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INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL

INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,425 to it, the largest being LANNAN FOUNDATION ($377,270). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$259k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$980k
Net assets
$6.1M
5/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council does

Mission

To promote and preserve the traditional practice of native american religious and cultural activities within the sinkyone wilderness area in a way which is in conformance with native american traditional ecological systems and uses, to teach native americans traditional way of life, to preserve this area for traditional hunting, fishing and gathering.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Advance traditional land stewardship and education: hold 14 board meetings; develop multi-year funding; develop new executive director position; meet with tribal leaders in utah for land protection summit; make presentations on environmental topics; update website content.

    $89,114 spent
  2. Develop conceptual outline for tribal guardians program: outline project goals and conduct initial research for the development of an intertribal guardians program, to be further researched and developed by the council in 2025 and beyond.

    $75,000 spent
  3. Develop and engage in land protection initiative: develop cultural land protection initiative for 4,500 acres; facilitate in multi-tribe engagement convened and hosted by the council; develop initiative documents; conduct outreach and engagement; conduct 8 planning meetings and 4 land visits.

    $51,275 spent
  4. Protect culturally important ecosystems and species: hold and steward 4,531 acres devoted to permanent protection of native species, ecosystems and biocultural values. Initiate new land return and protection initiative on 250 acres and conduct initial land visit.

    $40,000 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($228k) Expenses 100 ($208k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2020 Revenue 63 ($144k) Expenses 85 ($178k) Net assets 107 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 1856 ($4.2M) Expenses 81 ($169k) Net assets 323 ($6.1M)2022 Revenue 64 ($146k) Expenses 70 ($146k) Net assets 323 ($6.1M)2023 Revenue 82 ($187k) Expenses 88 ($184k) Net assets 323 ($6.1M)2024 Revenue 113 ($259k) Expenses 125 ($261k) Net assets 324 ($6.1M)
201720202021202220232024
Revenue (113)Expenses (125)Net assets (324)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $6.2M (+192%).

$2.0M
$2.1M
$6.2M
$6.3M
$6.6M
$6.6M
201720202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

201720202021202220232024
Listed141513131314
Joined··+0+2+1+2
No longer listed··2211
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $176k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$327k
funders
1
2
3
3
2
1

From the IRS filings of INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL’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

INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

33% 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 INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL.

38%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 79% · 2023 57% — 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

61% of INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.

MN
CA
NM

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL?
INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,425 to it, the largest being LANNAN FOUNDATION ($377,270). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $980,425 in grants to INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL?
LANNAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $377,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE WILDERNESS COUNCIL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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