Provide traditional knowledge as solutions, training of disparities and solutions to racism. Food. Travel. Consultants for curriculum development. Training. Consultants. Social justice fellowship. Community outreach and education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$28K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2019 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $109K a year · 30% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$28K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
5
named funders · $272K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$58K
Net assets
$14K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$58K
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$58K
FY2020$447K
FY2021$221K
FY2022$253K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$577K
Expenses
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FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019Not on file
FY2020$346K
FY2021$158K
FY2022$158K
FY2023$276K
FY2024$347K
Net assets
$14K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$14K
FY2020$115K
FY2021$178K
FY2022$273K
FY2023$327K
FY2024$557K

From the FY2019 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2016.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ; $28K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Outreach Director
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
$10,526Pt VII · Sec A
Outreach Director
$5,000Pt VII · Sec A

Krystal Curley’s $65K as Director is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Krystal Curley$65,000$36,000$37,355$19,436$24,440$10,526
Jake Toledo—————$12,000
Cooper Curley—————$5,000
Shelby Howe$2,331—————
Jacob Salabiye$1,681—————
Quetrah Redhouse Anderson$1,484—————

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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Programs and updates

Offers traditional knowledge, training, and consulting to address disparities and promote social justice.

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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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 5 grants · $95K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$36,579
Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,259
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,590
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,001
Red Water Pond Road Community AssocFY2023$5,100

By the numbers

The FY2019 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$58K
Other income$58K
Owns and owes
$14K
net assets
Liabilities$4K
People
3
listed
Paid3
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$58K
Total revenue$58K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$4K
Net assets$14K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers3
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $577K$347K$230K$557K 990 PDF
FY2023 $329K$276K$54K$327K 990 PDF
FY2022 $253K$158K$95K$273K 990 PDF
FY2021 $221K$158K$62K$178K 990 PDF
FY2020 $447K$346K$101K$115K 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $58K$14K 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) FY2019 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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