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UNKITAWA

EIN 83-2398323 KENT, WA

Revenue 2024
$2,804,748
Expenses 2024
$3,341,442

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C20
Classification
2450
Street
816 CENTRAL AVE N

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

UNKITAWA IS A GROUP OF DEDICATED, RESULTS-ORIENTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT PROTECT AND HEAL THE EARTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HEAL & EDUCATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH CULTURE & TRADITION.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS - UNKITAWA FISCALLY SPONSOR 9 GROUPS CURRENTLY. THEY ALL RUN DIFFERENT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $1,304,128 · Grants $252,568

  • INDIGENOUS WELLNESS - UNKITAWA IS A SERVICE PROVIDER WITHIN A NATIVE AMERICAN/INDIGENOUS CONTEXT. ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS, THE CORE OF WORK OF WHAT WE DO IS TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE, ENHANCE, TEACH, AND SPREAD NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICES. THIS IS DONE THROUGH GROWING, GATHERING, HARVESTING, DISTRIBUTION, AND PREPARING TRADITIONAL PLANT AND ANIMAL-BASED MEDICINES, ARTS/CRAFTS, AND SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS. 80% OF THE PEOPLE SERVED ARE URBAN INDIAN, WITH THE REMAINING 20% LIVING ON RESERVATIONS. PRIMARY AREAS SERVED ARE WASHINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA. OUR MEDIA PRESENCE IS COUNTRYWIDE. WE SERVE ALL AGES, WITH SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR YOUTH, ELDERS, VETERANS, WOMEN, AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. A PORTION OF OUR WORK IS SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, PARTICIPATION IN CEREMONY, WELLNESS THROUGH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $366,843 · Grants $755

  • VETERANS - THE VETERANS PROGRAM REMOVES BARRIERS AND PROVIDES SERVICES THAT DELIVER EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPOWER INDIGENOUS VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL. UNKITAWA IS ONE OF THE KING COUNTY VETERANS PROGRAM'S (KCVP) KEY PARTNERS PROVIDING NATIVE AMERICAN PATHFINDING FOR NATIVE AMERICANS EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP IN KING COUNTY. VETERAN SERVICES INCLUDE SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL CONNECTION, CRAFTING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE HOST THREE - FIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, VETERAN OUTREACH, AND CULTURAL EVENTS EVERY MONTH. CULTURAL EVENTS INCLUDE MAKING DRUMS, BELTS, AND PADDLES, AND DRUMMING CIRCLES. OUR FOLK LIFE AND VETERAN HOMECOMING EVENTS ARE CENTRAL TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITION OF HONORING OUR VETERANS AND WARRIORS WHO COME HOME FROM BATTLE.

    Expenses $252,220 · Grants $13,638

  • OTHER WHICH INCLUDE GENERAL PROGRAMS, FOLKLIFE, ELDERS PROGRAM (WISDOM KEEPERS), STORE, ARTSFUND, COMMUNITY INNOVATIONS, HEALTHIERHERE, INNOVATIONS GENERAL, TRIBAL INNOVATIONS, YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $1,073,494 · Grants $81,474 · Revenue $186,010

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • EDNA WYENA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,296
    From this org
    $132,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,126
    Hours/week
    40

  • KYLE SCHIERBECK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • RONALD LUKE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TAMMY GREEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAWN SHEPHERD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SAMANTHA BIASCA

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,804,748
    Expenses
    $3,341,442
    Contributions
    $2,612,605
    Grants paid
    $348,434
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,803,700
    Expenses
    $3,994,302
    Contributions
    $3,591,995
    Grants paid
    $157,977
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,239,421
    Expenses
    $2,529,202
    Contributions
    $3,217,227
    Grants paid
    $202,549

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,912,982
    Expenses
    $1,602,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,689,083

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $893,850
    Expenses
    $765,796
    Assets (EOY)
    $374,697

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
Christian Hogan
Mailing address
23103 Marine View Dr SDes Moines WA 98198
Website
www.unkitawa.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.