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MIGIZI COMMUNICATIONS INC

EIN 41-1379114 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Revenue 2025
$3,020,216
Expenses 2025
$1,989,561

Program services were 70.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B61Z
Classification
1000
Street
1845 E LAKE ST

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 · 2025

Mission

MIGIZI provides a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MIGIZI Communications supports Native youth by offering real-world opportunities in education, media, technology, and leadership, grounded in culture and community.

  • Cultural, Leadership, Academics, Well-Being (CLAW):Our in-school and afterschool programs provide youth with academic, cultural, and leadership support, including classroom advocacy, cultural experiences, afterschool tutoring, mental health and well-being supports, credit recovery, and Native Youth Leadership networks. Youth work with staff to develop quarterly Individual Education Plans that identify goals for academic success, support on-track credit attainment toward graduation, and strengthen connections to culture and community. We work in six school districts across the Twin Cities, providing both academic and cultural supports.

    Expenses $566,916 · Revenue $92,084

  • Green Tech Institute: This career pathway program trains youth ages 1421 in STEM education focused on sustainable green energy fields, including solar energy, energy systems, pollution, transportation, and other green energy concepts that lead to careers in the field. Youth participate in this paid training for up to 60 hours over eight weeks after school. In the summer, we partner with Step Up Minneapolis and Right Track St. Paul to employ 20 youth for up to 200 hours over eight weeks. Upon completion of the training, youth may pursue internships with partner organizations or within MIGIZI through contracted projects.

    Expenses $352,481 · Revenue $44,201

  • First Person Productions:This career pathway program trains youth ages 1421 for media careers, including film, photography, graphic design, podcasting, radio, social media, and marketing. Youth participate in this paid training for up to 60 hours over eight weeks after school. In the summer, we partner with Step Up Minneapolis and Right Track St. Paul to employ 20 youth for up to 200 hours over an eight-week period. Upon completion of the training, youth may pursue internships with partner organizations or within MIGIZI through contracted projects.

    Expenses $327,289 · Revenue $47,884

  • Best Buy Teen Tech Center:Through the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, MIGIZI provides hands-on learning opportunities in technology, including access to a recording studio, vinyl press, vinyl cutter, Adobe design tools, and many other resources. These tools help ensure equitable access to technology and open a wide range of educational and career opportunities for youth. Within the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, students can work on academic assignments and career-training projects that develop their skills and prepare them to be leaders in technology.

    Expenses $151,838

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kendrick Buffalo

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Wallace

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle McGaa

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicolas Metcalf

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maurielle Storms

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Holly Miskitoos Henning

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Bice

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danielle Grant

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Drummer

    President

    Total calculated
    $190,268
    From this org
    $165,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,473
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,679
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,116
    Filer's total
    $190,268

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,020,216
    Expenses
    $1,989,561
    Contributions
    $2,415,501
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,813,359
    Expenses
    $1,803,018
    Contributions
    $2,419,053
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,519,706
    Expenses
    $1,605,318
    Contributions
    $3,208,417
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,035,765
    Expenses
    $1,264,453
    Contributions
    $4,711,190
    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
    $2,973,439
    Expenses
    $1,221,273
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,685,469

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,710,573
    Expenses
    $1,120,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,064,910

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,493,292
    Expenses
    $1,216,110
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,974,379

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,866,132
    Expenses
    $1,192,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,737,417

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,194,757
    Expenses
    $1,145,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,438,866

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $933,851
    Expenses
    $947,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,352,965

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,139,505
    Expenses
    $1,073,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,370,066

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,842,035
    Expenses
    $1,337,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,197,700

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,136,362
    Expenses
    $1,291,932
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,419,005

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $991,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,666,814

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.