Native Alliance of the Sierra Nevada Foothills

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization's mission is to empower native youth and families through education, cultural resources, and environmental activities. The organization provides culturally relevant family support and youth wellness activities on a daily basis. Direct support is also provided to assistfamilies with housing stability and basic needs. Sierra native alliance (sna) provides culturally relevant counseling, education, and substance use services for an average of 500 native american youth and families per year. Sna provides indian child welfare (icwa) advocacy to address disproportionality for native families, facilitates child family team meetings, and provides consultation and training for public and private partners to improve child welfare outcomes. Sna family wellness program provide family strengthening and preservation services, including positive indian parenting, families of tradition, and traditional indian health. Violence prevention services include anger management, women's healing circle, and court approved men's and women's 53-week domestic violence classes. Group, family, individual and school- based behavioral health counseling services are provides, along with home visitation for families with children ages 0-5. Sna has a state certified outpatient substance use treatment program that provides integrated behavioral health and traditional health services for co-occurring needs, with groups and activities to support families recovering together. Sna provides peer support and advocacy for justice involved participants to access resources needed for success. Sna youth programs provide youth wellness groups 3 times per week, along with annual youth camp that is attended by 100 youth each year. Mentoring and home visitation services are provided to support families at risk for separation, to help native children stay safely in their homes. In 2024, sna youth programs were highlighted in a best practices video to demonstrate the role of culture in youth substance use prevention. Sna peer educators also promoted the never a bother youth suicide prevention campaign. Sna produced bill boards, video public service announcements in the theatres, social media posts, and newspaper adds; and engaged youth in prevention education activities at community events. Snas psa won first place in a statewide youth suicide prevention media challenge. Sna youth leaders also assisted with the planning and facilitation of community outreach, education and cultural events. Our 17th annual auburn big time-pow wow was attended by 3,500 participants this year.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings