2025-11-15T20:54:59-06:00 2024-12-31 862404089 Sage Creek Accounting Services 520 Berry Blvd Rapid City SD 577021816 990 2024-01-01 208780215 Center Pole CENT 7032320382 3391 Garryowen Rd Garryowen MT 59031 Peggy Wellknown Buffalo Executive Director 7032320382 2025-11-15 0 0 P02444871 6053916693 2025-11-15 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Peggy Wellknown Buffalo 3391 Garryowen Rd Garryowen MT 59031 1705274 0 X www.thecenterpole.org X 2012 MT Promote knowledge, equity, justice, opportunity, and prosperity in Indian reservation communities and preserve and protect Indigenous lifeways. 4 4 4 350 0 0 1501098 1699977 1267 5297 0 -5423 0 0 1502365 1699851 0 0 0 0 128130 322367 0 0 1800 1302560 1394094 1430690 1716461 71675 -16610 320963 278376 25977 0 294986 278376 X Promote knowledge, equity, justice, opportunity, and prosperity in Indian reservation communities and preserve and protect Indigenous lifeways. 0 0 1213330 Food Sovereignty/Healthy Food Systems/Sustainability:Establishment of a healthy foods hub allowing greater food access in the rural reservation "food desert." The hub includes a food bank, a healthy foods cafe, and a food distribution project delivering approximately 800,000 pounds of food a year to two impoverished reservations and surrounding isolated communities as well as making deliveries to those without transportation; a program that serves the specialized needs of elders while involving them in the process through sharing their wisdom and their knowledge of traditional foods and lifeways, and an educational program that promotes healthy lifestyles and teaches nutrition, natural farming, hunting, gathering wild plants and medicines and the preparation of traditional foods. A land-based Indigenous Learning Center is in the process of development to be a learning and training center for food sovereignty, traditional land recovery and restoration and the preservation of the biodiversity of Mother Earth. 200000 5297 Social Enterprise/Work Force/Community Sustainability, Cultural Heritage Tourism:A volunteer force of disenfranchised reservation youth, young adults and families are trained in workforce, business skills and life skills at our social enterprises that include a coffee roasting business, a community radio station, a resale shop, a cafe and gift shop and cultural tourism projects. Interns learn about creating non-profit organizations and businesses, money management skills and setting personal, educational and career goals. 120000 0 Youth Development and Leadership, Community Healing from Historical Trauma, Cultural Sustainability Activities:Reservation youth participate in enrichment activities that include Crow language, history and heritage; wilderness skills; Native skills; Native games; literacy and academic enrichment; community radio; life skills, sustainable living and other leadership activities. Promising youth participate in educational programs beyond the reservation and are assisted with college and career opportunities. They are provided tools to make change in their communities as well as learn to be successful in the greater global environment. Through intergenerational relationships with Elders and Culture Keepers, youth are mentored in Crow cultural ways and learn to lead community cultural events and eremonies that promote healing from historical trauma. A new pilot program places select preteen youth in an expeditionary education middle school environment, including trauma therapy and individualized mentoring. Approximately 3600 reservation youth are assisted by the Center Pole. 140616 0 Basic Needs:Household and other donated items are gathered from estate sales in Wyoming in Montana and distributed to those in need in reservation communities to improve living conditions. These items included bedroom furniture, school supplies, washers, dryers, sports equipment, office supplies, office furniture, household items, vehicles, frozen food, equipment, tools, and clothing. Center Pole also transports and distributes these supplies to other reservations. 140616 0 1673946 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Susan Kelly 7032320382 3391 Garryowen Rd Garryowen MT 59031 Patti Cass Chairman 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Reggie Quancello Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Birdie Real Bird Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jacquelin Stewart Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Peggy Wellknown Buffalo Executive Director 65.00 0.00 X 56500 0 0 56500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1699977 1037219 1699977 Social Enterprises 900099 5297 5297 5297 5423 -5423 -5423 -5423 1699851 -126 0 0 56500 51980 4520 240461 221224 19237 2179 2005 174 23227 21369 1858 255 255 7224 6815 409 61619 56689 3130 1800 6502 5982 520 35067 32262 2805 49067 45139 3928 17565 17435 130 31963 29406 2557 14904 13712 1192 Food Distributions 897219 897219 Household items 140000 140000 Program Supplies 104025 104025 Youth Development 28684 28684 1716461 1673946 40715 1800 234358 204011 16392 16538 203215 145388 70213 57827 320963 278376 25977 25977 0 X 294986 278376 294986 278376 320963 278376 -16610 0 X 0 0 0 X 4489341 3270241 2892145 1501098 1699977 13852802 4489341 3270241 2892145 1501098 1699977 13852802 252944 13599858 13852802 0.98170 0.99880 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 323 65 258 202892 145323 57569 57827 X 140000 Thrift Store X 897219 Thrift Store 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Both the Board President and the Director review the Form 990 before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 No other documents available to the public.