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Name:	Association on American Indian Affairs
Address:	966 Hungerford Drive, Suite 12-B
	Rockville, MD 20850
Phone:	240-314-7155
Web Address:	www.indian-affairs.org

AAIA meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

AAIA’s programs focus on areas such as youth/education and preservation of tribal cultures and communities. The organization reports awarding an average of 100 scholarships annually through 8 different scholarship programs. Through its Indian child welfare program, AAIA conducts legislative advocacy as well as training and education. AAIA annually awards grants to Indian-run summer camps across the country with a focus on cultural and language preservation and/or diabetes prevention education. Furthermore, its Dakotah language preservation program has created materials for youths, including books, CDs and Dakotah-language SCRABBLE, as well as a complete K-2 curriculum, and sponsored events and created programs for youths and families such as the Family Dakotah Language Learning Center. AAIA also strives to protect sacred places such as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain in Wyoming by providing legal assistance. The organization also works to achieve federal recognition for unrecognized tribes such as the Piro/Manso/Tiwa Tribe of New Mexico.

For the year ended December 31, 2008, AAIA's program expenses were:

Scholarship, education & youth	445,295
Legal affairs	91,898
Public education	74,987
Health	14,945
Total Program Expenses:	$627,125

Chief Executive : Jack F. Trope, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$116,558

Chair of the Board: Alfred R. Ketzler, Sr.
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired

Board Size: 7

Paid Staff Size: 10

*2008 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and membership appeals.

Fund raising costs were 21% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $921,102, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on AAIA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Source of Funds
Legacies	405,712
Contribution and dues	272,973
Grants	185,134
Other income	51,283
Investment income	41,472
In-kind contributions	6,000
Media sales	2,844
Realized losses on investments	-71,334
Unrealized losses on investments	-414,208
Total Income	$479,876

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 70%  Fund Raising: 21%  Administrative: 9%

Total income				$479,876
	Program expenses			$627,125
	Fund raising expenses			192,815
	Administrative expenses			83,851
Total expenses				$903,791
Expenses in Excess of Income				(423,915)
Beginning net assets				1,689,103
Ending net assets				1,265,188
Total liabilities				33,471
Total assets				$1,298,659