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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,001,060
Total expenses
$3,023,334
Contributions and grants received
$2,974,080
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,049
Other revenue
$16,931
Total assets, end of year
$1,123,686
Total liabilities, end of year
$889,066
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$234,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,161,849
Management and general expenses
$861,485
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,161,849

Program services were 71.5% 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)

    $2,974,080

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,793 · excluded $2,793

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $10,181

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

    other assets $2,925

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $7,256

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,256 · excluded $7,256

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $13,616 · related or exempt $13,616

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,315 · related or exempt $3,315

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16,931

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $297,039 · program services $48,434 · management and general $248,605

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,599,742 · program services $1,192,340 · management and general $407,402

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,455 · program services $21,014 · management and general $4,441

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $260,816 · program services $195,241 · management and general $65,575

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,553 · program services $94,476 · management and general $47,077

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,178 · management and general $83,178

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,733 · program services $52,733

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $68,719 · program services $68,260 · management and general $459

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,078 · program services $53,788 · management and general $290

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,439 · program services $57,336 · management and general $103

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,928 · program services $1,914 · management and general $14

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $49,894 · program services $49,676 · management and general $218

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,284 · program services $42,217 · management and general $3,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES TO CL

    total $85,932 · program services $85,659 · management and general $273

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATING LEASE

    total $64,702 · program services $64,298 · management and general $404

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING - STAFF AND BO

    total $45,434 · program services $45,419 · management and general $15

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $44,456 · program services $44,241 · management and general $215

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,952 · program services $44,803 · management and general $149

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $553,145 · end of year $348,294

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $78,475 · end of year $53,322

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,527 · end of year $63,985

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

    $846,689

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

    $479,086

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $205,466 · end of year $367,603

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $403,949 · end of year $290,482

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $184,630 · end of year $242,494

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $847,038 · end of year $646,572

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,989 · end of year $56,127

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $243,905 · end of year $178,493

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME CLIENTS THROUGH QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE

  • DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED LEGAL REPRESENTATION, ADVOCACY, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION OPTIONS TO MEET THE LEGAL NEEDS OF ITS NATIVE AMERICAN AND NON-NATIVE AMERICAN CLIENTS AND ITS COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDED INDIAN LAW, FAMILY LAW, HOUSING LAW, AND INCOME MAINTENANCE LAW.

    Expenses $2,161,849 · Revenue $16,931

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas S Mortland

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SEC-TREAS

    Total calculated
    $116,850
    From this org
    $97,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,128
    Hours/week
    34
  • Michelle Lovejoy

    ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $91,696
    From this org
    $75,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,799
    Hours/week
    34
  • Lori Stanford

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR - JOINED 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $83,611
    From this org
    $73,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,450
    Hours/week
    34
  • Shane Pullman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Craig Lafferty

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alvin Pahlke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Pechota

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gavin Pochop

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracye Sherrill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Hale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loretta Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Wounded Knee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellarae Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Palmier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Ashley Parr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph White Bear Claws

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shaun Eastman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariah Bloom-McNeece

    DIRECTOR - JOINED 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Briggs

    DIRECTOR - JOINED 10/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leroy Greaves

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 8/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bj Jones

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 8/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlys Marshall

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 9/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reginald Rowland

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Thompson

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 10/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rose Ann Wendell

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 4/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Neville

    DIRECTOR - UNTIL 7/2024

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512969349300901

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