California · Nonprofit
Braided Wisdom Inc
Braided Wisdom Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,500 to it, the largest being IMPACTASSETSINC ($840,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $701k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $869k
- Net assets
- $547k
What Braided Wisdom Inc does
Mission
Empowering diverse communities by fostering transformational change through integrating indigenous wisdom teachings and cross-cultural mindfulness practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Original Medicine Programs: Original Medicine Yearlong is a psycho-spiritual cross-cultural mindfulness approach to healing and development. The contemplative teachings weave together Indigenous wisdom, mindfulness, and earth-based practices. This program teaches students how to work with the four seasons as tools of self-awareness, to learn the process of tracking one's own changes, and to connect to one's own natural phenomena as a human being. Original Medicine 4-Part Series is a platform for Indigenous elders, teachers, and healers from all four corners of the world to come and share their wisdom. Original Medicine Community Healing Council cultivates the collective practice of listening, witnessing, and holding space for the whole as we heal ourselves by acknowledging what needs to be healed. We work with the seasons, elements, and nature as direct mirrors for the healing process.
$105,956 spentof which $1,260 as grants$17,812 earned by the program46% of program spendingOriginal Medicine Earth-Based Intensive Immersion Retreat, is a 6-night in-person land experience braiding together the teachings of the Buddha and Indigenous wisdom co-creates a foundation of truth, trust, and love. During this intensive retreat we will work with the four directions and seasons as we explore ways of coming into the core of who we are, our own Original Medicine, and enhance our personal growth and purpose with nature as our teacher. Held by the magic of the Redwood Forest, we will learn and experience contemplative practices that include mindfulness meditation, earth walks, and embodied mindfulness movement.
$68,227 spentof which $4,435 as grants$21,990 earned by the program30% of program spendingOriginal Medicine Earth-Based Community Gathering: Land-based gathering at sacred ceremonial Indigenous land in Lake County, CA to learn earth-based practices and cross-cultural ceremony. The contemplative teachings weave together Indigenous wisdom, mindfulness, and earth-based practices. Braided Wisdom intentionally structures mindfulness meditation and contemplative practice into every program. As a cross-cultural mindfulness organization, its part of our foundation to create a culture of practice where meditation and contemplative tools are integrated into how we hold space and engage our community members. We share alternative practices and meditation postures to ensure accessibility for those with limited ability or mobility. All levels of meditation experience is welcome.
$22,048 spent$5,864 earned by the program10% of program spendingOriginal Medicine In-Depth Program: The Original Medicine In-Depth Program is a psycho-spiritual cross-cultural mindfulness approach to healing and personal development. The contemplative teachings weave together Indigenous wisdom, mindfulness, and earth-based practices. This deeper level program teaches participants how to work with the four seasons as tools of self-awareness to learn the process of tracking ones own changes, working with the false-self system and to connect to ones own natural phenomena as a human being. This offering provides guidance and a deeper understanding of the teachings. Together, we will explore how to embody these teachings in everyday life with authenticity and gratitude, fostering a profound sense of harmony within yourself and with the world around you. The teachings of the Buddha and Indigenous wisdom build this foundation of truth, trust, and love.
$19,654 spentof which $1,035 as grants$8,935 earned by the program9% of program spendingStory Questing: The Story Medicine process is an 8-session, monthly program that is aimed at helping people discover the wisdom and relevance of stories in their lives today in order to activate growth and healing. The program utilizes a range of experiential processes, including embodied mindfulness, expressive arts, writing, and active imagination journeys. Participants are encouraged to engage with the stories in a personal and reflective manner, to gain insights and understanding that can be applied to their current life situations and the world.
$12,672 spentof which $1,920 as grants$7,498 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $228,557.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $264k to $550k (+109%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
90% of Braided Wisdom Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Carol Cano
CEO & Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $178k → $209k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Braided Wisdom Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Braided Wisdom Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Braided Wisdom Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of Braided Wisdom Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $29k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $840k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Braided Wisdom Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Braided Wisdom Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Braided Wisdom Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Braided Wisdom Inc?
- Braided Wisdom Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,500 to it, the largest being IMPACTASSETSINC ($840,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Braided Wisdom Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $868,500 in grants to Braided Wisdom Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Braided Wisdom Inc?
- IMPACTASSETSINC is the largest funder on record, with $840,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Braided Wisdom Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing