The Naraya Cultural Preservation Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820530476
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Phone
3107417081
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,823
Expenses
$120,592
Assets
$267,281
Liabilities
$5,054

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Murray Edelman (President)
  • Joy Loupe (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Clyde Hall (Executive Dir.): $31,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote and preserve Native American culture.

What it reported doing in 2025

Over this past year NCPC has focused on a variety of aspects of making our circle even healthier and stronger. Increased our virtual presence and retooled our websiteWorking to streamline our database Created a taskforce and began the work of community discussions and pathways for social and racial equality and respect.Continued to offer seed funding grants to all dances Continued to offer individuals emergency grants for our dance communityContinued to offer grants of Indigenous cultural events and projectsContinued to provide a monthly salary for Clyde Hall and maintenance of the Josh Spear Office at his home.Continued to fund programs for indigenous wellness including: The annual coat drive for Clydes community. https://www.operationwarm.org Partnerships with Native Americans, PWNA: Covid Emergency First Responders Fund focuses on daily needs of Native Americans directly impacted by Covid, supplying basics like water, sanitation and toilet paper to those most in need. They focus on getting what is needed into the hands of those most in need. These folks are supporting Warm Springs with their clean water issue. Mainly focused on individual/family needs.https://secure2.convio.net/nrcst/site/Donation2; jsessionid=00000000.app20101a? df_id=8726&8726.donation=form1&s_subsrc=covid&s_src=announcement&NONCE_TOKEN=605CDB926B52363D576DE27AC4832952Native American Development Institute: Covid Emergency Response Fund, supports money going directly to tribal folks in need of resources directly related to Covid. They support community systems like food and sanitation for long term survival among Native American communities. Focused on community systems.https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5855/donate_page/firstnations? track=2020COVIDRP&_ga=2.XXX-XX-XXXX.XXX-XX-XXXX.1598383409-1810101628.1598383409Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous People, Inc; Flickr Fund is focused primarily on Indigenous People in the US, but also supports Indigenous communities around the world, with a focus on traditional medicines, healing practice, food systems while also supporting cultural teachings, History and traditional life ways.http://www.7genfund.org/flicker-fund

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 43.2%; rating input score 43
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.9% of revenue deployed · 43.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $31K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.