Public Charity

Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated

Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated is a Public Charity headquartered in Portland, OR. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $543K revenue, $494K expenses, $117K total assets. 28 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $455K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 931164114 Portland, OR Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$543K
Total Expenses$494K
Total Assets$117K
Grant Records28
Funding Total$455K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

Record preserve & share Native American oral history cultural arts language concepts & traditional ecological knowledge of exemplary indigenous elders storytellers

Officers & Directors

Secretary A Alvarado
Director C Holycross
President Don Motanic
Director Jennifer Cairo
Executive Director Teresa Montana

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Top Grant Purposes

TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION TO RECORD, PRESERVE AND SHARE THE ORAL HISTORY, CULTURAL ARTS, LANGUAGE CONCEPTS AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ELDERS, STORYTELLERS, AND SCIENTISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH DIVERSE INTSITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
$70,000 1 grant
Community Investment Grants
$47,000 1 grant
Cultural Heritage
$41,000 1 grant
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
$40,000 2 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$40,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $543K $494K $117K
2024 $411K $699K $98K
2023 $1.0M $1.0M $293K
2022 $772K $710K $261K
2020 $559K $490K $101K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $559K to $543K (-3%), with total assets most recently reported at $117K.

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