Utah Diné Bikéyah
“Protect ancestral lands and cultural resources in Bears Ears region.”
14 years of work, 2 funders on the record.
The work
What they do
Navajo-led nonprofit working to protect Bears Ears cultural landscape. Community education, documentation of traditional knowledge, and advocacy for monument protection.
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Preserve and protect the cultural
$357K, 67% of spendingAnd natural resources of ancestral, Native American lands.
Read it as they filed it
To preserve and protect the cultural and natural resources of ancestral, Native American lands.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
67 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$357,274 programs, $89,464 management, $90,419 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Tides Foundation and Common Counsel Foundation, latest filing FY24.
The people
Who does the work
Took the helm from Janet Slowman, who drew $130,000 in the final year on file.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Utah Diné Bikéyah? Claim this page.
The filings
10 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $75,708 |
| 2015 | $245,114 |
| 2016 | $986,220 |
| 2017 | $1,281,371 |
| 2018 | $919,146 |
| 2019 | $917,382 |
| 2020 | $1,957,043 |
| 2021 | $1,005,831 |
| 2023 | $762,114 |
| 2024 | $324,369 |
From $76K in 2014 to $324K in FY24, across 10 public filings (none on record for 2022). 2020, at $2.0M, stands well above the other years on file.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:
- FY2024Download the return
- FY2023Download the return
- FY2022Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
Their ground
The places they defend
See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Utah congressional delegation averages 0 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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