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SEQUOYAH FUND INC

EIN 31-1619784 CHEROKEE, NC

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Revenue 2023
$2,636,239
Expenses 2023
$1,747,904

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1200

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 · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS.

  • THE SEQUOYAH FUND WORKS TO SERVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS NEW BUSINESS START-UPS, BUSINESS EXPANSION, AND OVERALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE SEVEN FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ON THE QUALLA BOUNDARY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES BUSINESS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES.

    Expenses $1,379,812 · Revenue $533,681

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • M Eddie Swimmer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,100
    From this org
    $4,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ray Rose

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $5,600
    From this org
    $5,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmy Burns

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $6,600
    From this org
    $6,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tonya Carroll

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $7,219
    From this org
    $7,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michell Hicks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keyonna Hornbuckle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,800
    From this org
    $5,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,500
    From this org
    $5,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bradley Letts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,500
    From this org
    $5,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie E Painter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,040
    From this org
    $6,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russ Seagle

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $177,547
    From this org
    $149,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,416
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,464
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,667
    Filer's total
    $177,547

  • Ashford Smith

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $61,616
    From this org
    $57,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,808
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amber H Huskey

    COO

    Total calculated
    $121,224
    From this org
    $103,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,301
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,636,239
    Expenses
    $1,747,904
    Contributions
    $2,120,444
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,001,520
    Expenses
    $1,580,932
    Contributions
    $425,807
    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
    $2,285,697
    Expenses
    $787,716
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,859,875

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,512,849
    Expenses
    $1,061,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,594,111

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,776,825
    Expenses
    $954,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,029,861

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,575,379
    Expenses
    $931,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,251,217

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $847,774
    Expenses
    $907,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,662,143

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,038,574
    Expenses
    $641,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,827,499

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,552,224
    Expenses
    $1,197,816
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,399,850

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2013, reinstated 15 May 2013.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.