United South and Eastern Tribesinc

Foundation · Grantmaker Nashville, TN EIN: 59-1315904

Advancement of U.S. indian tribes

Key facts about United South and Eastern Tribesinc

EIN
59-1315904
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$12,168,848

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$12.2M

+9.1% YoY

Revenue

$13.9M

-16.3% YoY

Net Investment Income

$418K

+93.5% YoY

Expenses

$13.7M

-9.3% YoY

How United South and Eastern Tribesinc gives

  • 63% of 2020 grantees were also funded in 2019. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

About United South and Eastern Tribesinc

Based on IRS filings

United South and Eastern Tribesinc is a nonprofit organization, based in Nashville, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $12.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $418K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

13states
+5 more states

Cities

CherokeeChoctawAtmoreCharentonCharlestownEltonHogansburgHollywoodIndian IslandIrvingJenaLittletonLivingstonMashantucketMiamiPerryPrincetonSouthamptonUncasvilleVerona

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M20 grants201932 grants20200 grants20210 grants20220 grants20230 grants20240 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2025

Grant Size Distribution

0 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$12,168,848$11,151,555$8,674,073
Revenue$13,882,128$16,586,074$14,387,341
Expenses$13,657,100$15,058,898$14,318,317
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$417,723$215,913$136,914
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 16, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

United South and Eastern Tribesinc is led by Kirk E. Francis Sr., President on filings since 2019; 2 of 73 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kirk E. Francis Sr.

    President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Dean Stanton

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Patterson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cassius Spears Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cheryl Andrews-Maltais

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Clarissa E. Sabattis

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Clint Halftown

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Crystal Tucker

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cyrus Ben

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Sickey

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • G. Anne Richardson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Shore

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lacy Robbins

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marcellus Osceola

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Sockbeson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marshall Pierite

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marshall Ray Sampson Sr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Darden

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Connors

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • R. James Gessner

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ray Halbritter

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Silliboy

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ricky Sylestine

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rodney Butler

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sharon Leroy

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie A. Bryan

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Adkins

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Nicholas

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Al Clark Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Weeden

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ernest Neptune

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Cernek

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Keith Anderson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Latoya Cluff

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Libby Rogers

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Fortune

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nita Batise

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronnie Henry

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • W. Frank Adams

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wayne B. Adkins

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amkuwiposohehs Bassett

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Harris

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Diane Shields

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joanne Howard

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Goree

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Hicks

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Talbert Cypress

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • J. Conrad Seneca

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Al E. George

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Foster

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald Thompson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edith Lou Parrish

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Howard

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Socobasin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lance Gumbs

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melinda Butaud

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Foster

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nikki Bass

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Owen Adams

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Leach

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pettis Osceola

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Hill

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Reginald C. Stewart

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Matens

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Bear

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rose Garrow

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Xochilt Pineda-Vilaboy

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kitcki Caroll

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $196K (2021) → $208K (2025)

  • Katie Klass

    General Counsel

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $191K (2025)

  • Robert R. McGhee

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Harris

    Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Crystal Williams

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (40)
  • Former: Beverly Cook (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cecilia Flores (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Edward Peter-Paul (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Richard Armstrong Sr. (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Robert Gray (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Adam Wachach (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: April Wyatt (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: B. Cheryl Smith (2019–2022) — Treasurer & Director
  • Former: Billy Cypress (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bryan A. Polite (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Darrall Newell (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Maggie Dana (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Gerald A. Jerry Stewart (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jason Harris (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lee Francis (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Loretta Williams (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Mathew Pagels (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Petties Sceola (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Richard Sneed (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: William Bill Harris (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Adrian Compton (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Carlton Hendricks (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Charles Bradby (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Earl Bass (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kenneth Branham (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Randy King (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Reggie Tupponce (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tim Langston (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kitki Carroll (2019–2020) — Executive Di
  • Former: Lynn Malerba (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Bradby Brown (2019) — Director
  • Former: Cedric Cromwell (2019) — Director
  • Former: Crystal Whipple (2019) — Director
  • Former: Dorothy Wilson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Eric Thompson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jessie Little Doe Baird (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lancelot A. Gumbs (2019) — Director
  • Former: Marla Dana (2019) — Director
  • Former: Phyliss J. Anderson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Richard Randolph (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kitcki Caroll — Executive Di: $208KKitcki CarollExecutive Di$208KKatie Klass — General Coun: $191KKatie KlassGeneral Coun$191K

Frequently asked questions about United South and Eastern Tribesinc

How large is United South and Eastern Tribesinc?

United South and Eastern Tribesinc reported $12.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.9M.

Where does United South and Eastern Tribesinc operate?

United South and Eastern Tribesinc has awarded grants in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia.

What is United South and Eastern Tribesinc's EIN?

United South and Eastern Tribesinc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-1315904. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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