Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

White Earth Investment Initiative

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Community Improvement, Capacity Building / Economic Development (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$2.16M (2022)

Expenses
$770k (2022)

Total Assets
$11.7M (2022)

Total Liabilities
$3.65M (2022)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2022

Tax Filings and Audits by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Audits are required to be submitted by nonprofit organizations that spend $750,000 or more in federal grant money in a fiscal year. "Single audits" look at the entire organization's finances and compliance, while other audits are program specific. Nonprofit Explorer has PDFs of audits for some nonprofits for fiscal year 2015 and later. Audit data is from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

No Extracted Financial Data

Form 990 documents are not available for this tax period, but audit documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,160,272
Expenses
$769,602
Net Income
$1,390,670
Net Assets
$8,008,702
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,834,655
84.9%
Program Services $321,962
14.9%
Investment Income $1,686
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,969
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $14,400
1.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $253,136
32.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $11,663,427
Total Liabilities $3,654,725
Net Assets $8,008,702
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $3,200 $0 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $3,000 $0 $0
Jessica Tolifson (Director) $3,000 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $2,400 $0 $0
Julia Nelmark (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $331,309 $60,750

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$842,753
Expenses
$463,287
Net Income
$379,466
Net Assets
$6,618,032
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $561,578
66.6%
Program Services $275,725
32.7%
Investment Income $793
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,657
0.6%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $10,600
2.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $237,453
51.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,990,107
Total Liabilities $3,372,075
Net Assets $6,618,032
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $2,800 $0 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $2,600 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $2,600 $0 $0
Jessica Tolifson (Director) $2,600 $0 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $114,020 $5,900
Julia Nelmark (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $302,932 $66,445

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,579,743
Expenses
$376,624
Net Income
$1,203,119
Net Assets
$6,238,566
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,298,469
82.2%
Program Services $280,538
17.8%
Investment Income $614
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $122
0.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $7,250
1.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $171,198
45.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,790,454
Total Liabilities $2,551,888
Net Assets $6,238,566
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $2,000 $0 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,750 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,750 $5,250 $0
Jessica Tolifson (Director) $1,750 $0 $0
Julia Nelmark (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $372,533 $52,358
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $258,744 $36,761

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$659,195
Expenses
$442,023
Net Income
$217,172
Net Assets
$5,035,447
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $371,650
56.4%
Program Services $275,406
41.8%
Investment Income $11,920
1.8%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $219
0.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $4,500
1.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $162,281
36.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,381,439
Total Liabilities $2,345,992
Net Assets $5,035,447
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,250 $3,500 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,250 $0 $0
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,250 $0 $0
Jessica Tolifson (Director) $750 $0 $0
Julia Nelmark (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $272,469 $38,310
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $260,037 $29,005

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$505,478
Expenses
$461,074
Net Income
$44,404
Net Assets
$4,818,275
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $220,343
43.6%
Program Services $277,130
54.8%
Investment Income $6,464
1.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,541
0.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $5,750
1.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $137,320
29.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $6,185,211
Total Liabilities $1,366,936
Net Assets $4,818,275
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,750 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,750 $3,750 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,500 $0 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $750 $0 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $198,565 $25,730
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $262,441 $40,844

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$567,935
Expenses
$313,126
Net Income
$254,809
Net Assets
$4,773,871
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $312,088
55.0%
Program Services $245,902
43.3%
Investment Income $6,661
1.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,284
0.6%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $6,250
2.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $140,168
44.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $5,804,882
Total Liabilities $1,031,011
Net Assets $4,773,871
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Doug Fabre (Director) $2,000 $0 $0
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,750 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,500 $3,000 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $1,000 $0 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $205,004 $21,053
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $344,056 $26,000

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$880,938
Expenses
$275,458
Net Income
$605,480
Net Assets
$4,519,062
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $688,515
78.2%
Program Services $188,782
21.4%
Investment Income $3,074
0.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $567
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $5,750
2.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $118,416
43.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $5,772,996
Total Liabilities $1,253,934
Net Assets $4,519,062
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,500 $0 $0
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,500 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,500 $3,000 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $1,250 $3,000 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $205,004 $18,863
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $344,056 $26,000

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$408,205
Expenses
$239,364
Net Income
$168,841
Net Assets
$3,913,582
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $214,972
52.7%
Program Services $187,823
46.0%
Investment Income $2,322
0.6%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,088
0.8%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $4,750
2.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $100,255
41.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,897,107
Total Liabilities $983,525
Net Assets $3,913,582
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,500 $0 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,250 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,250 $3,000 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $750 $3,000 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $272,996 $15,719
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $300,000 $50,000

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$708,824
Expenses
$276,382
Net Income
$432,442
Net Assets
$3,744,741
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $560,000
79.0%
Program Services $145,006
20.5%
Investment Income $1,815
0.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $2,003
0.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $5,750
2.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $127,108
46.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,750,893
Total Liabilities $1,006,152
Net Assets $3,744,741
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Doug Fabre (Director) $1,500 $0 $0
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,500 $0 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,500 $4,250 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $1,250 $3,000 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $298,996 $13,500
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $281,441 $50,000

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$369,262
Expenses
$197,347
Net Income
$171,915
Net Assets
$3,312,299
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $207,458
56.2%
Program Services $160,391
43.4%
Investment Income $1,021
0.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $392
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $3,900
2.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $86,145
43.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,361,474
Total Liabilities $1,049,175
Net Assets $3,312,299
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Dean Johnson (Secretary) $1,150 $0 $0
Joan Lavoy (Director) $1,000 $2,500 $0
Dan Stevens (Director) $1,000 $3,350 $0
Doug Fabre (Director) $750 $0 $0
Arlen Kangas (Board Chairman) $0 $366,085 $58,714
Kevin Shipley (Chief Executive Officer) $0 $264,266 $42,484

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,646,177
Expenses
$210,941
Net Income
$1,435,236
Net Assets
$3,140,384
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,498,455
91.0%
Program Services $142,100
8.6%
Investment Income $928
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $4,694
0.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $3,150
1.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $45,515
21.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,392,516
Total Liabilities $1,252,132
Net Assets $3,140,384

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$600,380
Expenses
$243,138
Net Income
$357,242
Net Assets
$1,705,148
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $460,303
76.7%
Program Services $138,447
23.1%
Investment Income $1,105
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $525
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $1,500
0.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $45,202
18.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,970,196
Total Liabilities $1,265,048
Net Assets $1,705,148

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending March
2004

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »