California · Nonprofit
FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC
FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,700 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $373k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $76k
- Net assets
- $408k
What Four Winds of Indian Education Inc does
Mission
To serve as an education resource for american indians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provide cultural knowledge and skills to native students and families with focused wellness, academic and school success support services to k-12 age students and college and career readiness support to high school students and adults.
$347,297 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $347,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $161k to $332k (+107%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 81% · 2018 89% · 2019 88% · 2020 95% · 2021 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% · 2024 68% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Melissa Noel-Vermillion
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $21k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION 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
FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 52% — 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
100% of FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Education$1.9M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION 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 FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC?
- FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,700 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $75,700 in grants to FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION INC?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUR WINDS OF INDIAN EDUCATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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