Wukchumni Tribe

Overview

Mission

The wukchumni tribe 501c3 is dedicated to revitalizing and maintaining the cultural values (traditional and spiritual) of the wukchumni yokuts.

What it reported doing in 2024

General program - wukchumni farms - wukchumni farm grows food for tribal families. 100 families served in 2024. Also held cultural workshops for musical instruments, traditional foods, beading, making jam, and other stored food. Youth interns worked on the farm, gaining new skills such as how to grow, maintain, harvest, package, and provide food to elders and families. Land stewardship expanded, native language classes incorporated into both programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863020566
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Headquarters
Visalia, CA, USA
Phone
5597136073
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 72.1%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $124.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 66.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 62.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 72.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $801K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DARLENE FRANCO (CEO): $76,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.