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.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
7 listed
Rose High Bear
Founder and Project Director
$84K
40 hrs/wk
Duane Medicine Crow
Board Chairman
—
1 hrs/wk
Janice Cockrell
Treasurer
—
2 hrs/wk
Wohpe Twofeathers
Corresponding Secretary
—
2 hrs/wk
Barb Kimimela Newcomb
Recording Secretary
—
1 hrs/wk
Max Defender
Board Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Roxanna Jensen
Board Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
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$375K from 7 funders · 9 grants · 2021–2024
$185K · 2 grants · 2021–2023
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$15K · 1 grant · 2024