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.
Public Charity
LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, of SALEM, OR, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $253K in revenue, $231K in expenses, $362K in total assets. 13 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $596K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 412183857
SALEM, OR
Humanities
NTEE: A70
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$253K
Total Expenses$231K
Total Assets$362K
Grant Records13
Funding Total$596K
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
How Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$68
Programs
the work itself
$31
Management
running the organization
$1
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $68 for programs
$22
Multi-media digital lexicography project that provides a free to use state of the art tool for citizen linguists to develop materials in their own languages
$19
National science foundation award/linguistics grant bcs 2041248 is called "words, phrases, and sentences at the interface of phonology and syntax"
$16
Documentation and analysis of seven munda languages and development of the munda virtual archive
Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$44,650
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$47,050
FOR GREG ANDERSON'S NOBLE EFFORTS!
$8,888
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$50,550
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$65,100
Showing up to 5 of 13 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
BOARD MEMBER
Bikram Jora
PRESIDENT
Gregory Ds Anderson
VICE PRESIDE
Jeffrey Wills
TREASURER
Jonathan M Anderson
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $253K | $231K | $362K |
| 2024 | $286K | $253K | $340K |
| 2023 | $310K | $304K | $306K |
| 2022 | $317K | $243K | $300K |
| 2021 | $297K | $181K | $226K |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $297K to $253K (-15%), with total assets most recently reported at $362K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.