Sogorea Te Land Trust

Overview

Mission

Sogorea te' land trust is an urban indigenous women-led land trust based in the san francisco bay area that facilitates the return of indigenous land to indgenous people. Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, sogorea te' calls on native and non-native peoples to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sogorea te' land trust tended seven land sites in huchiun (the east bay), cultivating native traditional plants, growing fruits and vegetables, and designing and building customized structures for tools, supplies and our emergency resiliency hub, himmetka. Sogorea te' also produced a chochenyo language workshop series for the lisjan ohlone community, strengthening the network, teaching new language learners and distributing resources including a chochenyo dictionary and study guides. Sogorea te' staff launched our mitiini numma rematriation youth program and presented dozens of public presentations, talks and workshops to educate the general public about lisjan ohlone history and culture, indigenous sovereignty and rematriation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824415931
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5105751098
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.6%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $96.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 77.3%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.13; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.6% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CORRINA GOULD (Co-Director): $101,914 total reported compensation
  • JOHNELLA LAROSE (Co-Director): $88,050 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.