FOUNDATION FOR THE KERN VALLE INDIAN COMMUNITY DBA KVIC
EIN 95-4078373 · Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
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THE TRIBAL COUNCIL of THE KERN VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED to AS THE TRIBE) COMPRISED of MEMBERS INDIGENOUS to THE ABORIGINAL TERRITORY. THE TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE AVAILABLE to OUR TRIBE. THIS CONSTITUTION is ADOPTED to PROVIDE GUIDANCE to THE TRIBES GOVERNING BODY to BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS and PRESERVE THE CULTURE and TRADITIONS of THE TRIBAL MEMBERS. THE KERN VALLEY INDIAN COUNCIL WAS FORMED and ADOPTED BY LAWS IN 1983. IN 1984 THE TRIBE AMENDED THE BY LAWS to INCORPORATE AS A NOT for PROFIT CORPORATION UNDER THE STATE of CALIFORNIA and OBTAIN A NOT for PROFIT for PROFIT FEDERAL TAX ID NUMBER AS THE FOUNDATION for THE KERN VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY. THE KERN VALLEY INDIAN COUNCILHAS OFFICIALLY GOVERNED THE AFFAIRS of THE KERN VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY for THE PAST TWO (2) DECADES. THE TRIBE FORMALLY ORGANIZED to BETTER PROTECT and PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE, LANGUAGE, CUSTOMS, PROVIDE GUIDELINES for TRIBAL GOVERNANCE, SET CRITIRIA for TRIBALMEMBERSHIP
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ContactJOSEPH WILLIAMSTREASURER
In care of% DELORES ROSSBACK
Mailing addressPO BOX 1010, LAKE ISABELLA, CA 93240-1010
Main phone(916) 709-5494Source: Form 990 public record. Confirm details with the nonprofit before visiting or sending anything.
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- Recognized since
- February 1987
- County
- Kern
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