TIWAHE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P80

Classification

1000

Street

125 SE MAIN ST STE 222

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (AIFEP) CREATES PATHWAYS FOR AMERICAN INDIANS TO REACH THEIR OWN GOALS ON THEIR OWN TERMS THROUGH MICROGRANTS RANGING FROM $200 - $2,500 AS WELL AS RESOURCES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND NETWORKS. THIS PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED TO INVEST IN THE STRENGTHS, DREAMS, AND GOALS OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH 1. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE 2.EDUCATION 3. HEALTH AND WELLNESS 4. ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. IN 2024, WE MADE $214,232 IN GRANTS TO 108 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN-COUNTY TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)WE VALUE RECIPROCITY IN ALL OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND WE SUPPORT AIFEP RECIPIENTS IN GROWING THEIR KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. IN KINSHIP, AIFEP RECIPIENTS SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH US AND ENCOURAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. BEGINNING IN 2022, WE BEGAN HOLDING CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT WRITING AND APPLICATION WORKSHOPS FOR INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AIFEP HAS GIVEN MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO MORE THAN 2,000 INDIVIDUALS IN PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES. AIFEP IS TRANSFORMATIVE AND IMPACTFUL, CREATING CHANGE SUSTAINED FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  Expenses $390,378 · Grants $214,232

• IN 2023-2024, WE CONTINUED THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE STARTED WITH THE OZHIGIN FELLOWS IN 2022 (THEY WERE PAID THEIR FELLOWSHIP STIPENDS IN 2022). THE OYATE LEADERSHIP NETWORK (OLN OR 'OYATE') ORIGINATED OVER TEN YEARS AGO AS AN OUTGROWTH OR NEXT STAGE OF TIWAHE'S EXISTING AIFEP GRANTMAKING PROGRAM TO CONNECT AND RESOURCE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO THEIR NEXT STAGES OF GROWTH THROUGH A COHORT-STYLE LEARNING COMMUNITY TO WHERE THEY CONNECT WITH OTHER NATIVE LEADERS TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER'S STRENGTHS, UNIQUE EXPERIENCES, AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) UNLIKE AIFEP, OYATE (DAKOTA FOR "THE PEOPLE OR "NATION") IS STATEWIDE, AND WE HAVE ALUMNI REPRESENTING MOST OF THE ELEVEN TRIBAL NATIONS IN MINNESOTA, AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES WITH LARGE NATIVE POPULATIONS LIKE DULUTH AND BEMIDJI. OLN IS TO BE THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR NATIVE LEADERS ACROSS GENERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIES WITHIN MINNESOTA. OYATE HAS BEEN REVITALIZED TO RESPOND TO THE MANY WIDESPREAD REQUESTS TO DO MORE AS A KEYSTONE ORGANIZATION FOR NATIVE LEADERSHIP WITHIN MINNESOTA AND HELP ESTABLISH WHAT "INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP" MEANS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, DEEPENING AVENUES TO RECONNECT OR DEEPEN CULTURAL PRACTICES AND TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS. TIWAHE WANTS TO SEE OLN SUPPORTING AN ACTIVE AND GROWING COMMUNITY OF ALUMNI, ENTREPRENEURS, NATIVE LANGUAGE PRACTITIONERS, EDUCATORS, WISDOM-KEEPERS, CREATING CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES. WE WANT OUR NATIVE LEADERS TO "HAVE A RELATIVE WHEREVER THEY GO AND TO PARTICIPATE RECIPROCALLY IN THE NETWORK AS IT IS AN INFINITY LOOP FOR EXCHANGING TALENTS, KNOWLEDGE, AND OPPORTUNITIES. OLN IS BEING REBUILT WITH OUR DAKOTA AND ANISHINAABE VALUES AT THE CENTER OF PROGRAM DESIGN BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE FLOURISH IN SPACES AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE RELATIONAL, RESTORATIVE, AND RECOGNIZE OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS. WITH PAST ALUM, OUR WISDOM COUNCIL, AND OTHERS, WE DEVELOPED A WORKING INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP CHANGE THEORY, THAT CAPTURES THE COLLECTIVE VISION FOR OYATE: "CONNECTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO OUR CULTURES, VALUES, AND LANGUAGES FOSTERS TRANSFORMATIVE WELLNESS OUTCOMES THAT RIPPLE THROUGHOUT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CIRCLES. OUR OYATE LEADERSHIP NETWORK FACILITATES EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT REVEAL HOW ACTIVELY CARETAKING CULTURAL TEACHINGS MOVES CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE FROM "WHAT WE KNOW" TO HOW WE LIVE, ENSURING THAT INDIGENOUS VALUES GUIDE OUR ACTIONS, DECISIONS, AND LEADERSHIP STYLES. THIS ALLOWS OUR PEOPLE TO HEAL AND GROW BY UPLIFTING RELATIONAL WAYS OF BEING AS WE HELP EACH OTHER CULTIVATE UNIQUE IDENTITIES AS INDIGENOUS LEADERS, CONNECTED, SUPPORTED, AND CONTINUALLY LEARNING AS CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE IS BUILT AND SHARED OVER TIME THROUGH COMMUNITY CARE. THIS PROCESS HONORS OUR INTERCONNECTION AND POWER TO RESTORE THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAYS OF KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS." THE RELAUNCH OF THE OYATE PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEGUN, AND IT IS ITERATIVE AND WILL SPAN OVER SEVERAL YEARS. OUR WORK SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH DIRECT RESOURCING AND PROGRAMMING, CULTURALLY-CENTERED LEADERSHIP AND NETWORK DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO INFUSE DIVERSE PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND CULTURAL NETWORKS WITH THE STRENGTH AND WISDOM OF AMERICAN INDIANS LIVING IN MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE IMPACTS WE ANTICIPATE ARE: 1) INCREASED SOCIAL CAPITAL, CONNECTIONS, AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR OUR PEOPLE 2) ENHANCED RECOGNITION AND AGENCY AS A HUB FOR NATIVE LEADERSHIP ACROSS ALL AGES, 3) INCREASED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSES STRENGTHENING NATIVE EVALUATION, AND 4) DISPERSION OF INNOVATIVE WAYS OF LEADING TO OUR WIDER COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $265,942

