Center Pole

EIN: 208780215 501(c)(3) Human Services

Garryowen, MT

Total Revenue
$1,502,365
Total Expenses
$1,460,127
Total Assets
$320,963
Net Assets
$294,986
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2012
Legal Domicile
MT
Principal Officer
Peggy Wellknown Buffalo
Phone
4066382821
Tax Period
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

Center Pole, founded in 2012, is a community nonprofit in the Human Services sector that reported $1.5M in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue fell 48% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring.

Mission

Center Pole's mission is to build knowledge, justice, opportunity, prosperity, and sovereignty in Native communities, while preserving and protectingindigenous knowledge and ways.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $854,690

Food Sovereignty/Healthy Food Systems/Sustainability:Establishment of a healthy foods hub allowing greater food access in the ruralreservation "food desert." The hub includes a food bank, a healthy...

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Food Sovereignty/Healthy Food Systems/Sustainability:Establishment of a healthy foods hub allowing greater food access in the ruralreservation "food desert." The hub includes a food bank, a healthy foods cafe, and a food distribution project delivering about 400,000 pounds of food a year to two impoverished reservations and surrounding isolated communities as well as making deliveries to those without transportation; a program that serves the specialized needs of elders while involving them in the process through sharing their wisdom and their knowledge of traditional foods and lifeways, and an educational program that promotes healthy lifestyles and teaches nutrition, natural farming, hunting, gathering wild plants and medicines and the preparation of traditional foods. A land-based Indigenous Learning Center is in the process of development to be a learning and training center for food sovereignty, traditional land recovery and restoration and the preservation of the biodiversity of Mother Earth.

Program 2
Expenses: $406,000 Revenue: $1,267

Social Enterprise/Workforce Training:Reservation youth, young adults and families are trained in workforce, businessskills and life skills at our social enterprises that include a coffee...

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Social Enterprise/Workforce Training:Reservation youth, young adults and families are trained in workforce, businessskills and life skills at our social enterprises that include a coffee roastingbusiness, a community radio station, a resale shop, a cafe and gift shop andcultural tourism projects. Interns learn about creating non-profit organizations andbusinesses, money management skills and setting personal, educational and careergoals.

Program 3
Expenses: $170,000

Youth Development and Leadership:Youth participate in enrichment activities that include Crow language, history andheritage; wilderness skills; Native skills; Native games; literacy and...

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Youth Development and Leadership:Youth participate in enrichment activities that include Crow language, history andheritage; wilderness skills; Native skills; Native games; literacy and academicenrichment; community radio; life skills, sustainable living and other leadershipactivities. Successful youth participate in educational programs beyond thereservation and are assisted with college and career opportunities. Youth arementored in the Crow cultural way, taught skills to cope with historical trauma, areprovided tools to make change in the communities and learn to be successful in theglobal environment. 3600 reservation youth participated in Center Pole activities.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $1,501,098
Program Service Revenue $1,267
Investment Income $0
Other Revenue $0
TOTAL REVENUE $1,502,365

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $134,185
Fundraising Expenses $1,800
Program Expenses $1,430,690
Other Expenses $1,325,942
TOTAL EXPENSES $1,460,127

Year-over-Year Comparison

2023 2022 Change
Revenue $1,502,365 $2,899,664 -0.5%
Expenses $1,460,127 $3,321,789 -0.6%
Net Income $42,238 $-422,125 -1.1%
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
4
Independent Members
4
Employees
2
Volunteers
276

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
2
$58,500
Total Directors
4
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Peggy Wellknown Buffalo Executive Dir. 65.00
Officer
$58,500 $0 $58,500
Patti Cass Chairman 10.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Reggie Quancello Board Member 5.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Birdie Real Bird Board Member 5.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Jacquelin Stewart Board Member 5.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2024 No data No data No data No data
2023 $1,502,365 $1,460,127 $320,963 $42,238
2022 $2,899,664 $3,321,789 $262,819 $-422,125
2021 $3,272,177 $3,369,352 $677,710 $-97,175
2020 $4,490,322 $3,797,600 $786,247 $692,722
2019 $2,375,701 $2,585,819 $89,533 $-210,118
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