Indigenous Peoples Task Force
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE.
- Income
- $4.1 million
- Spending
- $3.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- -7.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 72%
- Employees
- 61
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $122,856, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 55 out of 100.
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 46% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 25% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 63% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 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 June 30, 2025, 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 (4)
- $260,947 spent. INDIGI BABY FOODS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT AS KNOW, NORTH AMERICAN TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS FOODS SYSTEMS (NATIFS) CO-MANUFACTURED THE INITIAL PRODUCTION RUNS OF FIVE INDIGI BABY FOODS PRODUCTS IN 2023. THEY INFORMED US LATE LAST YEAR THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO CO-MANUFACTURE OUR PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITED KITCHEN CAPACITY AND THE TIME AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH MANUFACTURING FOR BABY FOOD PRODUCTS.WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT GOURMET INDULGENCES OUT OF MADISON, WISCONSIN TO CO-MANUFACTURE OUR PRODUCTS. GOURMET INDULGENCES TRANSPORTED SOME OF THE FROZEN INGREDIENTS FOR THE PRODUCTS EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED UPDATED PROCESS AUTHORITY SCHEDULES AND A SMALL BATCH TEST RUN. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO PURCHASE BAR CODES AND REVISE LABELS WITH UPDATED NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION. ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, THEY CAN BEGIN PRODUCTION.TRADEMARKTHE TRADEMARK APPLICATION FOR INDIGI BABY WAS FILED IN FEBRUARY. IT TAKES 7-9 MONTHS FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED SO WE SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING SOON.FARM PRODUCTIONTHIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR FARM PRODUCTION DUE TO THE TWO MONTHS OF HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED. THE RAIN CAUSED SOME DELAYS IN FIELD PREPARATION AND THEN SEVERE STUNTING OF SOME CROPS. ONCE PLANTED FOR EXAMPLE, MOST OF OUR SQUASH SEED SIMPLY STOP GERMINATING DUE, IN PART, DUE TO WATER SATURATED SOILS AND LOW OXYGEN. WE REPLANTED BEANS AND SQUASH. THE HOPI BLACK BEANS ARE DOING WELL, AS IS THE BUTTERNUT SQUASH, BUT OUR GETE OKOSOMIN SQUASH HAVE FAILED. RUTABAGAS GOT OFF TO A STRONG START BUT HAVE BEEN SLOWED BY FUNGI AND BACTERIA DISEASES WHICH THRIVE IN HIGH MOISTURE AND HUMIDITY. SOME STEPS TO WATER LOGGING AND SOIL COMPACTION AND EROSION FROM TOO MUCH RAIN IN THE FUTURE INCLUDE: STARTING SQUASH PLANTS IN GREENSHOUSE (IN LATE MAY, A GREENHOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE INDIGI BABY FARM SPACE RENTED FROM SHARON), GOING BACK TO PLANTING SQUASH IN HILLS AND MULCHING, INCREASING USE OF COVER CROPS, AND INCORPORATING RAMP VIVAN/CONTOUR HEDGEROW SYSTEM.
- $1.7 million spent. HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING - THIS PROGRAM OFFERS FREE HIV RAPID TESTING AT OUR MAIN OFFICE AND THE HOUSING COMMUNITY CENTER. PRE AND POST TEST COUNSELING AND REFERRALS ARE PROVIDED WITH INCENTIVES. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES INTEGRATED HIV TESTING, COUNSELING, AND REFERRALS PER YEAR. IN HARM REDUCTION, THERE WERE 464 PEOPLE TESTED FOR HIV. HARM REDUCTION ALSO DISTRIBUTED 30,355 CLEAN SYRINGES IN EXCHANGE FOR USED SYRINGES, 959 FENTYNAL TEST STRIPS, AND 923 XYLAZINE TEST STRIPS. THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED 339 VIALS OF MUSCULAR INJECTIONS AND 1,000 OF THE NASAL SPRAY.
