Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC (Minnesota) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,167,331 to it, the largest being The Kendeda Fund ($9,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What The National Native American Boarding Sc does
Mission
To lead in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the u.s. Indian boarding school policy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Oral history project - in a cooperative agreement with the department of the interior, nabs continues its historic oral history project (ohp) to give boarding school survivors from around the country the opportunity to speak their truth about boarding school experiences and impacts for the first permanent collection of oral histories that will be publicly accessible. The multi-year project is led by the ohp team along with sky bear media as they travel to over twenty states to meet and interview boarding school survivors. Seven week-long site visits were completed during the fiscal year, including trips to new york, michigan, hawaii, kansas, nevada, wisconsin, and south dakota. As of september 2025, 263 oral history interviews have been completed with boarding school survivors since the beginning of the project.at each site visit, the ohp team engages the relatives of the homeland in leading ceremonies, advising on cultural traditions, and guiding healing support for each site visit. An opening ceremony was held at each site visit which engaged 398 guests and a closing ceremony concluded each week that engaged 447 guests. Many have conveyed the importance of documenting these…
$1,737,982 spent43% of program spendingHealing - nabs work is unique in that it is anchored in traditional indigenous ways of knowing and being, while complemented with contemporary resources to assist native peoples to heal from intergenerational trauma. Every aspect of the process has been developed to honor and respect all participants, foster collaboration at multiple levels, centrally position reciprocity, and to cultivate kinship relationships. Online virtual healing circles were held monthly facilitated by one member of the healing team along with two native licensed therapists. An average of 20 boarding school survivors from various tribal nations across the u.s. Participated in the virtual circles. The feedback from participants has been that they want to keep the circle going because it has helped them to feel connected, understood and hopeful. Nabs established healing informed resources for self-care & trauma now available on the website and shared with participants.this year also focused on developing more safe spaces for boarding school survivors and descendants to explore culture and artistic expression. With the support from the national endowment for the arts (nea), the healing team was able to work…
$718,966 spentof which $64,207 as grants$9,063 earned by the program18% of program spendingDigital archives - the digital archives team continues to expand the national indian boarding school digital archives (nibsda); an indigenous-governed platform designed to digitize, preserve, and share boarding school records and survivor testimonies. Nibsda addresses the national fragmentation of archival materials and re-centers control in the hands of native communities. The digital archives team maintained a high level of momentum in building nibsda this past year with over 100,000 pages of records scanned and preserved.the indigenous digital archives previously maintained by the museum of indian arts and culture in new mexico has been successfully transferred to nabs, preserving and expanding access to materials centered on the southwest region of the united states, particularly records related to federal and church-operated indian boarding schools, indian agencies, and tribal land governance. The digital archives team supported a significant research trip to marquette university that brought together oglala sioux tribal members, mapya lta representatives, and community advisors to engage directly with archival collections documenting holy rosary mission and red cloud indian…
$674,724 spentof which $3,000 as grants$3,750 earned by the program17% of program spendingAdvocacy - in the current political climate, nabs has continued to lead the call to action advocating for a truth and healing commission on indian boarding school policies, to: 1) formerly investigate, document, and report on the histories of indian boarding schools, indian boarding school policies, and the systematic and long-term effects on native american peoples, 2) to develop recommendations for federal action based on the findings of the commission, and 3) to promote healing for survivors of indian boarding schools, the descendants of those survivors, and the communities of those survivors.nabs continued to build a broad coalition, growing to 1,815 individuals and 74 tribes and ally organizations to engage in advocacy efforts. Of the total individuals, 64% are tribal enrolled citizens.in support of the truth and healing commission on indian boarding school policies act, nabs has garnered the endorsement of 52 tribes and organizations, and has received support through 76 resolutions and petitions from international, national, and regional organizations, tribes, churches, tribal colleges, and cities. Additionally, the advocacy team's take action campaign saw significant…
$580,486 spent$9,697 earned by the program14% of program spendingEducation - nabs research and education team continued to advance our mission through collaboration, research, the development of educational resources for public accessibility, and presentations across the u.s. During the year, nabs online resource database has welcomed 8,182 visitors, reflecting strong and growing engagement. The database has drawn 122,487 visitors since its release in 2020.as people seek to understand the horrific history of indian boarding schools, the research and education team is diligently preparing written narratives for each known boarding school. The team completed and finalized 10 new narratives this year, bringing the total to 282 finalized narratives out of 526 identified boarding school institutions. The team hosted a research webinar on april 29th titled "a difficult story: understanding indian boarding schools in michigan" by eric hemenway, which drew more than 250 participants nationwide. Contributing to oral history preservation, the research and education team conducted six interviews with boarding school survivors connected to minnesota. The project, modeled after nabs oral history project, contributes to the "understand native minnesota"…
$303,584 spentof which $1,200 as grants$36,400 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,015,742.
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 2019 to 2020, from $88k to $9.7M (+10930%).
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: 2018 0% · 2023 8% · 2024 59% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% 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.
Chief executive
Deborah Parker
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 15 funders, grant income rose $125k → $5.0M.
14 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 61% · 2020 62% · 2021 87% · 2022 65% · 2023 90% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $927k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.6M on record.
- Department of the Interior$5.7M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$521k
- National Endowment for the Arts$150k
- National Archives and Records Administration$149k
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 THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC: 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 THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC?
- THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC (Minnesota) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,167,331 to it, the largest being The Kendeda Fund ($9,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $13,167,331 in grants to THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC?
- The Kendeda Fund is the largest funder on record, with $9,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 35 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