2025-11-17T16:36:49-06:00 2024-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 220 S 6TH STREET SUITE 300 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402 990 2024-01-01 823639038 ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE ANIS 2185736432 46042 MINNESOTA HIGHWAY 34 OSAGE MN 56570 JAMES REENTS BOARD CHAIR 2185736432 2025-11-14 1 1 MIKE HINSCH P01875343 6123764500 2025-11-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JAMES REENTS 46042 MINNESOTA HIGHWAY 34 OSAGE MN 56570 475312 0 X ANISHINAABEAGRICULTURE.COM X 2017 MN THE ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO RESTORE AGRO-BIODIVERSITY THROUGH RESTORING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, HEMP, AND TRADITIONAL HERITAGE VARIETIES 4 4 14 4 0 0 967015 472240 2254 0 0 0 4433 3072 973702 475312 0 0 0 0 254896 569345 0 0 57349 326870 366793 581766 936138 391936 -460826 651483 265055 22733 97131 628750 167924 X ANISHINABE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO RESTORE FOODWAYS, REMATRIATE SEEDS, AND MAKE A NEW ECONOMY; ONE BASED ON LOCAL FOOD, ENERGY, AND FIBER. 0 0 671522 0 0 THE ANISHINAABE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE HAS THREE FOCUS AREAS: COMMUNITY FOOD, RESEARCH, AND YOUTH EDUCATION. INDAKIINGIMIN MEANS THE VERY LAND TO WHICH WE BELONG IS WHERE WE LIVE AND WHERE THE GENERATIONS AHEAD WILL ALSO LIVE. INDAKIINGIMIN IS OUR WORK.COMMUNITY FOODS: WE PRODUCE FOODS FOR THE VILLAGE OF PINE POINT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, WHILE BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE VILLAGE AND OUR AREA TO HAVE FOOD SECURITY. OUR WORK IS PRIMARILY WITH HERITAGE CROPS OF CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, AND POTATOES, WITH EXPANSIONS INTO LAYING HENS. OUR WORK IN 2025, INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD SECURITY INCLUDING PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND GREENHOUSES AND CAPACITY TO INCREASE OUR FIELDS AND CHICKEN PRODUCTION. RESEARCH: OUR WORK IS IN INDIGENOUS CROP VARIETALS, AND THE RESTORATION OF THESE SEEDS AND VARIETIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR TRIBAL COMMMUNITIES REGIONALY AND NATIONALLY. OUR RESEARCH HAS INCLUDED CORN WHICH ADDS NITROGEN TO THE SOIL, HERITAGE POTATO VARIETIES, AND FIBER HEMP VARIETIES. OUR WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS PRIMARIY ON FIBER HEMP VARIETIES AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCTION OPTIONS FOR TIRBAL HEMP FARMERS. AS WELL WE WORK ON SOIL HEALTH. WE ARE ABLE TO WORK IN SMALLER SCALE GARDENS AND ON LARGER CROP ACREAGE WHERE WE ARE RESTORING SOIL HEALTH AND REDEVELOPING INDIGENOUS FERTILIZERS AND CROP ROTATIONS. WE ARE SPECIALIZING ALSO IN OJIBWE PURPLE POTATOES. 671522 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 MN X JONI MCSPADDEN 2185736432 46042 MINNESOTA HIGHWAY 34 OSAGE MN 56570 JAMES REENTS BOARD CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TRACEY STRONG DAGEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOE MORALES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER ELLIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JERRY LEE CHILTON FORMER INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 64726 0 0 64726 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45892 426348 472240 OTHER INCOME 110000 3072 3072 3072 475312 0 0 3072 X 64727 51781 6473 6473 295442 236354 29544 29544 72928 58342 7293 7293 136248 108998 13625 13625 14880 14880 155555 89711 65844 10248 9834 414 3500 3500 20877 10367 10510 39417 29668 9749 6931 6931 8646 8646 11087 11087 AGRICULTURAL EXPENSES 43072 43072 REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 34583 34583 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 14449 14449 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 3548 3548 936138 671522 207267 57349 447997 67873 12500 6650 11275 19304 195495 24267 179711 171228 651483 265055 16402 22131 75000 6331 22733 97131 X 628750 167924 628750 167924 651483 265055 -460826 0 X 0 0 0 X 0 992294 513523 967015 472240 2945072 992294 513523 967015 472240 2945072 373188 2571884 4433 3072 7505 2952577 29837 0.87110 0.87570 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER INCOME - 2020 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 4,433. 2024 AMOUNT: $ 3,072. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 79231 79231 83667 11799 71868 32597 12468 20129 171228 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A YOUTH PROGRAMS AND YOUNG FARMER EDUCATION: WE WORK TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG ANISHINAABE AND INDIGENOUS FARMERS, TO CARRY ON THE ABOE WORK, AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON HORSE THERAPY AND HORSE CULTURE. WE LIVE IN COMMUNITIES RIDDLED WITH AN OPIOID CRISIS, SYSTEMIC POVERTY, RACISM AND ONGOING ASSAULTS ON OUR FORESTS, OUR RIVERS AND OUR WILD RICE. MANY OF OUR PEOPLE SUFFER FROM INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND ONGOING TRAUMA. WE OFFER INFORMAL EQUINE THERAPY THROUGH OUR YOUTH HORSE PROGRAM TO CHANGE LIVES, HEAL, AND PROVIDE JOY TO MANY FAMILIES IN OUR TERRITORY. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: THROUGH ALL OF OUR WORK, WE ARE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OUR RESEARCH WORK HAS A GOAL TO RESTORE INDIGENOUS CROP VARIETIES, KNOWLEDGE, PRE- AND POST- PETROLEUM AGRICULTURE, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TO DO THIS WORK AS A LEARNING MODEL FOR OTHERS. TO CARRY OUT THIS WORK, WE'VE SUPPORTED THE INDIGENOUS FARMING CONFERENCE ANNUALLY, HOSTED FIVE INDIGENOUS HEMP CONFERENCES, HELD TWO ONLINE CLASSES OF TRIBAL HEMP 101, AND HOSTED ALMOST A HUNDRED RESEARCH INTERNS, FROM ELDERS TO STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA, WELLESLEY COLLEGE, AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES. THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND FARMERS WILL NEED TO LEARN FROM PEOPLE LIKE US, HERE ON THE FARM. OUR CHALLENGES ARE UNIVERSAL, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME GOOD STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY HAS NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT BEFORE IT IS ELECTRONICALLY FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN INTEREST PERSON MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING CONFLICTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN POLICY, AND DIRECTORS, THE PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS MUST ANNUALLY SIGN THE STATEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 65,844. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 65,844. CONTRACT LABOR: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 89,711. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 89,711.