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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$475,312
Total expenses
$936,138
Contributions and grants received
$472,240
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,072
Total assets, end of year
$265,055
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,131
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$167,924
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$671,522
Management and general expenses
$207,267
Fundraising expenses
$57,349
Program service expenses (Part III)
$671,522

Program services were 71.7% 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)

    $45,892

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $426,348

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,072 · excluded $3,072

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,072

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,727 · program services $51,781 · management and general $6,473 · fundraising $6,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $295,442 · program services $236,354 · management and general $29,544 · fundraising $29,544

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,928 · program services $58,342 · management and general $7,293 · fundraising $7,293

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $136,248 · program services $108,998 · management and general $13,625 · fundraising $13,625

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,880 · management and general $14,880

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $155,555 · program services $89,711 · management and general $65,844

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,248 · management and general $9,834 · fundraising $414

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,500 · management and general $3,500

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,877 · program services $10,367 · management and general $10,510

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,417 · program services $29,668 · management and general $9,749

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,931 · management and general $6,931

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,646 · program services $8,646

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,087 · management and general $11,087

  • 24a · Other expenses: AGRICULTURAL EXPENSES

    total $43,072 · program services $43,072

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

    total $34,583 · program services $34,583

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $14,449 · management and general $14,449

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,548 · management and general $3,548

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $447,997 · end of year $67,873

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $6,650

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,275 · end of year $19,304

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

    $195,495

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

    $24,267

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $179,711 · end of year $171,228

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,402 · end of year $22,131

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $75,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $628,750 · end of year $167,924

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ANISHINABE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO RESTORE FOODWAYS, REMATRIATE SEEDS, AND MAKE A NEW ECONOMY; ONE BASED ON LOCAL FOOD, ENERGY, AND FIBER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO RESTORE AGRO-BIODIVERSITY THROUGH RESTORING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, HEMP, AND TRADITIONAL HERITAGE VARIETIES

  • THE ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE HAS THREE FOCUS AREAS: COMMUNITY FOOD, RESEARCH, AND YOUTH EDUCATION. INDAKIINGIMIN MEANS THE VERY LAND TO WHICH WE BELONG IS WHERE WE LIVE AND WHERE THE GENERATIONS AHEAD WILL ALSO LIVE. INDAKIINGIMIN IS OUR WORK.COMMUNITY FOODS: WE PRODUCE FOODS FOR THE VILLAGE OF PINE POINT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, WHILE BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE VILLAGE AND OUR AREA TO HAVE FOOD SECURITY. OUR WORK IS PRIMARILY WITH HERITAGE CROPS OF CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, AND POTATOES, WITH EXPANSIONS INTO LAYING HENS. OUR WORK IN 2025, INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD SECURITY INCLUDING PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND GREENHOUSES AND CAPACITY TO INCREASE OUR FIELDS AND CHICKEN PRODUCTION. RESEARCH: OUR WORK IS IN INDIGENOUS CROP VARIETALS, AND THE RESTORATION OF THESE SEEDS AND VARIETIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR TRIBAL COMMMUNITIES REGIONALY AND NATIONALLY. OUR RESEARCH HAS INCLUDED CORN WHICH ADDS NITROGEN TO THE SOIL, HERITAGE POTATO VARIETIES, AND FIBER HEMP VARIETIES. OUR WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS PRIMARIY ON FIBER HEMP VARIETIES AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCTION OPTIONS FOR TIRBAL HEMP FARMERS. AS WELL WE WORK ON SOIL HEALTH. WE ARE ABLE TO WORK IN SMALLER SCALE GARDENS AND ON LARGER CROP ACREAGE WHERE WE ARE RESTORING SOIL HEALTH AND REDEVELOPING INDIGENOUS FERTILIZERS AND CROP ROTATIONS. WE ARE SPECIALIZING ALSO IN OJIBWE PURPLE POTATOES.

    Expenses $671,522

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

Listed in Part VII

  • James Reents

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracey Strong Dagen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Morales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Ellis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Lee Chilton

    FORMER INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,726
    From this org
    $64,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349321078

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