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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NATIVE CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,740,234
Total expenses
$2,245,781
Contributions and grants received
$2,738,744
Grants paid
$12,522
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,490
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,600,363
Total liabilities, end of year
$208,362
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,392,001
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,261,257
Management and general expenses
$984,524
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,261,257

Program services were 56.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,738,744

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43 · excluded $43

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,447

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,447

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,447 · related or exempt $1,447

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,522 · program services $12,522

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,289 · program services $91,982 · management and general $31,307

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $962,808 · program services $555,129 · management and general $407,679

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,023 · program services $61,383 · management and general $41,640

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,648 · program services $28,390 · management and general $19,258

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,061 · program services $2,010 · management and general $11,051

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,658 · management and general $32,658

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $462,856 · program services $257,197 · management and general $205,659

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,465 · program services $965 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $184,189 · program services $142,574 · management and general $41,615

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,128 · management and general $36,128

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $51,516 · program services $41,599 · management and general $9,917

  • 17 · Travel

    total $87,001 · program services $12,268 · management and general $74,733

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,851 · program services $866 · management and general $5,985

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,462 · program services $37,319 · management and general $143

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,434 · program services $3,603 · management and general $55,831

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $13,450 · program services $13,450

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $7,050 · management and general $7,050

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION RESEARCH

    total $3,370 · management and general $3,370

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $369,842 · end of year $686,563

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,887 · end of year $194,504

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $142,905

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

    $602,462

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

    $79,659

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $645,818 · end of year $522,803

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $53,588

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,999 · end of year $154,774

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $110,000 · end of year $53,588

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $632,007 · end of year $1,312,207

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $265,541 · end of year $79,794

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF NATIVE CONSERVANCY IS TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE, REPATRIATE AND RESTORE ANCESTRAL LANDS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIGENOUS LAND CONSERVATION TRUSTS ON SCARRED LANDS AND WATERS THAT ARE INHERENT TO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF SOVEREIGNTY, SUBSISTENCE, SPIRITUALITY AND NATIVE CULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR VISION IS TO CREATE RESILIENT FUTURES FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BY PRESERVING, REPATRIATING AND RESTORING ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS, TRADITIONAL FOOD SOURCES AND SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES TO REVITALIZE NATIVE CULTURE, HABITAT, HEALTH AND SPIRITUALITY.

  • OCEANBACK HABITAT RESTORATION: THE KELP ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IS A MITIGATION-BASED PROJECT THAT HELPS RESTORE THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS IN THE EXXON VALDEZ SPILL ZONE. THIS PROGRAM INTEGRATES LOCAL AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO REVITALIZE INJURED HABITAT THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESTORATION. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED A SUSTAINABLE SEED-LINE PRODUCTION HATCHERY, SEED DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND SEED TEST LINE THAT WILL SUPPLY LOCAL KELP FARMERS, FACILITATE OCEAN RESEARCH DATA, AND CREATE A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY FOR THE REGION.

    Expenses $788,774

  • RECLAIMING LAND & WATER: IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC THAT THREATENED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN THE REGION, LOCAL ELDERS WERE SURVEYED AND RESULTED IN THE NEED AND DESIRE FOR TRADITIONAL FOODS THAT WERE FAR-REACHING. THE ELDER'S ABILITY TO ACCESS WILD FOODS WAS LIMITED EVEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. THE GOAL IS TO NURTURE AND GROW THIS PROGRAM FOR LONGEVITY. LOCAL HARVESTED FOOD IS DONATED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 LOCAL NATIVE ELDERS.

    Expenses $273,999

  • NATIVE LAND CONSERVATION: EYAK CULTURAL MAPPING STARTED FROM A COMMUNITY VISION TO BRING THE TRADITIONAL EYAK NAMES, ASSOCIATED STORIES, HISTORIC KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS BACK TO LIFE THROUGH COUNTER-MAPPING. COUNTER-MAPPING CHALLENGES WIDELY ACCEPTED COLONIAL PERSPECTIVES OF LAND AND WATERS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES RECOGNITION AND CULTIVATES DEEPER UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE EYAK HOMELANDS, THE VALUE OF NAMES, STORIES AND SACRED SITES. THE BERING RIVER COAL ACQUISITION IS A 23-YEAR CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN TO STOP ROADS AND PROTECT THREE-MILLION ACRES OF WILD SALMON HABITAT ON THE COPPER RIVER DELTA. THE BERING RIVER COALFIELDS ARE 73,000 ACRES OF PRISTINE WILDERNESS ALONG THE EASTERN PERIMETER OF THE COPPER RIVER DELTA'S ALLUVIAL FAN THAT IS A CORRIDOR FOR CONTINUOUS WILDLIFE. THE WATERSHED IS FULLY INTACT AND SUPPORTS THE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS OF SPAWNING COHO AND SOCKEYE SALMON EACH YEAR. THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT AND SECURE THE COAL TITLE FOR THE REMAINING 11,000 ACRES OF THE BERING RIVER COALFIELDS.

    Expenses $185,962

  • OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONFERENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS: THIS ACCOUNTS FOR DONOR AND GRANT OUTREACH AND MARKETING TO HELP SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $12,522 · Grants $12,522

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Glen Dune Lankard

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $141,101
    From this org
    $141,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jade Begay

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lloyd Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Winona Laduke

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NC HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLDING · AK

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • GIYAH BOAT COMPANY LLC

    MANUFACTIN · AK

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349315510

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