Indian Cultural Organization: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 68-0443607)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$62K
FY2021	$153K
FY2022	$330K
FY2023	$536K
FY2024	$2.3M
FY2025	$3.0M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	Not on file
FY2021	Not on file
FY2022	$265K
FY2023	$697K
FY2024	$1.8M
FY2025	$2.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$166K
FY2021	$191K
FY2022	$256K
FY2023	$95K
FY2024	$749K
FY2025	$978K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2000.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

90%

Program services 90% · $2.0M Management & general 10% · $224K Fundraising 0% · $707

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

3 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Caleen Sisk

CEO

$109,600Pt VII · Sec A

Ron Toppi

Board Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarah Haase

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Caleen Sisk’s $110K as CEO is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024
Caleen Sisk	$109,600	$56,645

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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Questions the 990 asks

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

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Restores native species and waters, advancing community resilience through traditional lifeways.

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3 programs · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Salmon Restoration

ICO and its employees worked collaboratively with CDFW and NOAA to bring chinook salmon eggs to the McCloud river, monitor their development, and assist in trapping, transporting and relocating/releasing the salmon below the dam.

$1.6Mprogram expense

02

Community Support/Eco Village

The REAP/Eco-Village program is funding renovations of current tribal housing as well as the planning of the eco-village tribal housing project currently underway with an architect and engineers.

$204Kprogram expense

03

Archaeological/Cultural Monitoring

ICO provided Winnemem Wintu tribal cultural monitors, changing the long practice of using other agencies or distant tribes to handle contracts with public agencies for projects in the Winnemem region of stewardship.

$141Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INCFY2024$50K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$30K

Environment NowFY2024$15K

Rsf Social Finance INCFY2024$10K

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$10K

Seltzer Family Foundation INCFY2024$200

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$115K

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$175K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Money outPt IX

$2.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.0M

Managementcol C$224K

Fundraisingcol D$707

Owns and owesPt X

$978K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$872K

Total assetsLn 16$1.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$58K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$2.7M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$175K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Total revenueLn 12$3.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$872K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$872K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$161K

Total assetsLn 16$1.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$58K

Net assetsLn 32$978K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 521

VolunteersI 650

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$121K	$872K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$47K	$161K
Total assetsLn 16	$168K	$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$30K	$58K
Net assetsLn 32	$138K	$978K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$110K	$110K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$869K	$773K	$96K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$32K		$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$81K	$74K	$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$11K	$7K	$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$664K	$656K	$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$465	$194		$271
Office expensesLn 13	$23K	$6K	$17K
OccupancyLn 16	$7K		$7K
TravelLn 17	$195K	$181K	$14K	$427
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$15K	$15K
InterestLn 20	$1K		$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$8K	$6K	$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$34K	$217	$34K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$152K	$150K	$2K	$9
All other expensesLn 24e	$6K	$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.2M	$2.0M	$224K	$707

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$3.0M	$2.2M	$841K	$978K	990 PDF
FY2024	$2.3M	$1.8M	$477K	$749K	990 PDF
FY2023	$536K	$697K	−$161K	$95K	990 PDF
FY2022	$330K	$265K	$66K	$256K	990 PDF
FY2021	$153K			$191K	990 PDF
FY2020	$62K			$166K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $3,049,532 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,846,969$2,871,210

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$175,050

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$3,272

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,846,969$3,049,532

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$1,090,833

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$1,118,082

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$2,208,915

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,846,969$840,617

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,049,532 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$2,726,459

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$144,751

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,871,210

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $175,050$175,050

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $3,272$3,272

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $175,050 · Unrelated business $3,272 · Excluded from tax $0$3,049,532

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,208,915 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $109,600$109,600

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $772,684 · Management $96,041$868,725

IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $31,603$31,603

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $74,095 · Management $6,810$80,905

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,825 · Management $4,650$11,475

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $655,942 · Management $8,442$664,384

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $194 · Fundraising $271$465

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,341 · Management $16,535$22,876

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $6,600$6,600

IX-17 TravelPrograms $180,613 · Management $14,179 · Fundraising $427$195,219

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,321$15,321

IX-20 InterestManagement $1,188$1,188

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,161 · Management $1,635$7,796

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $217 · Management $34,088$34,305

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $150,423 · Management $1,792 · Fundraising $9$152,224

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,229$6,229

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,984,645 · Management $223,563 · Fundraising $707$2,208,915

Part X · Balance sheet $1,035,894 assets, 8 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $120,868$871,581

X-4 Accounts receivable$3,340

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $46,837$160,973

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $167,705$1,035,894

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $30,193$57,766

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,193$57,766

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $137,512$978,128

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $167,705$1,035,894

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $978,128 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,049,532

XI-2 Total expenses$2,208,915

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$840,617

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$137,512

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$978,128

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

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