NonprofitsWisdom Of The Elderberry Farm

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Wisdom Of The Elderberry Farm

SALEM, OR

Total revenue

$900K

Total expenses

$375K

Net assets

$704K

Grants received

$375K

9 grants

EIN

841861088

Tax year

2024

Mission

Elderberry Wisdom Farm provides conservation career pathways for Native Americans and other economically challenged interns seeking workforce development opportunities in habitat restoration, native plant nursery development, urban forestry and micro-enterprise development. Our training and mentoring services integrates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) principles and practices with collaborative partners' restoration practices.

Programs

1 program

The biography of Martin Rufus High Bear, the late Lakota spiritual leader and medicine man, is being published and was released in 2024. The title is: Martin High Bear: The Seven Commandments of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Maiden (1919-1995). Editor Rose High Bear worked off and on for three decades to complete this obligation after the Spirit World advised her in 1988 that she would be writing the book of Martin's life and that it would "have an impact on the peoples of the world." This biography features High Bear's family lineage, tribal history, and rich cultural values of Martin's ancestors. Several chapters feature the three spiritual lives Martin lived during his lifetime. It continues with the introduction of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Woman and Martin's vision of the seven commandments of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Woman. The closing chapters detail his journey to see Miracle, the white buffalo calf that was born in Janesville, Wisconsin which represents fulfillment of prophecy, and events leading up to his passing in 1995.

Expenses: $862

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$762K
Program service revenue$134K
Investment income$3K
Other revenue
Total revenue$900K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$191K
Fundraising$6K
Other expenses$184K
Total expenses$375K
Total assets$709K
Net assets$704K

People

7 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Rose High Bear

Founder and Project Director

Board

$84K

40 hrs/wk

Duane Medicine Crow

Board Chairman

Board

1 hrs/wk

Janice Cockrell

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

Wohpe Twofeathers

Corresponding Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

Barb Kimimela Newcomb

Recording Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Max Defender

Board Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Roxanna Jensen

Board Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 9 of 9

FromAmountPurposeYear
$50K
General operating support
2024
$20K
Economic Development
2024
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$95K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
Food Sovereignty grant
2023
$15K
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN CULTURALLY-TAILORED, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ADULTS IN GRAND RONDE, SILETZ, AND WARM SPRINGS RESERVATIONS AND MARION AND YAMHILL COUNTIES
2023
$50K
NATIVE YOUTH JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION
2022
$90K
To train Native American and BIPOC students in traditional ecological knowledge to restore sacred landscapes in the Mid-Willamette Valley
2021
$20K
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN CULTURALLY-TAILORED, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ADULTS IN GRAND RONDE, SILETZ, AND WARM SPRINGS RESERVATIONS AND MARION AND YAMHILL COUNTIES
2021

Funded by

$375K from 7 funders · 9 grants · 2021–2024

Meyer Memorial Trust

$185K · 2 grants · 2021–2023

Newman's Own Foundation

$50K · 1 grant · 2022

The Collins Foundation

$35K · 2 grants · 2021–2023

The Oregon Community Foundation

$20K · 1 grant · 2024

Na'ah Illahee Fund

$20K · 1 grant · 2023

Charlotte Y Martin Foundation-Ima

$15K · 1 grant · 2024

Details

EIN841861088
NTEE codeS32
Subsection03
Ruling date2019-06
Formed2019
Employees15
Volunteers21
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