Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,173,181
- Total expenses
- $2,122,640
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,848,374
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $324,590
- Investment income
- $217
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,018,234
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,067,677
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$49,443
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,058,964
- Management and general expenses
- $63,676
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,058,964
Program services were 97.0% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,711,725
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$136,649
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2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE CONTRACTS
total $324,590 · related or exempt $324,590
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3 · Investment income
total $217 · excluded $217
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $91,831 · program services $91,831
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,083,780 · program services $1,075,160 · management and general $8,620
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $191,874 · program services $191,018 · management and general $856
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $89,056 · program services $88,348 · management and general $708
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $52,500 · program services $52,500
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11g · Fees: other
total $91,770 · program services $91,770
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13 · Office expenses
total $45,209 · program services $39,731 · management and general $5,478
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14 · Information technology
total $68,209 · program services $68,209
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16 · Occupancy
total $110,843 · program services $110,843
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17 · Travel
total $116,642 · program services $112,294 · management and general $4,348
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $20,673 · management and general $20,673
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23 · Insurance
total $15,076 · program services $15,076
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $38,604 · program services $38,604
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24b · Other expenses: TRAINING
total $25,691 · program services $24,657 · management and general $1,034
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24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES
total $25,291 · program services $25,291
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24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL
total $22,163 · program services $22,163
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24e · All other expenses
total $33,428 · program services $11,469 · management and general $21,959
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $113,628 · end of year $444,459
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $18,386 · end of year $20,284
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $143,698 · end of year $80,427
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $11,714 · end of year $41,549
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$259,639
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$168,121
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $39,520 · end of year $91,518
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $439,928 · end of year $339,997
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $205,165 · end of year $250,771
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $294
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $18,386 · end of year $20,284
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $643,015 · end of year $796,622
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$99,986 · end of year -$49,443
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES IS DEDICATED TO REPRESENTATION WHERE FEDERAL INDIAN, TRIBAL AND TREATY LAW ARISE. OILS IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION (LSC). ESTABLISEHD IN 1981, ITS PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICE TO LOW-INCOME NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING IN OKLAHOMA. OILS ATTORNEYS PROVIDE REPRESENTATION WITH INDIAN LAND ISSUES, THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT AND TRIBAL COURT CIVIL AND CRIMINAL REPRESENTATION. OILS PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES STATEWIDE TO ONE OF THE LARGEST NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION IS GOVERNED BY A FIFTEEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO OVERSEE POLICY DECISIONS.
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WITH LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION FUNDING, OILS ATTORNEYS PROVIDE FREE AND QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME OKLAHOMA TRIBAL MEMBERS. OUR ATTORNEYS ARE EXPERTS IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW AND IN THE COURTS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS OF OKLAHOMA. OILS HELPS TRIBAL ELDERS NAVIGATE COMPLICATED INDIAN LAND PROBLEMS. WE ALSO PREPARE END OF LIFE DOCUMENTS FOR THE ELDERS. OILS KEEPS TRIBAL FAMILIES TOGETHER BY ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAWS MEANT TO PROTECT THEM. OILS EDUCATES TRIBAL MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS INCLUDING WEARING INDIGENOUS REGALIA AT GRADUATION, ASKING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INVESTIGATE MISSING AND MURDERED INDIAN WOMEN, AND INFORMING OFFICIALS ABOUT EXPERIENCES WITH FEDERALLY RUN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS.
Expenses $1,188,041 · Revenue $324,590
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WITH OTHER FUNDING, OILS REPRESENTS NATIVE AMERICANS IN TRIBAL COURTS WITH ADOPTIONS, GUARDIANSHIPS, AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM APPOINTMENTS. OILS ASSISTS TRIBAL MEMBERS WITH EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, WHICH ARE BARRIERS TO TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRIBAL HOUSING. OILS ATTORNEYS UNDERSTAND HOW TO REPRESENT INDIGENT TRIBAL MEMBERS WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES IN TRIBAL COURT, CONSIDERING RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED CHANGES IN JURISDICTION.
Expenses $870,923
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Michael MitchelsonMICHAEL MITCHELSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Tyson BranyanTYSON BRANYAN
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kyle DeanKYLE DEAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kymberly CravattKYMBERLY CRAVATT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Marsha LenaMARSHA LENA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kelley HarrisKELLEY HARRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melanie AndrewsMELANIE ANDREWS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ben LittleBEN LITTLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christine PappasCHRISTINE PAPPAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donna PewoDONNA PEWO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Toby RoblesTOBY ROBLES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Casey RossCASEY ROSS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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O Joseph WilliamsO JOSEPH WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julie RorieJULIE RORIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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M Alezander PearlM ALEZANDER PEARL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephanie HudsonSTEPHANIE HUDSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $91,831
- From this org
- $80,283
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,548
- 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
- 4 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202413119349303926
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