Nevada · Nonprofit
TRIBAL MINDS INC
TRIBAL MINDS INC (Nevada) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,616 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $586k
- Net assets
- $107k
What Tribal Minds Inc does
Mission
We, the people of tribal minds, inc., are determined to liberate future generations from the scourge of poverty, disillusionment, and inequities of humanity. We are committed in every way possible to being good relatives and critical thinkers for the betterment of this planet.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We had a mission to serve our communities that suffered greatly from enormous disparities during an existential crisis. We saw a need in the tribal space where a third-party organization could provide an alternative perspective and skillset when needed the most. In our efforts to be kind, considerate, and valuable, we discovered a road full of possibilities and endless opportunities in the winter of uncertainty. As a native-led grassroots nonprofit in nevada, we take a statewide approach to the work. There are 28 federally-recognized tribes and colonies of nevada, all of whom with which we strive to maintain and build healthy working relationships. Tribal minds aims to spark a movement across nevada and within other parts of indian country to challenge the business-as-usual attitudes of other organizations, community spaces, and industry standards. Our organization is supported by its founder, brian bb melendez, along with our board of directors assisted by a network of experienced staff. Through melendez's leadership and experience, tribal minds imagines and creates the organizational capacity for sustainable native-forward initiatives. During our biannual rez tours, we cross…
$92,204 spent100% of program spendingHealthy communication we desire healthy relationships with the people, organizations, entities, and movements that we are energetically, spiritually, and purposefully aligned with. We don't have to work with everyone. We work with others who are similarly dedicated to indigenous futures.
Community-rooted our intention to represent our indigenous roots in spaces where weve yet to be is important to us. Its equally essential for us to be open-minded and open-hearted as we make new relationships, which we seek to bring intentionality to at all times. Vision-driven our goal is to uplift our people and the land. We want to present our communities with opportunities and dreams of better futures. We believe that everyone deserves human dignity, and we want to co-create with those who feel the same way.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $92,204.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 TRIBAL MINDS 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
TRIBAL MINDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% 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
66% 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 TRIBAL MINDS INC.
“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
TRIBAL MINDS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $225k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
TRIBAL MINDS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like TRIBAL MINDS 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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRIBAL MINDS INC?
- TRIBAL MINDS INC (Nevada) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,616 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRIBAL MINDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $585,616 in grants to TRIBAL MINDS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRIBAL MINDS INC?
- NOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRIBAL MINDS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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