• TIWAHE IS ONE OF FOUR LEAD ORGANIZATIONS IN A PARTNERSHIP CALLED LINKINGLEADERS, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER FOUR NETWORKS OF LEADERS OF COLOR IN THE INDIGENOUS, BLACK, ASIAN AMERICAN, AND LATINE COMMUNITIES. A SHARED EFFORT FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM, COALITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS, LATINOLEAD, AND TIWAHE FOUNDATION, LINKINGLEADERS FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS ACROSS OUR NETWORKS IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR SHARED LEADERSHIP AND SOLIDARITY PRACTICES SO THAT WE CAN ADVANCE POWERFUL SYSTEMS CHANGE WORK THAT AIMS TO ACHIEVE RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) OUR MISSION IS CLEAR BUILD BRIDGES OF CROSS-NETWORK SOLIDARITY, EMPOWERING BIPOC LEADERS THROUGH CULTURALLY RELEVANT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AIMED AT GROWING SOLIDARITY IN MINNESOTA. WE ENHANCE CONNECTIONS, OFFER LEADERSHIP TOOLS, AND CREATE ROOM FOR CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION. ADDITIONALLY, WE FOSTER CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND INITY BY FACILIATING LEARNING COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WORLDVIEWS, ALLOWING OUR NETWORKS TO APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVECS OF EACH COMMUNITY WHILE STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. BEGINNING IN 2024, WE WILL BE HIRING DEDICATED MANAGING DIRECTORS FROM ACROSS OUR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK OUR MODEL FOR BRINGING SOLIDARITY HOME AS A PLACE-BASED PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL AS FINALIZE OUR CROSS-CULTURAL SOLIDARITY GUIDE, CAPTURING ALL OF OUR LEARNINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE YEARS TO SERVE AS A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER BIPOC COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WE ENVISION WILL BE USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND. AT THE END OF 2024, WE WILL HOLD OUR LAUNCH EVENT OF OUR TRUTH-IN-HISTORY PROJECT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE BIPOC COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE MINNESOTA HOME, WEAVING TOGETHER DIVERSE NARRATIVES FROM 20 COMMUNITY STORYTELLERS AND HISTORIANS. WE ARE PRODUCING VIDEOS AND CONVERSATION GUIDES FEATURING THE VOICES AND STORIES OF MINNESOTA'S INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE LONGEVITY AND WE INTEND TO DO THIS ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $106,965

• Expenses $7,738

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.

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

  $921,287

  Expenses

  $1,164,372

  Contributions

  $961,998

  Grants paid

  $214,232

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,276,265

  Expenses

  $1,058,745

  Contributions

  $1,267,558

  Grants paid

  $259,438

• 2022

  Revenue

  $691,182

  Expenses

  $967,000

  Contributions

  $694,393

  Grants paid

  $300,387

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

  $244,550

  Expenses

  $719,508

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,331,474

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $710,470

  Expenses

  $576,594

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,002,144

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $256,907

  Expenses

  $506,512

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,773,772

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $685,217

  Expenses

  $602,449

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,075,202

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,725,474

  Expenses

  $596,042

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,328,956

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $881,371

  Expenses

  $403,841

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,042,744

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,137,969

  Expenses

  $409,563

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,460,078

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $728,043

  Expenses

  $292,203

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,116,648

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,559,610

  Expenses

  $264,362

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,545,616

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

• MNI SOTA FUND

  $35,000

  2022 · TO DO REGRANTING OF OYATE FUNDS

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Grants received

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $360,877

  2023 · PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT, DONOR-ADVISED, PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $268,242

  2024 · PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $253,622

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE

  $125,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• GRAPEVINE GIVING FOUNDATION

  $90,000

  2022 · BENEFIT CHARITABLE PURPOSES

• UCARE FOUNDATION

  $70,000

  2023 · GRANT FOR THE REIMAGINING INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO CONTRIBUTES TO HEALING THE ROOT CAUSES OF AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH DISPARITIES BY MEANINGFULLY BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE OYATE LEADERSHIP NETWORK.

• COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION

  $40,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING

• UCARE FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2025 · SUPPORT FOR OLN'S EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS, AND TO DEVELOP ONLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ACCESSES A LEADERSHIP NETWORKS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS ACROSS METRO AND GREATER MINNESOTA.

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE

  $19,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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

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