Civic Intelligence

Indigenous Lenses

990EZ • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 87-0657526

Jan 01, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019 • Filed on Feb 12, 2020

1050 South Windsor StreetSalt Lake City, UT 84105

(801) 521-0542

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.

Source year 2019

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.

Source year 2019

Net Margin

57th percentile

6.9%

Higher net margin than 57% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Top Officer Pay

77th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2019 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Asset Growth

56th percentile

5.9%

Faster asset growth than 56% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2018 to 2019

Revenue Growth

27th percentile

-16%

Faster revenue growth than 27% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2018 to 2019

Assets

Flat

$26,614

Flat from 2019

Net Assets

$26,614

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue

Flat

$21,411

Flat from 2019

Expenses

Flat

$19,939

Flat from 2019

Net Income

Flat

$1,472

Flat from 2019

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$30K$20K$10K$0Assets 2011: $10,038Liabilities 2011: $02011Assets 2012: $9,630Liabilities 2012: $02012Assets 2013: $12,406Net Assets 2013: $12,4062013Assets 2014: $15,360Liabilities 2014: $02014Assets 2015: $17,382Liabilities 2015: $02015Assets 2016: $14,050Net Assets 2016: $14,0502016Assets 2017: $21,935Net Assets 2017: $21,9352017Assets 2018: $25,142Net Assets 2018: $25,1422018Assets 2019: $26,614Net Assets 2019: $26,6142019Assets 2019: $26,614Liabilities 2019: $02019Assets 2020: $29,932Net Assets 2020: $29,9322020Assets 2021: $26,485Net Assets 2021: $26,4852021Assets 2022: $26,162Net Assets 2022: $26,1622022Assets 2023: $25,316Liabilities 2023: $02023

Highlighted filing

2019

Assets$26,614
Liabilities-
Net Assets$26,614

Operations Trend

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$40K$30K$20K$10K$0-$10KRevenue 2011: $35,348Expenses 2011: $31,582Net Income 2011: $3,7662011Revenue 2012: $21,844Expenses 2012: $22,456Net Income 2012: -$6122012Revenue 2013: $18,803Expenses 2013: $16,027Net Income 2013: $2,7762013Revenue 2014: $22,027Expenses 2014: $19,073Net Income 2014: $2,9542014Revenue 2015: $21,611Expenses 2015: $19,589Net Income 2015: $2,0222015Revenue 2016: $20,480Expenses 2016: $23,812Net Income 2016: -$3,3322016Revenue 2017: $26,280Expenses 2017: $18,395Net Income 2017: $7,8852017Revenue 2018: $25,563Expenses 2018: $22,356Net Income 2018: $3,2072018Revenue 2019: $21,411Expenses 2019: $19,939Net Income 2019: $1,4722019Revenue 2019: $21,411Expenses 2019: $19,939Net Income 2019: $1,4722019Revenue 2020: $24,976Expenses 2020: $21,658Net Income 2020: $3,3182020Revenue 2021: $19,733Expenses 2021: $23,180Net Income 2021: -$3,4472021Revenue 2022: $21,871Expenses 2022: $22,194Net Income 2022: -$3232022Revenue 2023: $17,881Expenses 2023: $18,727Net Income 2023: -$8462023

Highlighted filing

2019

Revenue$21,411
Expenses$19,939
Net Income$1,472
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019
Signed
Feb 12, 2020
Return Version
2019v5.0
Gross Receipts
$21,411
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Organization's Primary Exempt Purpose: Indigenous Lenses is a 501(c)3, Utah-based non-profit corporation dedicated to ethnographic, documentary film and video productions for educational, cultural, and scientific purposes. Our productions will focus on indigenous healers from around the world, recording their stories within the context of their cultures. Emphasis will be placed on those healers and healing practices threatened with extinction through acculturation and/or assimilation. The corporation shall also engage in humanitarian work in the communities where we film to help bring education to the girls of those communities, provide food and shelter to indigent Tibetan elders in the refugee camps and support eye and medical care for the Nepali and Tibetan communities.

Indigenous Lenses is a 501(c)3, Utah-based non-profit corporation dedicated to ethnographic documentary film and video productions for educational, cultural and scientific purposes. Our Productions will focus on indigenous healer from around the world, recording their stories within the context of their cultures Emphasis will be placed on those healers and healing practices threatened with extinction through acculturation and/or assimilation. The corporation shall also engage in humanitarian work in the communities where we film to help bring education to the girls of those communities, provide food and shelter to indigent Tibetan elders in the refugee camps and support eye and medical care for the Nepali and Tibetan communities.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Education $1238. Indigenous Lenses is currently paying for the education of 4 GIRLS. Food and Shelter $757 - Supporting indigent Tibetan Elder households. Cultural Support $2920 - Annual gift to Shaman traditional healers and refugee camp. Eye and Medical care - $2177 Provided by organization leaders as requested by needy people living in Nepal. Cultural Support Crafts -$218 Providing support to 2 women who keep alive the Tibetan craft of making mallas (prayer beads) and weaving incense bags using back strap looms. Special Projects $1349 - TRANSPORTATION, EARTHQUAKE REPAIRS. Tibetan Translator $675 paid to maintain Tibetan liaison and $313 to provide Internet Access.--
Compensation and Service Providers

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Sarah C SifersExecutive Director-$0--
Patricia WessonBoard Member-$0--
Judy KeaneBoard Member-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Indigenous Lenses
EIN
87-0657526
Phone
8015210542
Address
1050 SOUTH WINDSOR STREET, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84105

Signing Officer

Name
Sarah Sifers
Title
Executive Director
Phone
8015210542
Signed
2020-02-12
Discuss with paid preparer
No

Preparer

Firm
H and R Block
Address
16 N MAIN, TOOELE, UT 84074
Preparer
Steven Moore
Phone
4358824011
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Part 1 Line 1

Grants and simular amounts paid

Part 1 Line 10

Educaction (tuition, uniforms, text books and test fees 3 girls $3,797

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Food and shelter (indigent tibetan elders) $690

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Cultural support (sharmans ancient healing) $2892

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Misc (tibetan translator and internet for magar liaison) $1200

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Special projects (plaster walls pave courtyard) $101

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Humanitarian work on navajo reservation $1161

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Filings

Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2023Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$25.3$0.00$17.9$18.7$0.85
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$26.2$26.2$21.9$22.2$0.32
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$26.5$26.5$19.7$23.2$3.45
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$29.9$29.9$25.0$21.7$3.32
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$26.6$26.6$21.4$19.9$1.47
2019Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$26.6$0.00$21.4$19.9$1.47
2018XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$25.1$25.1$25.6$22.4$3.21
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$21.9$21.9$26.3$18.4$7.89
2016XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$14.1$14.1$20.5$23.8$3.33
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$17.4$0.00$21.6$19.6$2.02
2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$15.4$0.00$22.0$19.1$2.95
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$12.4$12.4$18.8$16.0$2.78
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$9.63$0.00$21.8$22.5$0.61
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$10.0$0.00$35.3$31.6$3.77