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GICHIGAMIIN INDIGENOUS NATIONS

EIN 20-0679235 EVANSTON, IL

Revenue 2024
$1,034,674
Expenses 2024
$555,246

Program services were 71.6% 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
3001 CENTRAL 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 · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND SHARE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES THROUGH THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF THEIR TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE.

  • EXHIBITIONS AND GENERAL ADMISSION - ALMOST QUARTERLY, VISITORS CAN EXPLORE NEW INSPIRING EXHIBITS. THE MUSEUM RESEARCHES, DESIGNS AND DISPLAYS TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS ON NATIVE AMERICAN ART, CULTURE, AND HISTORY ALL TIED TO CURRENT AFFAIRS IN INDIAN COUNTRY. THE MUSEUM UTILIZES ITS OWN COLLECTION AND PIECES ON LOAN FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS, AND COLLECTORS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSIST STAFF IN THE CONSTRUCTION, MOUNT- MAKING, AND INSTALLATION OF THE EXHIBITS. WHILE THIS IS A CORE ACTIVITY OF THE MUSEUM, THROUGH BUDGET CONSCIENCE INGENUITY THIS EXPENSE REMAINS LOW.

    Expenses $156,824 · Revenue $21,871

  • COLLECTIONS - CENTRAL TO THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE TO TELL THE STORIES OF AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLES FOR THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. SINCE 1977, THE COLLECTION HAS GROWN FROM 3,000 TO OVER 10,000 OBJECTS AND OVER 3,000 BOOKS REPRESENTING SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S BEST AMERICAN INDIAN TEXTILES, BASKETRY, BEADWORK, VISUAL ARTS, JEWELRY, AND SCULPTURE. THE MUSEUM PRIDES ITSELF IN THE DIVERSITY OF ITS COLLECTION COVERING TRIBES AND BANDS FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. EXPENSES INCLUDE COLLECTIONS INSURANCE, STAFF TIME TO PROCESS, DOCUMENT, INVENTORY, AND RE-HOUSE THE COLLECTION, AND THE PURCHASE OF SHELVING UNITS, SUPPLIES, AND COLLECTIONS DATABASE SOFTWARE UPGRADES.

    Expenses $63,220

  • PROGRAMS & EVENTS - THE MUSEUM IS A BUSTLING CENTER FOR LEARNING AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROGRAMS FROM ACADEMIC LECTURES, ARTIST-LED WORKSHOPS AND MUSIC AND DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS TO DEEPEN THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLES AND CULTURE. THE KIDS CRAFT MORNINGS, STORYTELLERS, DOCENT-LED TOURS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND ADULT GROUPS AND ACTIVITY TABLES DEMONSTRATES THE MUSEUM'S REPUTATION AS A FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACE. THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERS RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS GEARED TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN DISPELLING STEREOTYPES ABOUT NATIVE AMERICA PEOPLES AND CULTURE. OUR WEBSITE, LOAN BOX PROGRAM- OFFERING HANDS-ON OBJECTS AND REPRODUCTIONS, AND CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS BRING THE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $156,528 · Revenue $27,540

  • THE MUSEUM SHOP SELLS ITEMS DIRECTLY FROM AMERICAN INDIAN ARTISTS OR APPROVED VENDORS, MANY NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES. AS A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN ARTS & CRAFTS ASSOCIATION WE SELL AUTHENTIC ITEMS IN THE STORE FOLLOWING OUR MISSION TO PROMOTE AND SHARE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES THROUGH THEIR TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE. BY BUYING HAND-MADE JEWELRY, BASKETS OR BOOKS ON NATIVE CULTURES, VISITORS CAN TAKE HOME AND SHARE AMERICAN INDIAN ART AND CULTURE BEYOND THE MUSEUM'S WALLS.

    Expenses $20,960 · Revenue $20,172

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.

  • SUSAN KELSEY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GEORGE STEVENSON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • ANDREW JOHNSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • CAROL LAMAR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • JAN BERKSON

    LIFE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • APRIL CHANCELLOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • TOM BERRETH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • MELVIN MASQUAT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • JOYCE NIERDERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • STEPHANIE PERDEW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • SUSAN SALISBURY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • GEORGE STRACK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • KIM VIGUE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,475
    From this org
    $105,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,034,674
    Expenses
    $555,246
    Contributions
    $956,058
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $898,460
    Expenses
    $395,028
    Contributions
    $832,020
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $898,460
    Expenses
    $395,028
    Contributions
    $832,020
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $323,399
    Expenses
    $331,555
    Contributions
    $269,627
    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
    $214,556
    Expenses
    $220,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,343,676

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $178,321
    Expenses
    $214,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,326,828

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $185,425
    Expenses
    $244,704
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,364,185

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $234,361
    Expenses
    $239,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,418,232

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $233,491
    Expenses
    $235,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,422,536

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $231,280
    Expenses
    $360,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,430,864

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $309,991
    Expenses
    $372,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,551,215

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $324,948
    Expenses
    $300,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,622,575

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $483,093
    Expenses
    $256,057
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,592,577

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $261,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,364,577

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