Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by WATER PROTECTOR LEGAL COLLECTIVE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $611,448
- Total expenses
- $590,772
- Contributions and grants received
- $590,035
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $21,413
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $53,827
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,768
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $45,059
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $431,334
- Management and general expenses
- $120,640
- Fundraising expenses
- $38,798
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $431,334
Program services were 73.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$590,035
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2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PRO
total $21,413 · related or exempt $21,413
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $149,333 · program services $119,466 · management and general $22,400 · fundraising $7,467
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $151,277 · program services $121,022 · management and general $22,691 · fundraising $7,564
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $9,944 · program services $7,955 · management and general $1,492 · fundraising $497
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $22,800 · program services $18,240 · management and general $3,420 · fundraising $1,140
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11b · Fees: legal
total $41,429 · program services $41,429
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,809 · management and general $30,809
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11g · Fees: other
total $65,539 · program services $65,539
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $23,848 · program services $11,924 · fundraising $11,924
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,958 · management and general $2,958
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14 · Information technology
total $15,672 · program services $7,836 · fundraising $7,836
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16 · Occupancy
total $7,230 · management and general $7,230
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17 · Travel
total $47,403 · program services $37,923 · management and general $7,110 · fundraising $2,370
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $9,957 · management and general $9,957
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24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES
total $7,387 · management and general $7,387
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24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $3,661 · management and general $3,661
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24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND MISCELLANEOUS
total $1,525 · management and general $1,525
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $25,054 · end of year $53,827
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$24,951
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$24,951
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,907 · end of year $8,768
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $23,147 · end of year $45,059
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE WATER PROTECTOR LEGAL COLLECTIVE IS AN INDIGENOUS-LED LEGAL NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ORIGINAL NATIONS, THE EARTH, AND CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
Activities or mission (Part I)
SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
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WPLC BEGAN AS THE ON-THE-GROUND LEGAL TEAM FOR THE WATER PROTECTORS AT STANDING ROCK, PROVIDING LEGAL SUPPORT AND DIRECT REPRESENTATION IN OVER 800 CASES IN NORTH DAKOTA. TODAY, WPLC CONTINUES TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ON FRONTLINE LEGAL STRUGGLES VIA DIRECT REPRESENTATION IN IMPACT LITIGATION, SELECT CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASES, ONGOING LEGAL ACCOMPANIMENT, ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION AND KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS TRAININGS. WPLC ALSO ENGAGES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN UNITED NATIONS MECHANISMS ON BEHALF OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.
Expenses $431,334 · Revenue $21,413
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Carolina Martin RamosCAROLINA MARTIN RAMOS
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mia Hammersley MontoyaMIA HAMMERSLEY MONTOYA
CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Monaeka FloresMONAEKA FLORES
CO-TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emily UruchimaEMILY URUCHIMA
CO-TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sandra CreamerSANDRA CREAMER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ozawa Bineshi AlbertOZAWA BINESHI ALBERT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Natali SegoviaNATALI SEGOVIA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $149,332
- From this org
- $143,332
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,000
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202602479349301470
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