Nonprofit · EIN 23-7182593
CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC
Tax-exempt · CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $7,171,019 | $6,987,847 | $183,172 | $17,547,823 | $348,022 | $17,199,801 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $10,495,701 | $8,097,479 | $2,398,222 | $17,269,130 | $260,727 | $17,008,403 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $15,603,751 | $6,118,018 | $9,485,733 | $14,844,908 | $244,831 | $14,600,077 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $6,288,364
- Membership dues
- $41,919
- Program service revenue
- $461,220
- Investment income
- $420,472
- Royalties
- $963
- Other revenue
- $963
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,946,992
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $314,336
- Other salaries and wages
- $541,283
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,047,704
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $35,336
- Occupancy
- $164,745
- Travel
- $722,859
- Program services (functional)
- $5,314,139
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,180,146
- Fundraising (functional)
- $493,562
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $17,269,130
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,547,823
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $348,022
- Net assets, end of year
- $17,199,801
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $15,040,750
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,159,051
- Gross receipts
- $7,171,019
- Employees
- 19
- Volunteers
- 30
- Year formed
- 1972
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN MARK CAMP | DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $127,128 | $18,934 |
| AIMEE ROBERTSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $82,831 | $4,867 |
| KAIMANA BARCARSE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN KING II | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVEN HEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE FRIEDERICHS | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE FINN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA GRAHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN MARKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MRINALINI RAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JANNIE RUEIJE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STELLA TAMANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD GROUNDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS BRIGGS-CLOUD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYLA JUNE JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN MARK CAMP | DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $146,063 | $6,252 |
| GALINA ANGAROVA | EXEC DIRECTOR THRU 2/19/24 Officer | 40 | $49,295 | $2,958 |
| KAIMANA BARCARSE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN KING II | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVEN HEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE FRIEDERICHS | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| VALINE BROWN | DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE FINN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA GRAHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN MARKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MRINALINI RAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JANNIE RUEIJE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STELLA TAMANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD GROUNDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS BRIGGS-CLOUD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYLA JUNE JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALINA ANGAROVA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $153,370 | $12,269 |
| JONATHAN MARK CAMP | DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 24 | $69,889 | $18,870 |
| KAIMANA BARCARSE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN KING II | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVEN HEIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE FRIEDERICHS | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| VALINE BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE FINN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA GRAHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN MARKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MRINALINI RAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JANNIE STAFFANSSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STELLA TAMANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2067 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140-1340
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- AIMEE ROBERSON, 2067 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 208, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140
- Signed the 990
- AIMEE ROBERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (617) 441-5400
- Website
- WWW.CULTURALSURVIVAL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
CULTURAL SURVIVAL ADVOCATES FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND SUPPORTS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES' SELF-DETERMINATION, CULTURES AND POLITICAL RESILIENCE, SINCE 1972.
Program accomplishments
- SPECIAL PROJECTS: GRANTS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES.Expenses $380,860 · grants $235,650
- ADVOCACY: CULTURAL SURVIVAL HAS ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND USES MULTIPLE UN TREATY BODY MECHANISMS TO ADVOCACY FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. CULTURAL SURVIVAL COMPILES ANDSUBMITS REPORTS TO THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM, PARTICIPATES ACTIVELY IN THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THE EXPERTMECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND OTHER TREATY BODIES. CULTURAL SURVIVAL ENGAGES WITH THE INTER AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INTER AMERICAN COURT ON SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS OFINDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS, MOST NOTABLY IN GUATEMALA AND PANAMA.Expenses $731,959 · grants $44,387
- COMMUNITY MEDIA: CULTURAL SURVIVAL MAKES GRANTS TO SMALL RADIO STATIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEDIA THAT BROADCAST IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES. CULTURAL SURVIVAL OFFERS TRAINING IN HOW TO MAINTAIN BROADCAST EQUIPMENT.Expenses $897,246 · grants $608,059
- KEEPERS OF THE EARTH: GRANTS TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FOR SELF MANAGED PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE, LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION, DROUGHT MITIGATION, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND OTHER PROJECTS.Expenses $691,855 · grants $564,500
- CAPACITY BUILDING: CULTURAL SURVIVAL ORGANIZES TRAINING WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY EXCHANGES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES FELLOWSHIPS TO YOUNG INDIVIDUALS ANDGROUPS OF YOUTH WORKING ON COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.Expenses $655,604 · grants $85,000
- THE CULTURAL SURVIVAL BAZAARS ARE A SERIES OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS, ORGANIZED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CULTURAL SURVIVAL, THAT PROVIDE INDIGENOUS ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, COOPERATIVES, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD THE CHANCE TO SELL THEIR WORK DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC.EACH EVENT FEATURES TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, ARTWORK, CLOTHING, JEWELRY, HOME GOODS, AND ACCESSORIES FROM DOZENS OF COUNTRIES.IN ADDITION, THE BAZAARS OFFER CULTURAL PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING LIVE MUSIC, STORYTELLING, CRAFT-MAKING DEMONSTRATIONS, AND THE UNIQUE CHANCE TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH MAKERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.Expenses $1,710,339 · grants $409,396 · revenue $461,220
- INDIGENOUS RIGHTS RADIO: CULTURAL SURVIVAL PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES RADIO PROGRAMS TO INFORM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER LAW AND TREATIES.Expenses $246,276
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7182593
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1972
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R220)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $17,547,823
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,171,019
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $7,171,019 | $6,987,847 | $17,547,823 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $10,495,701 | $8,097,479 | $17,269,130 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $15,603,751 | $6,118,018 | $14,844,908 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $5,061,336 | $2,899,043 | $5,137,762 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7182593).
Questions about CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC
- What is the EIN of CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC is 23-7182593.
- Is CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1972.
- Are donations to CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names AIMEE ROBERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $127,128 (JONATHAN MARK CAMP, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,171,019, expenses of $6,987,847 and total assets of $17,547,823 at year end.
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