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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by NATURE RIGHTS COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$119,257
Total expenses
$128,284
Contributions and grants received
$119,163
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$94
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$23,169
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,515
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,654
Program service expenses (Part III)
$117,697

Program services were 91.7% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

A Public Benefit Organization--ensuring a sustainable future through advocacy education and social change emphasizing traditional ecological knowledge.

  • Ancestral Guard: an indigenous organizing network. Our programs combine traditional ecological knowledge science and values of world renewal. Traditional canoe building drum making gathering and processing of traditional foods Victory Gardens. 2000 people benefited.

    Expenses $63,050 · Grants $41,827

  • Outreach: work focuses on mental health and wellness grassroots organizing and skills trainings. Projects: Basket making skirt making net making classes.

    Expenses $3,810

  • Environmental Advocacy: Salmon Run 2024-highlighting issues on the Klamath and Trinity River. Karuk Canoe project. Benefits 300 people

    Expenses $17,843

  • Karuk Restoration Project: indigenous led project focusing on traditional ecological knowledge and rebuilding traditional ways of life e.g. canoe making tradl houses.

    Grants $15,000

  • River Restoration Program: supporting the continued development of traditional indigenous ceremonies and regalia

    Expenses $32,994 · Grants $40,000

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Nathaniel Pennington

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dania Rose Colegrove

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Annelia Hillman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amber Shelton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Gensaw III

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $14,250
    Compensation
    $14,250
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jon Luke Gensaw

    Media Director

    Total calculated
    $10,600
    Compensation
    $10,600
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Aida Kastel

    Bookkeeper

    Total calculated
    $2,675
    Compensation
    $2,675
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Peter Gensaw

    Cultural Director

    Total calculated
    $9,600
    Compensation
    $9,600
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541129349200109

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