Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$484,759

Total expenses

$462,564

Contributions and grants received

$483,196

Grants paid

$50,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,563

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$731,006

Total liabilities, end of year

$384,579

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$346,427

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$461,823

Management and general expenses

$741

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$461,823

Program services were 99.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• GBMF 4: WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION (GBMF), THE BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (BSEG) HAS REFINED ITS STRATEGIC PLAN, IDENTIFIED LEAR POLICY TARGETS, AND IS WELL-POSITIONED TO REPRESENT TRIBAL VOICES FOR THE LONG TERM IN SAFEGUARDING THE NORTHERN BERING SEA FROM FISHING,SHIPPING AND OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT. ALSO, THE NORTHERN BERING SEA CLIMATE RESILIENCE AREA TRIBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL REMAINS A POWERFUL CONSTITUENCY FOR PROTECTING 291,000 KM2 OF THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY DEVELOPING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN TO ACHIEVE DURABLE PROTECTIONS FOR THE AREA AND ENGAGING FEDERAL AND STATE DECISION-MAKERS.

  Expenses $172,691 · Grants $50,000

• GBMF 1 AND GBMF 2. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION (GBMF), THE BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (BSEG) INCORPORATED AS A 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION AND BECAME WELL-POSITIONED FOR REPRESENTING TRIBAL VOICES FOR THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF THE NORTHERN BERING SEA. ALSO, BSEG ADVOCATED FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NPFMC) TO BETTER PROTECT BERING SEA FOOD WEBS AND HABITATS FROM ECOSYSTEM-SCALE OVERFISHING.

  Expenses $97,804

• PEW: WITH SUPPORT FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS, THE BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (BSEG) ADDRESSED PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THE ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. THESE GOALS INCLUDE: 1. INCREASING NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ADVOCACY; 2. STRENGTHENING CO-MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES; 3. LEVERAGING OUR PARTNERSHIPS FOR GREATER IMPACT; AND 4. REINFORCING OUR SUSTAINABILITY.

  Expenses $56,258

• GBMF 3: WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION (GBMF), THE NORTHERN BERING SEA CLIMATE RESILIENCE AREA (NBSCRA) FEDERAL TASK FORCE AND BERING INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRIBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (BITAC) CO-PRODUCED A SALMON RESILIENCE PLAN. THE INTENT WAS TO PROTECT 291,000-KM2 AREA FROM BOTTOM TRAWLING AND OTHER FISHING, SHIPPING AND OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS, AS WELL AS ASSIST THE BITAC SECURE MULTI-YEAR FEDERAL FUNDING. FNDI: WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (FNDI), THE BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (BSEG) PRIORITIZED GOALS INCLUDED IN ITS FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN (EX. REINFORCE SUSTAINABILITY), IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF ITS COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, AND CONTINUED TO SUPPORT IN-PERSON CONVENINGS OF ELDER REPRESENTATIVES THAT AIMED TO FURTHER NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION. NAP: WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY (NAP), THE NORTHERN BERING SEA CLIMATE RESILIENCE AREA (NBSCRA) COALITION PROVIDED A VARIETY OF ASSISTANCE TO THE BERING INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRIBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (BITAC). ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED IN FOLLOWING AREAS (EXAMPLES): CONSULTING ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SALMON RESILIENCE PLAN; IDENTIFYING GOVERNANCE MODEL OPTIONS FOR THE NBSCRA WORK; PROVIDING NBSCRA UPDATES TO OVER 70 TRIBES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE BITAC; AND PROVIDING CO-PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE (CPK) TRAINING TO THE BITAC. OTHER COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. INDIGENOUS EARTH FUND: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  Expenses $135,070

As filed on the 2025 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

• NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND

  $50,000

  GBMF 4

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

9 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

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