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THE NOTAH BEGAY III FOUNDATION INC

EIN 20-1870330 SANTA ANA PUE, NM

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Revenue 2024
$4,731,801
Expenses 2024
$2,193,789

Program services were 67.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N6A
Classification
1000
Street
290 PRAIRIE STAR RD

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

THE NOTAH BEGAY III FOUNDATION'S (NB3F) MISSION IS TO ENSURE NATIVE CHILDREN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BY ADVANCING CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HEALTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE NATIVE CHILDREN ACHIVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BY ADVANCING CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HEALTH.

  • COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: THE FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL GRANTMAKING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, TRIBES, AND NATIVE-LED ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE TOOLS, INFORMATION, AND INSPIRATION FOR EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFITS THEIR CHILDREN'S HEALTH. THE NB3 FOUNDATION INVESTS IN COMMUNITY-LED AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE THE FOUR CORE AREAS OF HEALTHY NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS. COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT LED THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE NB3 FOUNDATION'S YOUTH COUNCIL, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO NATIVE YOUTH AND ENSURE THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE IS REFLECTED IN NB3 FOUNDATION INITIATIVES. IN ADDITION, THEY UTILIZED THE NB3 FOUNDATION WATER TRAILER TO PROMOTE HEALTHY HYDRATION AT SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS.

    Expenses $328,277 · Grants $76,135 · Revenue $69,456

  • NB3FIT: NB3FIT IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM SERVING NATIVE AMERICAN AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. A CORE PURPOSE OF THE NB3FIT PROGRAM IS TO GET NATIVE YOUTH HEALTHY AND ACTIVE THROUGH SPORTS, UTILIZING A CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON THE NB3 FOUNDATION'S FOUR CORE AREAS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTHY NUTRITION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS. NB3FIT COACHES TEACH ABOUT HEALTHY FOOD AND NUTRITION SO YOUTH MAY MAKE POSITIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES. THE YOUTH ALSO LEARN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, INCORPORATING CULTURAL VALUES WHERE APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING RESPECT, SELF- PERSISTENCE, TEAMWORK, AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. THIS YEAR, NB3FIT SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ALL PROGRAMS, WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S HIGHEST EVER NUMBER OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN NB3FIT PROGRAMS. NB3FIT SENT TEAMS TO THE USATF CROSS-COUNTRY AND TRACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND INTRODUCED NEW BASKETBALL AND SOCCER LEAGUES. THE NB3 FOUNDATION YOUTH GOLF TEAM PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE NB3 FOUNDATION NATIVE YOUTH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Expenses $704,101 · Grants $7,750 · Revenue $6,101

  • EVALUATION AND RESEARCH: NB3 FOUNDATION CREATED AN EVALUATION METHODOLOGY THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN A MANNER THAT WAS INHERENT TO NATIVE COMMUNITIES' LIVED EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE. TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE AND DECISION-MAKING, THE NB3 FOUNDATION APPLIED VARIOUS METHODS OF EVALUATION AND RESEARCH IN THREE AREAS: 1) ORGANIZATIONALLY, 2) NB3FIT, AND 3) COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.

    Expenses $444,956

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.

  • Tunte Vigil

    PRES & CEO--

    Total calculated
    $150,471
    From this org
    $137,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,080
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,391
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,983
    Filer's total
    $150,471

  • Jonathan P Driskell

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $141,596
    From this org
    $133,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,138
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cyanne Lujan

    ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $103,973
    From this org
    $100,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,991
    Hours/week
    40

  • Notah Begay III

    FOUNDING MEM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Audrey Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathleen Newby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Sherman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maxine Velasquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derek Valdo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Greendeer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Brossy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • George Hiller Jr

    TREASURER

    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. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,731,801
    Expenses
    $2,193,789
    Contributions
    $4,163,396
    Grants paid
    $83,885
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,768,197
    Expenses
    $2,438,589
    Contributions
    $1,160,867
    Grants paid
    $25,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,689,926
    Expenses
    $2,381,369
    Contributions
    $4,518,051
    Grants paid
    $729,992

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
    $7,723,730
    Expenses
    $1,549,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,427,871

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,014,569
    Expenses
    $2,918,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,567,957

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,379,935
    Expenses
    $2,123,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,801,140

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,340,931
    Expenses
    $2,708,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,433,809

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,441,326
    Expenses
    $2,712,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,970,594

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,441,326
    Expenses
    $2,712,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,970,594

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,752,290
    Expenses
    $2,738,671
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,564,916

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,610,613
    Expenses
    $5,008,609
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,370,218

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,312,488
    Expenses
    $3,103,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,793,351

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.