Indigenous Peoples Task Force

What it reported doing in 2024

Ikidowin acting ensemblejanuary 2024: family carnival at all nations church. The ikidowin families attended a carnival of games developed by 12 youth. The games included education on e-ciggs, traditional tobacco, and atod. Games included: pick a duck, bean bag toss, basketball on a door. April 2024: an old performance "our songs have power" was revisited and revised for a performance at the national native philanthropy conference in downtown minneapolis. There were more than 300 audience members. The performance included strong singing performances of multiple traditional songs. June 2024: there was not a traditional summer program in 2024. But a group of 6 to 12 actors met regularly to prepare for spoken word performances at the mdh e-cigg prevention youth summit and the national tribal tobacco conference. Three ikidowin staff (and alumni) jennifer, janet, and nathan began a 2 year-long arts professional development internship with pangea world theater. July 2024: the ikidowin ensemble worked intensely on the gala fashion show performance and making clothing. New in 2024 the fashion show included 2 dance performances a contemporary country music dance and a traditional two-step. This year the ensemble had a costume change to reflect the two types of dances. 2024 featured 2 young dancers 7 years old! Seven ikidowin actors traveled to Washington dc to perform at the samhsa native connections regional site visit conference. The performance of "our songs have power" was polished and further developed. This was a very impactful performance for the audience of native people across the us (Alaska, Oklahoma, Nevada, Michigan, New Mexico, and many more) and very impactful for the actors too. August 2024: the ikidowin group participated in the return to first medicines conference. They performed "our songs have power" in duluth as part of the "mino bimaadizi science and medicine far". 3 of the ikidowin staff are participating in an internship program at pangea world theater. One is interning on office management for theater, two are focusing on directing. These are two year internships, where they spend mondays and fridays learning the craft and shadowing pangea staff.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.6%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $1,298.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 25.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings