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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 that through its youth/education program in 2011, it awarded more than 100 scholarships and that its summer camp grant program also provided seed grants to 13 summer camps. Furthermore, its youth/education program provides advocacy and training programs dealing with Indian child welfare and juvenile justice issues as well as a Native language preservation program which has created numerous materials for youths, including an educational video game, books, CDs, Dakotah-language SCRABBLE, and a complete K-12 curriculum. In the area of preservation of tribal cultures and communities, AAIA works to protect sacred places through legal advocacy (such as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain in Wyoming which was recently designated as a National Historic Landmark for its traditional cultural value) and to promote the repatriation of human remains and cultural items, both domestically and internationally. 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, 2011, AAIA's program expenses were:

Scholarship, education and youth	466,677
Legal affairs	87,914
Public education	47,408
Health	13,893
Total Program Expenses:	$615,892

Chief Executive : Jack F. Trope, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$108,951

Chair of the Board: Alfred R. Ketzler, Sr.
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired Chief Administrative Officer of non-profit organization

Board Size: 11

Paid Staff Size: 10

*2011 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

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

Fund raising costs were 19% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $862,185, 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, 2011.

Source of Funds
Legacies	508,818
Grants	151,865
Contributions and dues	147,181
Realized gains on investments	93,753
Investment income	35,138
Other income	24,361
In-kind contributions	5,599
Media sales	3,490
Unrealized losses on investments	-127,260
Total Income	$842,945

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 73%  Fund Raising: 20%  Administrative: 7%

Total income				$842,945
	Program expenses			$615,892
	Fund raising expenses			167,350
	Administrative expenses			54,794
Total expenses				$838,036
Income in Excess of Expenses				4,909
Beginning net assets				1,116,840
Ending net assets				1,121,749
Total liabilities				29,943
Total assets				$1,151,692

Note: According to AAIA 2011 audited financial statements, the organization received $5,599 in in-kind contributions which represents donated rental space.