North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
Donations deductibleRevenue
$6.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$8.5m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$7.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
5.6 years on average
Staff
42
3 volunteers
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Heather Leach Secretary
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems' network
7 people1 organisationi7 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicia Ruiz Chair | Board Chair (End 07/2022) | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Heather Leach Secretary Chair | Board Chair (Beg 07/2022) | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dana Thompson Executive | Director (End 12/2022) | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Elizabeth Hoover | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Gerald Sherman | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| John Soshnik | Director (End 04/2023) | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sean Sherman President | Executive Director (Beg 01/2023) | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Dana Thompson | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Sean Sherman | President | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Sherman | President/Executive Director | 40 | $141k | $16k | |
| Heather Leach | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gerald Sherman | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Hoover | Director (left 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Heather Dawn Thompson | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jesse Downs | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Henry Jake Foreman | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Susan Masten | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Shawana | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tara Maudrie | Director (beg 11/2024) | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
- EIN
- 820613944
- Address
- 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407-5449
- State
- Minnesota
- Mission
- To promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- K30 Food, agriculture and nutrition
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Sean Sherman (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 January 2018
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsElizabeth Hoover
≥7years on the filingsGerald Sherman
≥7years on the filingsJohn Soshnik
≥6years on the filingsFelicia Ruiz
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $8.5m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $7.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $6.2m
- Program service revenue
- $174k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $713
- Employees
- 42
- Volunteers
- 3