Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412014273
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Little Canada, MN, USA
Phone
6517668999
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,543,806
Expenses
$12,997,560
Assets
$81,250,968
Liabilities
$23,521,128

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CRIS STAINBROOK (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN WAUKON (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRIS STAINBROOK (PRESIDENT): $212,603 total reported compensation
  • BRYAN VAN STIPPEN (NICC DIRECTOR): $171,913 total reported compensation
  • D'ARCY BORDEAUX (ACCOUNTANT/HR DIRECTOR): $158,642 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the indian land tenure foundation (iltf) is to see those lands within the original boundaries of every reservation and other areas of high significance where tribes retain aboriginal inters are in indian ownership and management.

What it reported doing in 2024

National indian carbon coalition: the national indian carbon coalition (nicc) works to build capacity for indigenous-led carbon sequestration projects that include tribal nations, Alaska native villages & corporations, native hawaiian organizations, and first nations in canada. Nicc has received philanthropic dollars to establish the revolving project fund, which advances our efforts significantly towards building nicc's longer-term support for indigenous projects. Nicc conducts all of the supporting work on indigenous lands as the project proponent and continues to partner with the indigenous organization for a forty (40) year duration. This removes the significant burden of project management from the indigenous organization, thus assuring long-term benefits to indigenous communities.there is significant demand for carbon projects on indigenous lands and this funding will allow nicc to build our internal capacity to respond in the most effective ways possible. Nicc is a trusted resource, and a critical bridge that enables the development of successful projects on indigenous lands that may not otherwise happen due to the significant capital, time and capacity investment needed to secure and develop projects. The environmental impact of these projects will be tracked using an efficient, transparent system, along with a robust forest certification.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.7%; rating input score 97; 26th 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.25; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 16 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.