2024-05-07T13:50:28-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 364612758 FOUR WINDS AMERICAN INDIAN COUNCIL FOUR 3038936890 PO Box 9714 Denver CO 80209 Mateo Parsons Co-Executive Director 3038936890 2024-05-07 Mateo Parsons 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Mateo Parsons PO Box 9714 Denver CO 80209 280856 0 X www.fwaic.org X 2010 CO As an organization and family, Four Winds American Indian Council works for the physical, spiritual, political, community, economic, and social liberation of all Indigenous peoples and lands through community support, political education, grassroots organizing, and advocacy. 6 4 2 4 0 0 158880 275732 0 0 40 85 2264 5039 161184 280856 66333 95319 0 0 50777 118216 0 0 13500 47080 63182 164190 276717 -3006 4139 1290817 1294956 0 0 1290817 1294956 Four Winds American Indian Council, as an organization and family, works for the physical, spiritual, political, community, economic, and social liberation of all Indigenous Peoples and lands through community support, political education, grassroots organizing, and advocacy. 0 0 0 0 0 The Indigenous Permaculture Garden Project at Four Winds started in February 2015 and weaves innovative science and traditional ecological knowledge from diverse First Nations peoples to encourage healthier life ways for our Seven Generations to come. Our garden regularly provides fresh vegetables for the community food bank, garden volunteers, as well as youth and elders programs. 19577 2571 Four Winds nurtures the community in various and powerful ways, particularly by providing a low-barrier space for community organizations and programs to operate. Lakota Way Healing Center, a Four Winds community partner, uses the building to provide cultural, arts, and healing programs. Lakota Way Healing Center serves urban Native American men, women, and children to find support, re-discover lost cultural connections, and begin to heal from addictions. 181666 57103 0 Four Winds American Indian Council is an American Indian "liberated zone" located in the heart of Denver, Colorado in the original territories of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Ute Nations. By "liberated zone" we mean that Four Winds is a facility where Indigenous Peoples are free to use the buildings for Native empowerment. Four Winds is one place in Denver where Native people can speak their languages, participate in their ceremonies, honor the lives of passed loved ones, strategize and organize for their liberation, and rebuild an empowered community. To us, a "liberated zone" is much more than a physical place, it is a philosophy. As such, we have several means of supporting our community in addition to our work to educate and spiritually enrich our community. This support takes the form of direct and indirect financial assistance with funeral expenses and the cost of travel back to reservation communities when funerals or ceremonies take place there, or when unexpected hardship strikes a family or individual in our community. We also recognize that our work for liberation is intimately braided with the liberation of our Indigenous nations themselves, so we often transport and distribute donations of toys, clothing and other goods to children and families living in reservation communities during the holidays. As part of our liberated zone, we also make supplies available for unsheltered Native Americans living on Denver's streets and have, at times, provided safe haven camping space or allowed people to stay on our property overnight. We call this our Homeless Survival Program internally and with partners, but it is a small service that makes up a piece of the larger work of cultivating a liberated zone for our community. 0 0 0 201243 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Nita Gonzales 3038936890 PO Box 9714 Denver CO 80209 Mateo Parsons Co-Executive Director 40 X X X 60000 0 0 Sky Roosevelt-Morris Co-Executive Director & Chair 40 0 X X X 48000 0 0 Nita Gonzales Treasurer 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Jessica Romero Secretary 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Glenn Morris Council Member (Director) 5 0 X 0 0 0 Red Fawn Janis Council Member (Director) 5 0 X 0 0 0 108000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275732 0 275732 0 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2571 0 0 0 2571 0 2571 2571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2468 2468 0 0 2468 280856 5124 0 0 9550 9550 85769 85769 0 0 0 0 108000 81000 13500 13500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1296 0 1296 0 8920 0 8920 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9135 3250 5885 0 13905 0 13905 0 0 0 0 0 19699 11437 8262 0 193 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 9645 9645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10206 0 10206 0 Sweat lodge supplies for Buena Vista Men's Prison 399 399 0 0 276717 201243 61974 13500 259915 263969 29662 29747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1001240 0 1001240 1001240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1290817 1294956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 1001240 1001240 289577 293716 1290817 1294956 1290817 1294956 4139 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 34246 80712 84151 158880 150732 508721 34246 80712 84151 158880 150732 508721 100000 408721 24 32 31 40 85 212 12340 1325 4500 2264 2571 23000 0 0 0 0 0 0 531933 0.76837 0.66686 X 0 168793 168793 0 794320 0 794320 0 8340 0 8340 0 29787 0 29787 0 0 0 0 1001240 1 Tall Bull Memorial Council Inc 11300 S COLORADO Boulevard Littleton CO 80126 841059423 9500 Fiscal Sponsorship passthrough 0 1 Food, Shelter, Camping Gear, and Hotel Stays to Poor, Homeless, or otherwise disadvantaged AI/AN 94 38216 Cost at time of purchase Camping gear, food/groceries, clothes, motel stays. Direct Cash Assistance to Poor, Homeless, or otherwise Disadvantaged AI/AN 15 45353 Direct Cash Assistance granted in monthly disbursements of $250, managed using a central platform that allows for spending and use restrictions consistent with our charitable purpose. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Four Winds American Indian Council distributes direct cash assistance to homeless and indigent AI/AN individuals in our community to augment public SNAP benefits and assist with the costs of laundry. It is also granted for medical costs, or funerary/ceremonial travel costs in limited, emergency circumstances. In order to receive this cash assistance, an individual must establish a direct service/case management relationship with our organization. Through this direct relationship and collaborative relationships with other service providers for continuity of care, we are afforded access to the necessary information to verify the individual's eligibility for this assistance. This assistance is distributed via reloadable, prepaid debit cards issued through our partnership with GiveCard, a financial services and card issuing platform that partners with nonprofits for these purposes. Through the GiveCard platform, we are able to set spending and use restrictions on every card in our program through the use of MCC Codes, and see all transaction data for each card. These features enable us to proactively prevent the funds from being used in a manner that is inconsistent with our mission or the law, by preventing the funds from being diverted via cash withdrawals or online P2P payment apps, or being used at several merchant types that are inconsistent with our mission, such as liquor stores. Schedule I, Part III Part III, Columb (b): In Line 1, the number of recipients (94) was derived from our base client list of 15 individuals, in addition to supply purchasing frequency (one survival supply kit per individual). Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Sky Roosevelt-Morris and Glenn Morris -- Family relationship Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Board members work with the Co-Executive Directors and Board Chair to provide information for completion of the Form 990. It is then reviewed by all board members for approval prior to filing the return. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.