Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc.

“Executive director, bobby raines, and employee, daniel martin, have a business relationship that began in 2015 before bobby raines became executive director. No cpf monies have been granted to this business and no issues or challenges have been found with this business relationship.”

“The governor of the state of north carolina appoints the foundations directors, two of which are selected from a list of nominees submitted by the chief of the eastern band of cherokee indians. The chief and chairman of the tribal council of the eastern band of cherokee indians also serve as directors”

“The audit/investment committee review the form 990 in detail with the guidance of its finance officer. The full board is provided with a copy of the 990 before it is filed and performs a more cursory review of the document. The audit/investment committee members and finance officer answer all questions board members have before the 990 document is filed.”

“Comparability of salaries data for all staff members is gathered from the following sources; forms 990 of similiar organizations in north carolina, local organizations; and an annual salary and benfits survey from the council on foundations philanthropic trade organization. Salaries are proposed by the board chairman and executive director each year during the budgeting and annual staff evaluation processes. Then, the proposed salaries are presented in the draft budget submitted to the board.”

“As with executive officers, ceo, the same policy is used for all employees: comparability of salaries data for all staff members is gathered from the following sources; forms 990 of similiar organizations in north carolina, local organizations; and an annual salary and benfits survey from the council on foundations philanthropic trade organization. Salaries are proposed by the board chairman and executive director each year during the budgeting and annual staff evaluation processes. Then, the proposed salaries are presented in the draft budget submitted to the board.”

“Photo copies of the form 990 are available upon request at the organizations administrative office. In addition, recent filings of the form 990 are available online at www.guidestar.org”

“All governing documents, policies and financial statements are make available upon request to any individual or organization, the foundation often shares its internal information in an effort to assist other organizations in adopting best practices.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Part v, line 4:the endowment fund represents amounts set aside in a long-term invesments fund. The objective of the fund is to emphasize long-term growth of capital and to build a corpus that will help sustain the foundations operations in the future. The fund is not reported as restricted since there are not donor-imposed stipulations. Included in the endowment fund investment portfolio are monies designated for two leadership award funds. The objective of the funds is to emphasize short-term growth of capital, while simultaneously protecting the corpus from the effects of inflation, to allow for the awarding of annual leadership awards. The funds are not reported as restricted since there are no donor-imposed stipulations. Form 990, part iii, line 4astatement of program accomplishments:the mission of the cherokee preservation foundation (cpf) is to increase the quality of life of the eastern band of cherokee indians (ebci) and strengthen the western north carolina region. Cpf accomplishes this mission as a grant maker, convener, partnership broker and community builder. In these roles, we award grants to nonprofit organizations, schools and higher learning institutions on or near tribal lands in the seven western most counties of north carolina. In additiion, we bring together groups with common interest and goals to share ideas, combine efforts and resources, and leverage resources from variour funding organizations, we then network with regional, state and national organizations to seek and create partnerships enabling other funding organizations to invest in projects and groups in western north carolina, building the capacity of nonprofits on the qualla boundary (the ebcis homeland) and surrounding region.during two grant funding cycles in fiscal year 2019, the board approved 32 grants and leadership awards totaling $5,235,925.stategic initiatives:in addition to making high-quality, one-year grants, the foundation pursues grant making opportunities where investmest can effect systemic change and positive long-term results. Such multi-year grant making integrates planning, grants, cluster evaluation and strategic communication. The followingstrategic initiatives illustrate the foundations multi year programing activity: cultural preservationcherokee language initiativethe cherokee language revitalization initiative, one of the cpfs most recognizable cultural preservation efforts, continues to move forward in preserving and perpetuating the cherokee language. Kpep and ccs remain the largest and most impactful partners, continuing their community and second-language learning efforts, making progress in teacher developments efforts with wcu, and building on the findings from the cherokee language summit and symposiums. Kpep and ccs are collaborating on a multilevel cherokee language app. Kpep will continue to grow the adult immersion program that employs members from the community who are interested to learn the cherokee language. Snowbird cherokee co traditions has a year-round language program for students to participate in after school and during the summer. The language partner directors meet quarterly to share information and updates with one another to promote collaboration. A state of emergency was called for the language in the summer of 2019. Cpf expects to see more efforts and resources put into the language programs for the upcoming years. Progress:kpep partnered with the tribe and was able to distribute cherokee language books to over 1200 households in september 2019. Wcus cherokee language program has hired their new language instructor, rainy barke. This has helped with archiving and translation of materials. Attendance has increased within their language classes this semester. The ebci tribe held a language symposium on november 19th at new kituwah academy to gather all the key people involved with cherokee language efforts to start planning and organizing for the future. Cherokee preservation foundation is ex”