NonprofitsBomazeen Land Trust

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Bomazeen Land Trust

PORTLAND, ME

Total revenue

$298K

Total expenses

$307K

Net assets

$1.0M

Grants received

$544K

17 grants

EIN

853049448

Tax year

2024

Mission

The bomazeen land trust enables direct descendants of the abenaki/wabanaki people to renew and resume their caretaking and stewardship roles for lands and waters with historical, spiritual, and ecological significance to the abenaki/wabanaki people. The bomazeen land trust acquired 200+/- acres of land in greene and starks, me in 2023, expanding some of the organization's protected lands as well as starting new land projects. The organization also hosted several events connecting the abenaki/wabanaki people to the lands through land-based knowledge celebrations, workshops, and programs.

Programs

3 programs

The food sovereignty program saw dozens of volunteers and several community planting days throughout the warm season. The program produced enough corn to hand out free cornmeal to the communities at several community gatherings throughout 2024 and into the spring. Other crops were distributed according to need.

Expenses: $67K

The cultural transmission program brought the community together repeatedly throughout the year including two outdoor workshops, two seasonal ceremonies that brought together different organizations and wabanaki communities, and multiple diplomatic gatherings among community leaders.as a part of our cultural transmission program, we started the ancestral knowledge institute (aki) guardian program was started in 2024. The aki guardian program initiative serves and educates land stewards through intergenerational and intertribal collaboration. Its structure is a combination of peer-to-peer mentorship, elder-youth mentorship, and general workshops/excursions.

Expenses: $36K

Education and outreach program: educational presentations to the wabanaki commission on land and stewardship, educational presentations to the first light learning journey cohort, online education for grantors, participation in for the benefit of the greater public and the wabanaki community, to facilitate better understanding of wabanaki history.

Expenses: $37K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$298K
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue
Total revenue$298K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$196K
Fundraising$12K
Other expenses$111K
Total expenses$307K
Total assets$1.1M
Net assets$1.0M

People

7 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MALI-AGAT OBOMSAWIN

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER

Board

$46K

20 hrs/wk

MONET LEVALLEY-GARCIA

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$45K

27 hrs/wk

LOKOTAH SANBORN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

JUS CREA GIAMMARINO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANN POLLARD-RANCO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TAGWONGO OBOMSAWIN

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

SIKWANI DANA

PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 17 of 17

FromAmountPurposeYear
$73K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2024
$50K
General Operating Support
2024
$20K
To strengthen land trusts throughout Maine with resources necessary to grow and succeed
2024
$16K
General operating support
2024
$10K
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2024
$59K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2023
$50K
General Operating Support
2023
$30K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2023
$16K
General operating support
2023
$12K
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
2023
$75K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$70K
General Operating Support
2022
$20K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$12K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2022
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$20K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$10K
CULTURE & ARTS
2021

Funded by

$544K from 11 funders · 17 grants · 2021–2024

Elmina B Sewall Foundation

$170K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Maine Community Foundation Inc

$144K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Maine Initiativesinc

$75K · 1 grant · 2022

Rsf Social Finance Inc

$40K · 2 grants · 2021–2022

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$32K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

The Nature Conservancy

$30K · 1 grant · 2023

Momentum Conservation

$20K · 1 grant · 2024

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

$12K · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN853049448
NTEE codeA23
Subsection03
Ruling date2021-03
Formed2020
Employees4
Volunteers155
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