Civic Intelligence

Indigenous Lenses

990EZ • Fiscal year 2022 • EIN 87-0657526

Jan 01, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 • Filed on Apr 06, 2023

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

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No value available

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

Source year 2022

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

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

Source year 2022

Net Margin

37th percentile

-1.5%

Higher net margin than 37% of similar nonprofits.

2022 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2022

Top Officer Pay

78th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 78% of similar nonprofits.

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

2022 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2022

Asset Growth

44th percentile

-1.2%

Faster asset growth than 44% of similar nonprofits.

2022 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2021 to 2022

Revenue Growth

51st percentile

11%

Faster revenue growth than 51% of similar nonprofits.

2022 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2021 to 2022

Assets

Down

$26,162

Down $323 (-1.2%) from 2021

Net Assets

Down

$26,162

Down $323 (-1.2%) from 2021

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue

Up

$21,871

Up $2,138 (+11%) from 2021

Expenses

Down

$22,194

Down $986 (-4.3%) from 2021

Net Income

Up

-$323

Up $3,124 (+91%) from 2021

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: $26,614Liabilities 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

2022

Assets$26,162
Liabilities-
Net Assets$26,162

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 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

2022

Revenue$21,871
Expenses$22,194
Net Income-$323
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Signed
Apr 6, 2023
Return Version
2022v5.0
Gross Receipts
$21,871
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 $4803. Indigenous Lenses is currently paying for the education of 4 GIRLS. Food and Shelter $1224 - Supporting indigent Tibetan Elder households. Cultural Support $2416 - Annual gift to Shaman traditional healers and refugee camp. Eye and Medical care - $609 Provided by organization leaders as requested Tibetan Translator $625 paid to maintain Tibetan liaison and $379 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
2023-04-06
Discuss with paid preparer
No

Preparer

Firm
H and R Block
Address
1361 N MAIN ST, TOOELE, UT 84074
Preparer
Steven Moore
Phone
4358438877
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

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Grants and simular amounts paid

Part 1 Line 1

Educaction (tuition, uniforms, text books and test fees 3 girls $559

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Food and shelter (indigent tibetan elders) $600

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Cultural support (sharmans ancient healing) $2,000

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Misc (tibetan translator and driver for magar liaison) $417

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Humanitarian work on navajo reservation $3,933

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Providing medical & eye care $409

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

COVID-19 RELIEF $1,872

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HUMANITARIAN WORK $2153

Part 1 Line 10 Continued

Documentary film project $5,041

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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
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