2023-10-25T07:25:45-05:00 2022-12-31 390758449 WIPFLI LLP 1502 LONDON ROAD SUITE 200 DULUTH MN 55812 990 2022-01-01 860534380 NATIVE AMERICAN FISH & WILDLIFE SOCIETY NATI 3034661725 10465 MELODY DRIVE 307 NORTHGLENN CO 80234 JULIE THORSTENSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3034661725 2023-09-28 1 JULIE THORSTENSON 999009999 0 MICHAEL J PETERSON CPA P01833529 2187224705 2023-09-28 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z JULIE THORSTENSON 10465 MELODY DRIVE 307 NORTHGLENN CO 80234 2235263 0 X WWW.NAFWS.ORG X 1989 CO TO ASSIST NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE TRIBES WITH THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR FISH, WILDLIFE, HABITAT AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 14 14 14 14 0 0 1032151 2146139 42151 84066 358 120 1040 4938 1075700 2235263 6000 16500 0 0 483797 825383 0 0 29755 506845 1334166 996642 2176049 79058 59214 3112876 4245665 1929813 3015980 1183063 1229685 X TO ASSIST NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE TRIBES WITH THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR FISH, WILDLIFE, HABITAT AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 0 0 1172482 0 84066 FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, THE NATIVE AMERICAN FISH & WILDLIFE SOCIETY (NAFWS), AN INTERTRIBAL NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3), HAS STRIVED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS AND MEMBER TRIBES; DIRECTLY, THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING, YOUTH EDUCATION, AND INDIRECTLY; THROUGH ONGOING SUPPORT OF, AND PROVIDING VENUES FOR GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, AND BY PARTICIPATING WITH INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES IN INDIAN COUNTRY. THESE INCLUDED THE 39TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHEAST REGION AND HOSTED BY THE MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA AT THE MICCOSUKEE RESORT AND GAMING IN MIAMI, FL ON MAY 9-12, 2022. WE CONTINUED TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF COVID AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER, OUR ATTENDANCE IS REBOUNDING WITH 216 PEOPLE REPRESENTING 56 TRIBES FROM ALL 7 NAFWS REGIONS. IN TOTAL WE HOSTED 5 REGIONAL CONFERENCES, 2 REGIONAL MEETINGS AND THE ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE WITH A TOTAL OF 758 PARTICIPANTS FROM 177 TRIBAL NATIONS.IN OCTOBER, FINAL DRAFTS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL VOLUME ON TRIBAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. THE TEXTBOOK IS SLATED FOR PUBLICATION BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS IN OCTOBER 2022. NAFWS WILL RECEIVE ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE BOOK SALES FOR THREE YEARS.MEMBERSHIP2022 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR NAFWS MEMBERSHIP WITH AN INCREASE IN OUR MEMBER TRIBES FROM 44 IN 2021 TO 59. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP NEARLY TRIPLED IN 2022 FROM 176 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS IN 2021 TO 485 INDIVIDUALS IN 2022. WE ATTRIBUTE THE INCREASE IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND MEMBER TRIBE MEMBERSHIP TO THE ABILITY TO HAVE IN PERSON REGIONAL CONFERENCES, THREE REGIONAL MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, AND THE GROWTH OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. 414829 0 0 TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCEWE OFFERED SEVERAL TRAINING COURSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON TOPICS SUCH AS CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ELECTROFISHING, NEPA, WILDLIFE CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, GRANT WRITING AND WILDLIFE DISEASE SAMPLING. IN TOTAL WE PROVIDED TRAINING TO AROUND 300 PARTICIPANTS. