Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THROUGH UNITY WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR VOICES AND BUILD RESOURCES TO CREATE AWARENESS AND ELIMINATE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WE WILL VIGOROUSLY APPLY OUR EFFORTS TOWARD INFLUENCING SOCIAL CHANGE AND RECLAIM OUR TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT HONOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF INDIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
- Income
- $3.6 million
- Spending
- $3.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 2.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 86%
- Employees
- 20
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $205,990, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 44% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.3 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 27% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 38% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2.9 million spent. EDUCATION AND TRAINING - PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MINNESOTA AND NATIONALLY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SEX TRAFFICKING OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO ENHANCE AND STRENGTHEN TRIBAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SUCH VIOLENCE. PEER TRAININGS: MAY MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 3 PEER TRAINERS, "CARING FOR YOUR SACRED INNER SELF THROUGH CHAKRA CONNECTION", "GET OUT THE VOTE", "POST SEPARATION ABUSE", 18 MEMBERS ATTENDED. AUGUST MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 1 PEER TRAINER, "BEADING WITH JAX", 13 MEMBERS ATTENDED. OCTOBER ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 2 PEER TRAINERS, "MN CRIME VICTIM REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM", "GET OUT THE VOTE/MAKE VOTING A TRADITION", 21 PEOPLE ATTENDED. ANNUAL STATEWIDE 3-DAY CONFERENCE: 19 PRESENTERS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING SEX TRAFFICKING, MMIW-R, HEALTHY SEXUALITY, STORYTELLING, ART, AND ACTIVISM AS HEALING, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 130 REGISTERED. JULY IN PERSON NATIVE FOCUSED 40-HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY TRAINING: 3 STAFF TRAINERS, 26 REGISTERED, 18 PEOPLE ATTENDED. NOVEMBER IN PERSON NATIVE FOCUSED 40-HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY TRAINING: 4 STAFF TRAINERS, 75 REGISTERED, 45 PEOPLE ATTENDED. VIRTUAL 40-HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY TRAINING: 148 REGISTERED, 67 COMPLETIONS. WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 39 TRIBAL SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM GRANTEES. WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 5 PROJECT BEACON GRANTEES. WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PROJECT COORDINATION, AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE STRENGTHENING SOVEREIGN RESPONSES TO SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND ALASKA CONFERENCE. WE HAD 269 REGISTRANTS, INCLUDING 11 FEDERAL AND 57 NON-FEDERAL PRESENTERS. OVER THE THREE MAIN CONFERENCE DAYS FOR A TOTAL OF 68 PRESENTERS AND 36 WORKSHOPS WITH 5 KEYNOTE SESSIONS. SESSIONS INCLUDED A FOCUS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, ADVOCACY, SPECIAL POPULATIONS, AND MORE. WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH ELEVATE|UPLIFT. WE PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE NATIONAL TRIBAL SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CENTER. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS, MONTHLY WEBINARS/RECORDED CONVERSATIONS, MONTHLY OFFICE HOURS FOR THE OFVPS TRIBAL NATIONS GRANTEES, CO-FACILITATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CALLS WITH OTHER NATIONAL PARTNERS, TRAININGS AT NATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CONFERENCE (NSAC) AND THE CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN (CCAW). TRIBAL SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICE PROGRAM: IN 2024, MIWSAC PROVIDED 10 COMPREHENSIVE TRAININGS TO 39 TRIBAL GRANTEE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ONE IN-PERSON ANNUAL INSTITUTE AND NINE VIRTUAL TRAININGS. ADDITIONALLY, MIWSAC CONDUCTED TWO IN-PERSON SITE VISITS TO TSASP GRANTEE PROGRAMS. THESE EFFORTS ENGAGED A TOTAL OF 294 PARTICIPANTS AND COVERED KEY TOPICS SUCH AS ADVOCACY, GRANT MANAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SERVICES. MIWSAC HOSTED THE 2024 TSASP