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NORTHERN CHUMASH TRIBAL COUNCIL

EIN 84-1709436 LOS OSOS, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,355,480
Expenses 2024
$1,365,751

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 6533

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

NCTCs mission is to offer a foundation for Chumash people to bring our Culture and Heritage back to life, to create dignity with the people, and to educate the public that the Chumash have always been here, we have not gone anywhere, and we will always be here, one continuum. We are Chumash, by our cultural understanding we have lived on the Central Coast of California since time immemorial.

  • Marine Sanctuary Designation and Cultural Stewardship:The Northern Chumash Tribal Council (NCTC) achieved a historic milestone in 2024 with the official designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This effort culminated more than a decade of advocacy initiated by NCTC in 2013 and built upon generations of community-led stewardship of the Central Coast. The designation became effective in November 2024, establishing a 175-kilometer (approximately 110-mile) marine sanctuary along the Central California coast between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. The sanctuary safeguards culturally and biologically significant ocean areas, protecting sacred marine ecosystems and prohibiting new offshore oil and gas drilling, seabed mining, sewage discharges, and ocean dumping.Co-Management and Indigenous Leadership:Following designation, NCTC assumed a recognized co-management and consultative role with NOAA to ensure that Indigenous stewardship principles and traditional ecological knowledge guide all management and planning activities. NCTC continues to represent the interests and voices of Chumash people in decision-making processes, ensuring that tribal ecological, cultural, and historical values remain integral to sanctuary operations, educational outreach, and community engagement initiatives.Environmental Stewardship and Cultural Resource Protection:In collaboration with San Luis Obispo County and local land-use authorities, NCTC actively reviews proposed construction, infrastructure, and environmental projects to ensure compliance with tribal cultural resource protection standards. The organization provides formal evaluations and written determinations regarding potential impacts to sacred sites, burial grounds, and other areas of historical significance. Developers and agencies must demonstrate adequate mitigation or avoidance of harm before approval. This work helps preserve irreplaceable cultural landscapes while fostering collaboration with government agencies and private stakeholders to balance growth and heritage preservation.Land Back and Tribal Land Advocacy:NCTC continues to lead and participate in regional 'Land Back' efforts to return public and private lands within unceded Chumash territories to tribal stewardship. These initiatives involve direct negotiations, educational outreach, and partnerships with local governments, land trusts, and conservation organizations. The Councils efforts aim to restore tribal access, management, and ceremonial connection to ancestral lands for cultural revitalization, habitat protection, and sustainable community benefit.Community Engagement and Education:In addition to its policy and advocacy work, NCTC conducts community educational programs focused on Chumash cultural heritage, traditional ecological knowledge, and ocean conservation. The Council works to strengthen public understanding of Indigenous leadership in environmental stewardship, fostering mutual respect and collaboration across diverse community and governmental partners.

    Expenses $1,365,751

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Violet Sage Walker

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Fred Collins

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Charity Collins

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ernest Houston

    CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Michael Zarate-Khus

    CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
    $1,355,480
    Expenses
    $1,365,751
    Contributions
    $1,310,680
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,025,538
    Expenses
    $1,046,632
    Contributions
    $750,622
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $937,967
    Expenses
    $819,625
    Contributions
    $364,412
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $480,154
    Expenses
    $415,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,807

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $383,821
    Expenses
    $297,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,779

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.