Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200679235
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Evanston, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8474750911
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,034,674
- Expenses
- $555,246
- Assets
- $2,347,687
- Liabilities
- $68,090
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN KELSEY (PRESIDENT)
- GEORGE STEVENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KIM VIGUE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- KIM VIGUE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $105,475 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote and share a deeper understanding and respect of native american peoples through the collection, preservation, and interpretation of their traditional and contemporary art and material culture.
What it reported doing in 2024
Collections - central to the museum's mission is to collect and preserve traditional and contemporary native american art and material culture to tell the stories of american indian peoples for this and future generations. Since 1977, the collection has grown from 3,000 to over 10,000 objects and over 3,000 books representing some of the country's best american indian textiles, basketry, beadwork, visual arts, jewelry, and sculpture. The museum prides itself in the diversity of its collection covering tribes and bands from throughout the united states and canada. Expenses include collections insurance, staff time to process, document, inventory, and re-house the collection, and the purchase of shelving units, supplies, and collections database software upgrades.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.5%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 46.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.23; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.5% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $398K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.