALIZE AND FOSTER TONGVA/GABRIELENO TRADITIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF TONGVA/GABRIELENO DECEDENTS. TO ENCOURAGE AND IMPLEMENT THE REVITALIZATION OF MATERIAL AND NONMATERIEL ASPECTS OF TONGVA/GABRIELENO CULTURE WITH FOCUS ON LAND AND MARITIME CULTURE, LANGUAGE, ARTS, DANCE AND ORAL HISTORIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECT, PRESERVE, CULTURALLY REVITALIZE AND FOSTER TONGVA/GABRIELENO TRADITIONS.

  • THE CONSERVANCY RESTORES TONGVA HOMELANDS THROUGH REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND REPLANTING OF NATIVE PLANTS. EFFORTS FOCUS ON ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND SUSTAINABLE HABITAT FOR INDIGENOUS FLORA AND FAUNA.

    Expenses $422,072 · Revenue $2,500

  • PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO TONGVA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEED BY DISTRIBUTING FOOD, WATER, AND BASIC NECESSITIES DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES URGENT NEEDS AND FOSTERS RESILIENCE AND CULTURAL CONNECTION.

    Expenses $9,890

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Sepulveda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anmarie Mendoza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lorinda Manriquez

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wallace Cleaves

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tony Lassos

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kimberly Morales-Johnson

    BOARD VP, EXEC DIRECTOR (THRU 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $77,493
    From this org
    $74,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,352
    Hours/week
    20

  • Maryellen Gleason

    INTERIM EXEC DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $19,680
    From this org
    $19,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

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
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543109349301919

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