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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LONE STAR DEFENDERS OFFICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,037,732
Total expenses
$11,116,780
Contributions and grants received
$10,977,619
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$60,113
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,156,622
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,235,670
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$79,048
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,521,973
Management and general expenses
$594,807
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,521,973

Program services were 94.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,885,619

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $92,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,113 · excluded $60,113

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,620 · program services $61,389 · management and general $3,231

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,742,949 · program services $1,264,009 · management and general $478,940

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $219,248 · program services $182,596 · management and general $36,652

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $174,534 · program services $135,512 · management and general $39,022

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,158 · program services $28,187 · management and general $15,971

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,771,440 · program services $8,771,440

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,075 · management and general $1,075

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,844 · program services $20,721 · management and general $8,123

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $23,794 · program services $18,075 · management and general $5,719

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $21,992 · program services $21,448 · management and general $544

  • 24c · Other expenses: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRAT

    total $18,818 · program services $14,087 · management and general $4,731

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $5,308 · program services $4,509 · management and general $799

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $6,064,249

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $92,373

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,039,807

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $5,195,863

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$79,048

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED OR CHARGED UNDER OPERATION LONE STAR, THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE LAUNCHED ON MARCH 6, 2021, BY PROVIDING LEGAL COUNSEL TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. THE CORPORATION REPRESENTS, OR ASSIGNS COUNSEL TO REPRESENT, INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR CRIMINAL CASES IN STATE COURT AND PROVIDES CRIMINAL CASE SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY TRAINING, INVESTIGATION, AND INTERPRETATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE AS THE INDIGENT DEFENSE HUB FOR CRIMINAL CASES STEMMING FROM OPERATION LONE STAR, A STATE OF TEXAS BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE. THE ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE DEFENSE PROGRAM, ASSIGNING COUNSEL TO CASES, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.

  • THE CORPORATION RECRUITS AND TRAINS QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANORS OR FELONIES UNDER OPERATION LONE STAR IN 8 DIFFERENT COUNTIES LOCATED AT THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. THE CORPORATION CONTRACTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ATTORNEYS AND 2 PUBLIC DEFENDER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THIS REPRESENTATION. IN 2023, THE CORPORATION COORDINATED THE REPRESENTATION FOR OVER 1200 INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS. THE ATTORNEYS WORKING ON THESE CASES PROVIDE ZEALOUS REPRESENTATION AT BOTH THE TRIAL AND APPELLATE CASE LEVELS. THE CORPORATION PROVIDES HOLISTIC REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE CRIMINAL CASE BY EMPLOYING CLIENT ADVOCATES, INTERPRETERS, INVESTIGATORS, AND OTHER EXPERTS TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT THE LEGAL PROCESS.

    Expenses $10,521,973 · Revenue $10,885,619

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joshua J Jones

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kathryn Huddleston

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Matt Morrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brianna Argueta Leonard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amrutha N Jindal

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,154
    From this org
    $40,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lilia M Miletti

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND GRANTS

    Total calculated
    $24,466
    From this org
    $24,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542279349302564

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