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South Eastern Michigan Indians INC

Tax-deductible

Center Line, MI501(c)(3)EIN 38-2070921Revenue $191K in FY2025

On file with the IRS26641 Lawrence, 48015-1263 · Center Line, MITax-exempt since Feb 1977Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Promote and develop native american educational, economic, social and cultural opportunities

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
54¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
54%
of spending
Worth a look: 54% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$104K
67% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 67% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 4 voting members
Concern: none of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$191K
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$179K
To programs
54%
Net assets
$53K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$191K
FY2025▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$188K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$184K
FY2024$183K
FY2025$191K
Expenses
$179K
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$191K
FY2021$213K
FY2022$182K
FY2024$199K
FY2025$179K
Net assets
$53K
FY2025▲ +28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$96K
FY2021$68K
FY2022$70K
FY2024$41K
FY2025$53K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1977.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

54 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 54% · $97K Management & general 46% · $82K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Catherine Bowen
Vice-Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Develops Native American educational, economic, social, and cultural opportunities.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2020
Tulsa Community FoundationFY2020$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$191K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$185K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$179K
Ln 25
Programscol B$97K
Managementcol C$82K
Owns and owesPt X
$53K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3K
Total assetsLn 16$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$104K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$185K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$191K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$155K
Total assetsLn 16$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$104K
Net assetsLn 32$53K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1K$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$155K$155K
Total assetsLn 16$156K$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$115K$104K
Net assetsLn 32$41K$53K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$144K$72K$72K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$500$500
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$6K$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$179K$97K$82K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $191K$179K$12K$53K 990 PDF
FY2024 $183K$199K−$16K$41K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $184K$182K$2K$70K 990 PDF
FY2021 $184K$213K−$28K$68K 990 PDF
FY2020 $188K$191K−$3K$96K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $190,800 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $177,000$185,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,000$3,300
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,900$2,500
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $182,900$190,800
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $153,000$158,400
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $45,520$20,800
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $198,520$179,200
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$15,620$11,600
Part VI · Governance 0 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $190,800 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$185,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$185,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,300$3,300
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,500$2,500
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,300 · Excluded from tax $2,500$190,800
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $179,200 across 7 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $72,000 · Management $72,000$144,000
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,200 · Management $7,200$14,400
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $500$500
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,000$4,000
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,050 · Management $3,050$6,100
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,200$2,200
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,000$8,000
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $96,950 · Management $82,250 · Fundraising $0$179,200
Part X · Balance sheet $157,115 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,100$2,600
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $154,515$154,515
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $155,615$157,115
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $114,594$104,494
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $114,594$104,494
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $41,021$52,621
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $41,021$52,621
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $155,615$157,115
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $52,621 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$190,800
XI-2 Total expenses$179,200
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,600
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$41,021
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$52,621

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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