NonprofitsLiving Tongues Institute For Endangered Languages

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Living Tongues Institute For Endangered Languages

SALEM, OR

Total revenue

$286K

Total expenses

$253K

Net assets

$340K

Grants received

$551K

12 grants

EIN

412183857

Tax year

2023

Mission

Promotion of living linguistic diversity globally through the documentation, maintenance, preservation, and revitalization of endangered languages and the creation of indigenous language pedagogical materials.

Programs

3 programs

Documentation of the sora language of india. Product deliverables include academic papers, a large grammar, a large bilingual sora-english dictionary and an annotated text collection of sora stories translated and glossed in english. Project supported by national science foundation/linguistics grant bcs 1844532 "sora typological characteristics: towards a re-evaluation of south asian human history".

Expenses: $26KGrants: $6K

Documentation and analysis of seven munda languages and development of the munda virtual archive. National endowment for the humanities/dli-del grant pd 281083-21. Project deliverables include published studies of the details of these for each language and a comparative searchable web-based database and website that permits users to access text, audio and video data about all of these languages and the communities that use them.

Expenses: $22K

Other program services ---------------------- 1) living dictionaries: an online resource for language activists and scholars to assist learning of languages globally. 2) paraguay program: a documentation of orally transmitted information about birds and the environment of the yshir (chamacoco) tribe of norhtern paraguay. 3) ki-afrika program: a documentation of onomataopeia, interjections, and conative animal calls across multiple languages in sub-saharan africa. 4) cameroon program: documentation of the babanki (kejom) language and creation of children's reading materials.

Expenses: $117KGrants: $52K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$286K
Program service revenue
Investment income$24
Other revenue$299
Total revenue$286K

Expenses

Grants paid$87K
Salaries & benefits$29K
Fundraising
Other expenses$136K
Total expenses$253K
Total assets$340K
Net assets$340K

People

4 listed

NameRoleCompensation

GREGORY DS ANDERSON

PRESIDENT

Board

$31K

10 hrs/wk

JONATHAN M ANDERSON

TREASURER

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JEFFERY WILLS

VICE PRESIDE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

BIKRAM JORA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 12 of 12

FromAmountPurposeYear
$20K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2024
$47K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$9K
FOR GREG ANDERSON'S NOBLE EFFORTS!
2023
$51K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$65K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$65K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$100K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$70K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$16K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$43K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$551K from 5 funders · 12 grants · 2017–2024

Details

EIN412183857
NTEE codeA70
Subsection03
Ruling date2006-10
Formed2005
Employees0
Volunteers15
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