- $614,573 spent. IKIDOWIN ACTING ENSEMBLEJANUARY 2024: FAMILY CARNIVAL AT ALL NATIONS CHURCH. THE IKIDOWIN FAMILIES ATTENDED A CARNIVAL OF GAMES DEVELOPED BY 12 YOUTH. THE GAMES INCLUDED EDUCATION ON E-CIGGS, TRADITIONAL TOBACCO, AND ATOD. GAMES INCLUDED: PICK A DUCK, BEAN BAG TOSS, BASKETBALL ON A DOOR. APRIL 2024: AN OLD PERFORMANCE "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" WAS REVISITED AND REVISED FOR A PERFORMANCE AT THE NATIONAL NATIVE PHILANTHROPY CONFERENCE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE WERE MORE THAN 300 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE PERFORMANCE INCLUDED STRONG SINGING PERFORMANCES OF MULTIPLE TRADITIONAL SONGS. JUNE 2024: THERE WAS NOT A TRADITIONAL SUMMER PROGRAM IN 2024. BUT A GROUP OF 6 TO 12 ACTORS MET REGULARLY TO PREPARE FOR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES AT THE MDH E-CIGG PREVENTION YOUTH SUMMIT AND THE NATIONAL TRIBAL TOBACCO CONFERENCE. THREE IKIDOWIN STAFF (AND ALUMNI) JENNIFER, JANET, AND NATHAN BEGAN A 2 YEAR-LONG ARTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP WITH PANGEA WORLD THEATER. JULY 2024: THE IKIDOWIN ENSEMBLE WORKED INTENSELY ON THE GALA FASHION SHOW PERFORMANCE AND MAKING CLOTHING. NEW IN 2024 THE FASHION SHOW INCLUDED 2 DANCE PERFORMANCES A CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY MUSIC DANCE AND A TRADITIONAL TWO-STEP. THIS YEAR THE ENSEMBLE HAD A COSTUME CHANGE TO REFLECT THE TWO TYPES OF DANCES. 2024 FEATURED 2 YOUNG DANCERS 7 YEARS OLD! SEVEN IKIDOWIN ACTORS TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON DC TO PERFORM AT THE SAMHSA NATIVE CONNECTIONS REGIONAL SITE VISIT CONFERENCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" WAS POLISHED AND FURTHER DEVELOPED. THIS WAS A VERY IMPACTFUL PERFORMANCE FOR THE AUDIENCE OF NATIVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE US (ALASKA, OKLAHOMA, NEVADA, MICHIGAN, NEW MEXICO, AND MANY MORE) AND VERY IMPACTFUL FOR THE ACTORS TOO. AUGUST 2024: THE IKIDOWIN GROUP PARTICIPATED IN THE RETURN TO FIRST MEDICINES CONFERENCE. THEY PERFORMED "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" IN DULUTH AS PART OF THE "MINO BIMAADIZI SCIENCE AND MEDICINE FAR". 3 OF THE IKIDOWIN STAFF ARE PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT PANGEA WORLD THEATER. ONE IS INTERNING ON OFFICE MANAGEMENT FOR THEATER, TWO ARE FOCUSING ON DIRECTING. THESE ARE TWO YEAR INTERNSHIPS, WHERE THEY SPEND MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS LEARNING THE CRAFT AND SHADOWING PANGEA STAFF.
- MAYANIDOOWAHDAK ODENA HOUSING: 14-UNIT PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES LIVING WITH HIV OPERATED AS LEASEHOLD COOPERATIVE. THE HOUSING PROJECT INCORPORATES ASPECTS OF TRIBAL/COMMUNITY LIVING ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO SHARE RESOURCES, TASKS, AND HOUSEHOLD CHORES TOMAXIMIZE THEIR ENERGY AND LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH DIGNITY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 November 6, 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 June 2025.
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 October 1993.
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 November 4, 2026.
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