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VARIED GREATLY; HOWEVER, SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE, CONNECTING TRIBES WITH RESOURCES (SCIENTIFIC, FUNDING, PARTNERS), MEETING WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ASSIST THEM IN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT, CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, AND POLICY QUESTIONS. IN TOTAL, NAFWS PROVIDED DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 170 TRIBES. OUR LARGEST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EVENT WAS THE "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGE GRANT" WORKSHOP/WEBINAR 7-PART SERIES. WE HAD OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 62 TRIBES. NAFWS IS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH OVER 400 TRIBES PROVIDING DIRECT RESPONSE TO ALL FIELD STAFF INQUIRIES ALONG WITH DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION INCLUDING: FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, NETWORKING AND NAFWS UPDATES. TRIBAL CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING ROBERT ROMERO, FORMER U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SPECIAL AGENT AND CITIZEN OF THE PUEBLO OF LAGUNA CONTINUED AS NAFWS' CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (CLEO) CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLEO PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVITIES. MR. ROMERO SERVED AS THE LEAD OF THE NAFWS CLEO AD HOC GROUP AND COORDINATOR FOR NAFWS CLEO TRAINING. WE OFFERED SEVERAL TRAININGS THROUGHOUT 2022 FOR A TOTAL OF 185 CLEOS REPRESENTING 71 TRIBES. 201455 16500 0 EDUCATIONNATIONAL SUMMER YOUTH PRACTICUM (SYP)NAFWS HELD THE 2022 NATIONAL SYP IN ESTES PARK AT YMCA OF THE ROCKIES AND THE PINGREE CAMPUS OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. TEN STUDENTS REPRESENTING 6 TRIBES AND 5 NAFWS REGIONS TOOK PART IN THIS WEEK LONG PRACTICUM.INTERNSHIPSTWO COLLEGE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN 2022. INTERNS ASSISTED WITH NAFWS PROJECTS, THE NATIONAL SYP, AND THE ALASKA TRIBAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROGRAM.SCHOLARSHIPSIN 2022, WE AWARDED A TOTAL OF $12,000 IN NAFWS SCHOLARSHIPS TO NINE NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKA NATIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSING NATURAL RESOURCE DEGREES. PLUS, A $4,500 SCHOLARSHIP TO THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP INSTITUTENATIONAL CONFERENCE STUDENT POSTER SESSIONWE HELD THE SECOND NATIONAL TRIBAL POSTER SESSION AND PROFESSIONAL MIXER AT OUR 2022 ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MIAMI, FL. THIRTEEN STUDENTS PRESENTED AND 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD PLACE WINNERS WERE AWARDED. 1788766 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X JULIE THORSTENSON 3034661725 10465 MELODY DRIVE 307 NORTHGLENN CO 80234 JULIE THORSTENSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 114673 0 9724 ELVEDA MARTINEZ PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL LAVOIE VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MITZI REED SECRETARY (THROUGH OCT-22) 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ORVILLE HUNTINGTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAUREL JAMES DIRECTOR (THROUGH JAN-22) 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF KELLY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THEODORE LAME BULL JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TERRY METOXEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA NEZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DARCY PETER DIRECTOR (THROUGH SEPT-22) 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD REITER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOPE ROBERT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEN SIMPSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DINALYN SPEARS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBIN SPEARS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DARREN TALAYUMPTEWA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES WILKINSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 114673 0 9724 1 0 0 0 KALEIDOSCOPE CONSULTING 1320 KIRBY ST NE ALBUQUERQUE NM 87112 TRIBAL PARTNERSHIPS AND INVOLVEMENT 102420 1 34210 1772267 339662 2146139 CONFERENCES 611710 84066 84066 84066 120 120 4938 4938 4938 2235263 84066 0 5058 X 16500 16500 124397 115689 4236 4472 568843 447251 98793 22799 11056 2078 8978 66694 27643 39051 54393 45302 6824 2267 11686 2024 9662 95386 32910 62476 3142 3142 222882 211728 11154 5276 4416 860 33591 9724 23867 479637 425373 54264 155067 144852 