Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,005,493

Total expenses

$2,894,634

Contributions and grants received

$1,880,941

Grants paid

$131,610

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$124,999

Other revenue

-$447

Total assets, end of year

$548,987

Total liabilities, end of year

$147,880

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$401,107

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,338,027

Management and general expenses

$304,227

Fundraising expenses

$252,380

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,338,027

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE LAKOTA PEOPLE'S LAW PROJECT CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE THROUGHOUT 2024 FOR THE RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE LAKOTA SIOUX PEOPLE, BUT THE MAJOR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR WAS PREPARING FOR THE FULL TRANSITION OF LPLP'S INFRASTRUCTURE TO INDEPENDENT NATIVE CONTROL/LEADERSHIP. UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF LPLP'S LONGTIME CO-DIRECTOR, CHASE IRON EYES, A SEPARATE 501C3 ORGANIZATION CALLED "SACRED DEFENSE" WAS ESTABLISHED AND THEN, AFTER MUCH PREPARATION, POSSESSION OF LPLP'S INFRASTRUCTURE WAS OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED TO SACRED DEFENSE ON DECEMBER 1, 2024. WHILE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRANSITION REMAIN IN PROGRESS, THE FULL SEPARATION OF LPLP FROM THE ROMERO INSTITUTE IS EXPECTED TO BE FINALIZED BY MID-2025.DURING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER OF 2024, LPLP OPERATED AS A FULLY INTEGRATED AUXILIARY, OR PROJECT, OF THE ROMERO INSTITUTE. OUR DOMINANT EFFORT IN 2024 WAS UNWINDING OUR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, FOR WHOM WE SPENT 3 YEARS PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN RELATION TO ITS ONGOING EFFORT TO RESIST THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE. PRIOR TO 2024, AND DURING THE EARLY MONTHS OF 2024, WE MANAGED THE TRIBE'S COMMUNICATION FLOW, INCLUDING THEIR E-BLASTS, VIDEO PRODUCTION, FUNDRAISING, WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESS RELEASES. AT STANDING ROCK WE ALSO OPERATED OUR KINSHIP CARE HOME, WHERE 3 CHILDREN WERE HOUSED THROUGHOUT 2024, AND WE MADE STRIDES IN DEVELOPING OUR "NODAPL" ARCHIVE WHICH, WHEN EVENTUALLY LAUNCHED IN COLLABORATION WITH SITTING BULL COLLEGE AND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, WILL PROVIDE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FREE MEDIA ABOUT TRIBALLY-LED OIL PIPELINE FIGHTS TO EDUCATORS, JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS, AND OTHERS ACROSS THE WORLD.

  Expenses $841,571 · Grants $56,610

• LET'S GREEN CALIFORNIA - IN 2024 THE LEADERS OF OUR PROJECT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH LABOR LEADERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS TO ESTABLISH LABOR STANDARDS IN THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY AGENCIES IN THE BAY AREA AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. BY JOINING WITH LABOR TO SUPPORT THESE STANDARDS, WE ENCOURAGED THE BUILDING OF TRUST AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE THREE COMMUNITIES. THE SUCCESS OF THESE EFFORTS PERSUADED A LARGE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO INCORPORATE OUR TEAM INTO THEIR PROGRAM. WE FACILITATED THAT TRANSITION, KNOWING THAT THE SUCCESS OF CLIMATE POLICIES IN CALIFORNIA DEPENDS ON LABOR BEING AT THE TABLE. OUR STRATEGIC WORK WITH LABOR IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SINCE 2016 WILL NOW BE TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE. CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO BE A STATE THAT COULD CREATE A MODEL OF EQUITABLE CLIMATE POLICIES THAT CAN BE REPLICATED WORLDWIDE.KNOWING THAT MEMBERS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES NEED EDUCATION ON WHY ELECTRIC CARS AND ELECTRIC KITCHENS ARE MORE ECONOMICAL AND HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PROGRAM WITH THE MONTEREY CATHOLIC DIOCESE. WORKING WITH DIOCESAN LEADERS AND LEADERS IN LOCAL PARISHES IN PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC COMMUNITIES, WE BROUGHT IN EXPERTS, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, AND ELECTRIC CARS. WE PROVIDED FOOD COOKED ON ELECTRIC STOVES AND RIDES IN THE ELECTRIC CARS. WE GENERATED GATHERINGS AFTER CHURCH SERVICES AND EDUCATED PARISHIONERS ON HOW TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR PURCHASING THESE ITEMS, AND HOW IMPORTANT THE HEALTH BENEFITS WERE COMPARED TO NATURAL GAS STOVES AND GASOLINE CARS.

