California · Nonprofit
MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,452 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($96,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $203k
- Net assets
- $101k
What Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation does
Mission
Founded in 2021, we collaborate with Muwekma tribal members and allies to advance the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe's goals of resilience, cultural revitalization, community education, and efforts for access, ownership, and stewardship of ancestral lands.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Cultural Revitalization: In 2024, MOPF supported Muwekma in appointing Tribal member Joey Torres as Culture Bearer to lead efforts in revitalizing and preserving Muwekma Ohlone cultural traditions, including mentoring and guiding tribal members in traditional practices such as song, dance, and regalia-making. Intertribal Cultural Exchange and Ceremonial Travel Joey participated in ceremonial journeys across Indigenous territories, including Shingle Springs, Nisqually, Round Valley, and Bear Ceremony. These exchanges involved singing, prayer, fishing, and cultural sharing with other tribal communities. Intertribal exchange is vital to Muwekma cultural revitalization. It restores relationships disrupted by colonization, reaffirms tribal presence, and ensures that songs, teachings, and ceremonial protocols are carried forward. Joey's participation strengthens kinship ties and offers youth and families direct access to living culture. To support this work, the Foundation offered travel stipends to tribal members traveling for ceremony, land stewardship, and community events. Reimbursement honored the time, energy, and cultural leadership of those involved. Mexica New Year Co-Hosting…
$41,077 spentof which $25,000 as grants48% of program spendingCommunity Education: The Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation expanded its Community Education Program in 2024 to increase public awareness and understanding of Muwekma history, language, and culture through land acknowledgements, presentations, and tabling at partner events. Program Leadership and Tribal Capacity: Julie Dominguez was appointed Chair of Community Education and recruited Corina Arellano plus three additional tribal members to lead outreach. Together they staffed presentations, land acknowledgements, and tabling across schools, universities, libraries, cultural centers, civic forums, and public events. The Foundation supported in the following ways 1) Provided tribal member stipends to compensate participants for time, travel, and cultural labor. 2) Purchased tabling supplies (table covers, banners, display materials) and printed brochures and handouts for distribution. 3) Managed invoicing, event coordination, scheduling, and follow-up. 4) Supplied briefing notes and event-specific guidance to support presenters and ensure consistent, audience-appropriate messaging. 2024 activity and impact: Formal requests received: 82 Requests completed: 47 Estimated total…
$18,990 spent22% of program spendingLand Access: In 2024, the Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation supported strategic and ceremonial land access efforts across the Bay Area. This included light coordination around potential access to SFPUC lands in the Sunol region, contributing to early-stage planning for future Tribal Village development. We also facilitated cultural access to the Guadalupe River Trail area, enabling Culture Bearer Joseph Iyolopixtli Torres to gather willow branches for Tupentak ceremonial use-an effort deeply tied to cultural revitalization and intergenerational learning. Additionally, we partnered with the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy to support native plant consultation and cultural education, strengthening relationships with local ecological stewards. These activities reflect our commitment to restoring Indigenous presence on ancestral lands through respectful collaboration, cultural continuity, and long-term visioning,
$16,325 spent19% of program spendingOther
$9,725 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,117.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $65k to $225k (+247%).
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.
100% of MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Charlene Nijmeh
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $134k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION’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
MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 72% — 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 MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION?
- MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,452 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($96,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $203,452 in grants to MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION?
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $96,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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