INSTITUTE, "EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ADVOCACY," IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, FOR A TOTAL OF THREE DAYS IN SEPTEMBER 2024, WITH 55 PARTICIPANTS. THE INSTITUTE FEATURED VARIOUS SESSIONS, INCLUDING: TRADITIONAL OPENING AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, KEYNOTE REMARKS BY THE PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OVW, GRANT MANAGEMENT AND GUIDELINES, OTHER SESSIONS ON: ORIGINS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, ADVOCATES' ROLE DURING FORENSIC EXAMS, ENGAGING TRIBAL LEADERSHIP, SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, SERVICES FOR MEN AND BOYS, PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING FROM 5 HIGHLIGHT TSASP PROGRAMS, INTRODUCTION TO JUSTGRANTS AND A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMINATION. THESE SESSIONS WERE FACILITATED BY OUR PARTNERS, TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE, MEN AS PEACEMAKERS AND NATIONAL NATIVE CHILDREN'S TRAUMA CENTER. MIWSAC ALSO FACILATATED NINE VIRTUAL CONNECT AND REFLECT TRAININGS TO 219 PARTICIPANTS IN 2024, COVERING VARIOUS TOPICS LIKE, "SERVICES FOR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS WHO ARE NOW SEEKING SUPPORT LATER IN LIFE", "SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "VAWA 2022", "INTERSECTION OF MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH, TRAUMA, AND MALE SOCIALIZATION", "THE SOLIDARITY SHAWL PROJECT", "ADVOCACY AND SUPPORTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TWO PEER TO PEER LEARNING/TSASP UPDATES CONNECT AND REFLECT WHICH AIM TO ENHANCE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES ADDRESSING SEXUAL ASSAULT. TRIBAL CLEARINGHOUSE: UPDATING OF 40-HOUR CURRICULUM AND CREATION OF NATIONAL TRIBAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SEXUAL ASSAULT WEBSITE, WHICH INCLUDES RESOURCES AND ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM. FVPSA: PROVIDED A LISTENING SESSION FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP AT OUR APRIL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN MORTON, MN COVID-19 NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED AND EMAILED TO MEMBERSHIP. VIRTUAL INDIGENOUS TOOLS FOR LIVING TRAINING FOR MEMBERSHIP IN-PERSON INDIGENOUS TOOLS FOR LIVING TRAINING FOR MEMBERSHIP AND PROJECT BEACON GRANTEES COVID-19 TOOLKIT FOR MEMBERSHIP TRADITIONAL MEDICINES & HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES FOR MEMBERSHIP PREVENTION: WE CONDUCTED A PREVENTION SURVEY AT OUR ANNUAL STATEWIDE CONFERENCE, AND HAVE SHARED THE RESULTS WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP AND OUR FUNDERS.
- $224,184 spent. PUBLIC AWARENESS - STATE MMIR EVENT FEBRUARY 14 NATIONAL MMIR MAY 5TH EVENT HONORING SURVIVORS POW-WOW SAAM: SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH: SAAM KITS TO MEMBERS POLICY WORK: STATEWIDE: LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS WITH OTHER MINNESOTA COALITIONS REGARDING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CRIME VICTIM SERVICES IN MINNESOTA. NATIONAL: MIWSAC STAFF ATTENDED NATIONAL POLICY EVENTS INCLUDING ADVOCACY DAYS WITH NATIONAL PARTNERS, THE NCAI VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TASK FORCE MEETINGS, AND LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS CO-HOSTED WITH OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS.
- $195,525 spent. MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH - OUR MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES 42 PROGRAMMATIC MEMBERSHIPS AND 63 WITH 12 PENDING INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. WE PROVIDED MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE IN MAY, AUGUST, AND OCTOBER. WE HELD ONE VISIONING MEETING IN JANUARY WHERE MEMBERS, STAFF AND CIRCLE KEEPERS CONVENE TO SET THE PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR. WE ALSO PROVIDED ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH THROUGH OUR EMAIL, LIST SERVE, TELEPHONE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. SELF-CARE CARNIVAL AT CONFERENCE. MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP CONNECTION VIRTUAL MEETINGS. TWO PROGRAMMATIC SITE VISITS: WHITE EARTH D.O.V.E PROGRAM AND FOND DU LAC FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDE 2 OUTREACH TABLING AT POWWOWS: NAYTAHWAUSH POWWOW IN SEPTEMBER AND THE ANNUAL POWWOW FOR RETURNING ADOPTEES IN NOVEMBER
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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