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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DNA-PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 . matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$12,265,652 changed to $11,846,558
Contributions and grants received
$10,911,863 changed to $10,470,720
Program service revenue
$1,224,592 changed to $1,246,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,690,187 changed to $5,444,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,908,350 changed to $4,154,525

Totals

Total revenue
$12,265,652
Total expenses
$7,215,685
Contributions and grants received
$10,911,863
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,224,592
Investment income
$85,904
Other revenue
$43,293
Total assets, end of year
$9,598,537
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,690,187
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,908,350
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,761,744
Management and general expenses
$1,380,922
Fundraising expenses
$73,019
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,761,744

Program services were 79.9% 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)

    $5,887,009

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,024,854

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $1,224,592 · related or exempt $1,224,592

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $85,904 · excluded $85,904

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $925,095

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $925,095

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $43,293 · related or exempt $43,293

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $43,293

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $350,595 · program services $295,443 · management and general $55,152

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,952,357 · program services $3,388,887 · management and general $563,470

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,079,876 · program services $910,002 · management and general $169,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $318,041 · program services $268,010 · management and general $50,031

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,112 · management and general $28,112

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,132 · management and general $13,132

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $289,764 · program services $202,517 · management and general $14,228 · fundraising $73,019

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,493 · program services $32,143 · management and general $9,350

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $175,557 · program services $101,500 · management and general $74,057

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,981 · program services $11,710 · management and general $43,271

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,924 · program services $81,877 · management and general $43,047

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,744 · program services $27,163 · management and general $581

  • 20 · Interest

    total $38,785 · program services $38,785

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $75,434 · program services $15,488 · management and general $59,946

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $124,105 · program services $25,658 · management and general $98,447

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $128,849 · program services $84,012 · management and general $44,837

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $89,480 · program services $89,480

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $80,195 · program services $39,993 · management and general $40,202

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DUES

    total $24,295 · program services $19,253 · management and general $5,042

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $197,966 · program services $129,823 · management and general $68,143

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $787,507 · end of year $1,739,973

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $941,654 · end of year $958,393

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $524,558 · end of year $578,171

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,862 · end of year $4,703

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $234,019 · end of year $63,042

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,378,790

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,411,771

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $870,834 · end of year $967,019

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $811,369 · end of year $5,233,009

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $70,961 · end of year $54,227

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $406,155 · end of year $423,837

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $580,797 · end of year $505,920

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,776 · end of year $1,760,430

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $467,173 · end of year $6,186,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,784,863 · end of year $722,244

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • DNA - PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION TO PERSONS LIVING IN POVERTY ON THE NAVAJO, HOPI, AND JICARILLA APACHE RESERVATIONS, AND IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, AND SOUTHERN UTAH. DNAS MAIN OFFICE, AS WELL AS DNAS FORT DEFIANCE BRANCH OFFICE, ARE LOCATED IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA. DNA ALSO HAS BRANCH OFFICES IN CHINLE ARIZONA, TUBA CITY ARIZONA, FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA, KEAMS CANYON ARIZONA, AND FARMINGTON NEW MEXICO. OUR OFFICE IN KEAMS CANYON, DESIGNATED AS OUR HOPI OFFICE, PROVIDES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE HOPI AND TO OTHERS PRIMARILY LIVING ON THE HOPI RESERVATION.

    Expenses $5,761,744 · Revenue $1,224,592

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

Listed in Part VII

  • RODOLFO D SANCHEZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $206,789
    From this org
    $181,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,139
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,650
    Filer's total
    $206,789

  • OTIS PERKINS

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $143,806
    From this org
    $137,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,054
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHAD O ABEYTA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNA ATENCIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE BOEHM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DELORES COOCHYAMPTEWA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDITH M DWORKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHNNY JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURIE KALIVAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEWIS KING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL MINNAUGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOUISE J NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NADINE R PADILLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNETTE TECUBE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD T TSOSIE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLA R WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAVERNE H GARNENEZ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRJINYA TORREZ

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY L WHITE

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349305203

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