Washiw Zulshish Goom Tahn Nu
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844886376
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Carson City, NV, USA
- Phone
- 5755198011
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $152,111
- Expenses
- $102,968
- Assets
- $155,750
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LISA GRAYSHIELD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- FRANK GRAYSHIELD (PRESIDENT)
- MELBA RAKOW (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LISA GRAYSHIELD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- LAURA LUNA (CFO)
- FRANK GRAYSHIELD (PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wzgt is committed to create, promote, and mentor leadership and healthy lifestyles for the washoe people. We are committed to restore in our youth the sense of uniqueness of their tribal heritage, language, and culture so that they will walk tall and proud as they apply the time-honored values of their ancestor to the decisions, they make about how to walk in this world today. We are committed to instill respect for the land, the water and the animals who dwell on the land. Our land contains our history, our legends, our cultural sites and the wild plants and animals that once fed us.
What it reported doing in 2024
Culture & language - culture and language program includes seasonal community gatherings and youth programs. A primary goal for wzgt is to bring the people together in solidarity, in healing, in community promoting cultural activities and community dialogue for washoe community members. Gatherings are held every season. There are at least 4 gatherings a year and additional community meetings and events. General expenses for these events are to purchase healthy foods to feed the people during the events, gas cards for community members to attend the events, rent for reserving the spaces, for paying helpers and cooks during the event (contractors), promotional items appropriate for the seasonal event (wzgt stickers, bags, sweatshirts). The youth program is designed to engage and support youth in the promotion of cultural activities as well as in their educational endeavors. The youth are carrying washoe traditions forward into the future so wzgt is committed to supporting and encouraging youth to stay engaged in washoe culture, traditions and practices. General expenses are two yearly scholarships for washoe college students and the youth film project. Expenses in 2023 were video recording equipment (e.g. Ipad, stands, etc.), stipends for students who participated in the film project, contractors who were leading the youth activities; accommodations for a 3-day conference with training support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.3%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 94.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.3% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.