Unkitawa

“Marne Schierbeck is the treasurer of the organization, an employee of the organization, and a family member of Kyle Schierbeck and Chloe Schierbeck. Kyle Schierbeck is a co board chair and family member of Marne Schierbeck and Chloe Schierbeck. Chloe Schierbeck is a co board chair and family member to Marne Schierbeck and Kyle Schierbeck. Patty Stonefish is the board secretary and an employee. Ixtli WhiteHawk, Mona Poor Thunder, George Farrell are board members and employees.”

“The 990 is distributed at the board meeting.”

“Board members were asked to recuse themselves from votes that could give rise to conflict of interest.”

“Comparable data and wages for similar jobs in the Seattle Metro area were reviewed and discussed to determine salary for our most senior employee, Director of Operations, as well as our bookkeeper. This was done most recently in 2021. In hiring all positions, comparable jobs and wages are reviewed to determine salary. Regarding independent board members, we had 1 independent board member, Bradly Smith, for 2021. The remaining board members for 2021 were not independent due to them either being employees or familiar relations.”

“Documentation and policies are available upon request.”

“In 2021, Tara Houska of Giniw, an organization we fiscally sponsor, was able to raise funds through her LandBack initiative from private funders, foundations, individuals. The amount of money she was able to raise was enough to purchase a small island in the middle of a lake in International Falls, Minnesota. Enough money was also raised through this campaign to purchase a house on the lake as well. The land and house will be used for cultural leadership development.”

“Other services for contractors, consultants, teachers and trainers. See breakdown as follows: $398,163 = $354,995.45 (training, story telling, Gusto payroll, consultants, zoom meetings and $43,167.06 (contractor payments, photos, printing of shirts, food prep, and pathfinder)”