10215 3493 3493 SUPPLIES 172004 159023 12981 PROGRAM SERVICES 142080 142080 DONATIONS AND GIFTS 6303 6303 LICENSES & FEES 1661 1444 217 1958 729 1229 2176049 1788766 357528 29755 307630 385690 2267238 3223424 72467 145021 134360 134360 0 0 458870 443255 6671 48275 3112876 4245665 57644 130561 1872169 2840429 0 44990 1929813 3015980 X 1123063 1100617 60000 129068 1183063 1229685 3112876 4245665 59214 -12592 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 470144 558019 1327956 1032151 2146139 5534409 470144 558019 1327956 1032151 2146139 5534409 5534409 272 786 540 358 120 2076 5536485 396886 0.99960 0.99940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 124758 124758 0 9602 9602 0 0 CAPITAL LEASE LIABILITY 44990 44990 X 2219529 -12592 -12592 2232121 3142 3142 2235263 2172907 0 2172907 3142 3142 2176049 PART X, LINE 2: NATIVE AMERICAN FISH & WILDLIFE SOCIETY IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IT IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM COLORADO FRANCHISE OR INCOME TAX. NAFWS IS REQUIRED TO ASSESS WHETHER IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT A TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION ASSUMING THE TAXING AUTHORITY HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL INFORMATION. IF THE TAX POSITION DOES NOT MEET THE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT RECOGNITION THRESHOLD, THE BENEFIT OF THAT POSITION IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. NAFWS HAS DETERMINED THERE ARE NO AMOUNTS TO RECORD AS ASSETS OR LIABILITIES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. 1 SCHOLARSHIPS 10 16500 PART I, LINE 2: IN 2022, WE AWARDED A TOTAL OF $12,000 IN NAFWS SCHOLARSHIPS TO NINE NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKA NATIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSING NATURAL RESOURCE DEGREES. PLUS A $4,500 SCHOLARSHIP TO THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 TRIBAL MEMBERSHIPS, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A EACH REGION VOTES FOR THEIR 2 DIRECTORS AND THEN ALL MEMBERS MAY VOTE AT BUSINESS MEETINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE TAX RETURN IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C NO CONTRACT OR OTHER TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND ONE OR MORE OF ITS MEMBERS OR ANY OTHER CORPORATION, FIRM, ASSOCIATION OR ENTITY IN WHICH ONE OR MORE OF ITS MEMBERS ARE DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS OR ARE FINANCIALLY INTERESTED SHALL BE EITHER VOID OR VOIDABLE SOLELY BECAUSE OF SUCH RELATIONSHIP OR INTEREST OR SOLELY BECAUSE SUCH MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AT A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OR A COMMITTEE THEREOF WHICH AUTHORIZES, APPROVES OR RATIFIES SUCH CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION OR SOLELY BECAUSE THEIR VOTES ARE COUNTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE IF: (I) THE FACT OF SUCH RELATIONSHIP OR INTEREST IS DISCLOSED OR KNOWN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OR COMMITTEE WHICH AUTHORIZES, APPROVES, OR RATIFIES THE CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION BY A VOTE OR CONSENT SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSE WITHOUT COUNTING THE VOTES OR CONSENT OF SUCH INTERESTED MEMBERS; OR (II) THE FACT OF SUCH RELATIONSHIP OR INTEREST IS DISCLOSED OR KNOWN TO THE MEMBERS ENTITLED TO VOTE AND THEY AUTHORIZE, APPROVE, OR RATIFY SUCH CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION BY VOTE OR WRITTEN CONSENT; OR (III) THE CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION IS FAIR AND REASONABLE TO THE SOCIETY. COMMON OR INTERESTED MEMBERS MAY BE COUNTED IN DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OR A COMMITTEE THEREOF WHICH AUTHORIZES, APPROVES, OR RATIFIES SUCH CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A EACH YEAR IN DECEMBER, JULIE THORSTENSON'S COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE IS REVIEWED, DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTED SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 211,728. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 11,154. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 222,882.