  Expenses $100,751

• THE NEW PARADIGM INSTITUTE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2023 AFTER THREE WHISTLEBLOWERS PUBLICLY TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS CAPTURED NONHUMAN SPACECRAFT AND NONHUMAN BODIES IN CRASH RETRIEVALS, AND THAT NAVY PILOTS ON BOTH COASTS OF OUR COUNTRY SEE NONHUMAN SPACECRAFT EVERY DAY. AFTER OPENING A D.C. OFFICE ACROSS FROM THE SENATE, AND HIRING PROFESSIONAL TEAMS, OUR INITIATIVE BEGAN TO DEVELOP POLICY AND MOBILIZE CITIZENS FOR DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION HIDDEN FROM CITIZENS AND OUR ELECTED LEADERS FOR 80 YEARS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION IN DECEMBER, 2023, "DISCLOSURE HAS BEGUN".IN 2024 WE CONTINUED TO BUILD OUR POWERFUL WEBSITE ENGINE FOR EDUCATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND FUNDRAISING. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND 80 PODCASTS APPEARANCES REACHED MILLIONS OF VIEWERS, OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING EFFORTS BEGAN BUILDING OUT 1000 VOLUNTEERS INTO A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZING FORCE TO PRESSURE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO PROCEED WITH PUBLIC DISCLOSURE HEARINGS, AND WE LAUNCHED A MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN TO BUILD OUR FUNDRAISING BASE. OUR D.C. TEAM EDUCATED CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS, AND OUR LEGAL TEAM PRODUCED THE MOST THOROUGH UFO WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION BILL EVER WRITTEN. OUR FIVE DIFFERENT CALLS TO ACTION GENERATED 73,000 LETTERS TO CONGRESS MEMBERS. WE HELD A STRATEGIC MEETING AND FORMED A COLLABORATIVE VISION FOR DISCLOSURE WITH 25 SIGNIFICANT ALLIES IN THE UFO SPACE. OUR GENERAL COUNSEL CONTINUED TO LEGALLY REPRESENT WHISTLEBLOWER, LUE ELIZONDO, WHOSE BOOK, IMMINENT, BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. OUR LEGAL TEAM BEGAN THE ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH TO CRAFT A RICO COMPLAINT AGAINST THE LEADERS OF THE LEGACY PROJECT WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE CRIMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 80 YEARS OF SECRECY OF OUR CAPTURE AND INTERACTION WITH UFO CRAFT AND PILOTS.WE CO-HOSTED THE FIRST UFO TEACH IN AT YALE UNIVERSITY WITH THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE AND THE YALE STUDENT UFO SOCIETY. AND, ON OCTOBER 20, 2024, WE LAUNCHED GLOBAL DISCLOSURE DAY WITH A PANEL OF EXCELLENT INVESTIGATORS, WHISTLEBLOWERS, AND LOCAL ORGANIZERS. 1000 ZOOM MEMBERS JOINED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AND IT REACHED 177,947 LIVE STREAM VIEWERS. IN NOVEMBER, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING HIGHLIGHTING LUE ELIZONDO, WE ORGANIZED A PRESS CONFERENCE AND A SUCCESSFUL OUTDOOR RALLY WITH OUR ALLY, MUFON, CALLING FOR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS.AFTER SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL CLASSES, WE SEPARATED NEW PARADIGM INSTITUTE FROM UBIQUITY UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO FOCUS OUR STAFF AND RESOURCES ON THE CHALLENGING TASK OF GENERATING DISCLOSURE.

  Expenses $1,044,197

• SPECIAL MEDIA PROJECT - IS A RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT THAT IS PREPARING TO PRODUCE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVE, A 24-EPISODE PODCAST SERIES, A DOCUMENTARY SERIES, AND A CABLE SERIES ABOUT THE LEGAL, INVESTIGATIVE, AND ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES OF THE CHRISTIC INSTITUTE AND THE ROMERO INSTITUTE. THE RESEARCH COVERS 50 YEARS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WORK AND REVEALS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TODAY TO ILLUMINATE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, DRUG SMUGGLING, AND ILLEGAL WAR MAKING. THE ROMERO INSTITUTE ARCHIVAL PROJECT SEEKS TO CORRECT THE HISTORICAL RECORD AND PROVIDE CREDIBLE FACTS IN SEVERAL MEDIA FORMATS. THE GOAL IS TO SHARE TRUE FACTS THAT BEG FOR NEW LAWS AND POLICIES NEEDED TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE, GREEN, AND THRIVING FUTURE FOR THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. IN 2024 WE RECEIVED THIRTY YEARS OF ARCHIVES FROM THE ORIGINAL THERAPIST FOR UFO/ET ABDUCTION EXPERIENCERS, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DIGITIZING THE MATERIAL. SECONDLY, PLANNING AND NEGOTIATING BEGAN ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PODCAST ABOUT DAN SHEEHAN'S HISTORY IN THE UFO/ET COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.

  Expenses $351,508 · Grants $75,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• SACRED DEFENSE FUND

  $18,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

3 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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