Native Action Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270884032
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-T 2020, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2064517298
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,790,457
Expenses
$1,087,691
Assets
$3,058,467
Liabilities
$30,946

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELANIE MONTGOMERY (PRESIDENT)
  • MISHA RODARTE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ELIZABETH RIDEAU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIZABETH RIDEAU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $117,719 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Native action network (nan) is a seattle/king county based 501(c)(3) native-led non-profit organization that has been serving the native community for over 20 years. Nan is organized to promote native women's full representation, participation, and leadership in local, state, tribal, and national affairs. Nan has mobilized generations of native leaders dedicated to serving their communities. By uplifting native women's legacies and positive impacts of native-led initiatives, we affirm native identities and futures, while advancing justice through community organization. Our annual programming efforts include a multi-day conference, a year-round leadership program, and other initiatives to uplift, empower, and educate native women.

What it reported doing in 2025

Native action network continued its successful programming and services through several activities, which include: native women's leadership forum & honoring luncheon, in which native women came together to share their knowledge, leadership, challenges, and stories of success. The workshops held in conjunction were presented by several professional native women covering areas of interest and contemporary issues and training. Young native women's academy, in which we host a two-day intensive training for young contemporary native women and cover hot topics such as confidence, communications, and health. Legacy of leadership is a 10-month leadership cohort training for native women. It is centered around the legacy of leadership of the american indian women's service league, the inspiration of native action network. Provided a comprehensive professional non-profit training and development series tailored specifically for native nonprofit leaders and team members; hosted a youth empowerment summit; hosted a one-year advocacy boot camp for native women to support leadership training, community empowerment, and training to serve on boards and commissions; hosted our 20th annual native women's leadership forum and enduring spirit honoring luncheon and youth academy; hosted a youth ambassador; and, formed the native action network sisterhood alum association.community involvement - native action network's strong base of community building is ongoing and growing. We have collaborated with many nonprofits on issues of importance and advocacy. Groups include the seattle urban native nonprofit coalition, communities of concern commission, and south king county native coalition. Our work on community development continues based on the community-driven vision for urban indians. Native action provides advocacy and shares resource information to serve our community better.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.2%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $80.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 39.3%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.81; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.2% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $781K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.