The primary purpose of the organization is to reconnect dakota people to their homeland through land recovery. An integral part of the land recovery and community formation is the ability to resume traditional practices for sustenance, forms of governance, spirituality, and education while being able to speak and preserve the dakota language.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2020 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2023
latest Form 990-EZ
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $220K a year · 67% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
4
named funders · $103K
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Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$99K
Net assets
$238K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$99K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$99K
FY2021$327K
FY2022$347K
FY2023$306K
Expenses
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FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$121K
FY2022$69K
FY2023$132K
Net assets
$238K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$238K
FY2021$444K
FY2022$722K
FY2023$896K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Jun 2015.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Waziyatawin’s $2K as Executive Di is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1032 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021
Waziyatawin$2,352$17,194

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Reclaims ancestral lands to revive Dakota culture, language, and traditions.

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Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$99K
Other income$99K
Owns and owes
$238K
net assets
People
8
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$99K
Total revenue$99K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$238K
Operations
Employees7
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest $306K$132K$174K$896K 990 PDF
FY2022 $347K$69K$278K$722K 990 PDF
FY2021 $327K$121K$206K$444K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $99K$238K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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