2025-11-14T13:38:32-08:00 2024-12-31 743017243 CFM 1933 S HOLLAND ST LAKEWOOD CO 80227 990 2024-01-01 364612758 Four Winds American Indian Council FOUR 3038936890 215 W 5th Avenue Denver CO 80209 Sky Roosevelt-Morris Executive Direc 2025-11-14 true true James Yureskes P00122561 3039871091 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sky Roosevelt-Morris 215 W 5th Avenue Denver CO 80209 165663 false X N/A X 2006 CO 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 0 2 0 275732 163009 0 85 86 5039 2568 280856 165663 95319 4000 0 118216 75763 0 0 63182 103261 276717 183024 4139 -17361 1294956 1277900 693 1294956 1277207 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 false false 96506 Four Winds American Indian Council has developed a survival supply program for unhoused relatives in the Denver metro area. Houselessness plagues indigenous Peoples across the United States at a rate larger than any other group per capita.There are large numbers of unhoused Native relatives in relocation cities, which Denver is a part of. Four Winds American Indian Council orders essential supplies like sleeping bags, tents,heaters, tarps,gloves, hats, MREs and backpacks to help relatives who live outside, specifically during the winter months, and distributes them to individuals. We have also a request form that unhoused folks can fill out and submit themselves. Four winds keeps 25-30 survival packs to distribute to unhoused community members.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.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 96506 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 2 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 0 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false X The Organization 3038936890 215 W 5th Avenue Denver CO 80209 Sky Roosevelt-Morris Exec Dir Chair 40.00 0.00 X X 48000 0 0 Mateo Parsons Council member 40.00 0.00 X X 21846 0 0 Nita Gonzales Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jessica Romero Council member 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Glenn Morris Council member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Red Fawn Janis Council member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 69846 0 false false false 0 163009 163009 0 86 86 0 0 2568 2568 2568 2568 0 0 0 0 0 165663 2568 86 4000 4000 0 0 0 69846 35846 34000 0 0 0 0 5917 2903 3014 0 0 6581 6581 0 0 0 0 0 2607 939 1668 8315 8315 0 39384 22843 16541 0 0 0 0 0 0 13105 13105 Direct Assistance 15346 15346 Contract services 9717 7100 2617 Advocacy 5908 5908 Program Supplies 942 942 1356 679 677 183024 96506 86518 0 263969 246827 29747 29833 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1001240 1001240 1001240 0 0 0 0 0 1294956 1277900 693 0 693 X 1294956 1277207 1294956 1277207 1294956 1277900 X -17361 -388 X false false false X 80712 84151 158880 150732 163009 637484 0 0 80712 84151 158880 150732 163009 637484 196980 440504 1357 4531 2304 2656 2654 13502 0 0 650986 0.67670 0.76837 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 168793 168793 794320 794320 8340 8340 29787 29787 1001240 693 693 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Sky Roosevelt and GlenMorris Family relationship Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A copy of the 990 Draft is distributed to the Board after review by the Executive Director and tax preparer. Any questions the Board may have are answered before the 990 is transmitted to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents are available on request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Misc = -$388