Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,265,481
- Total expenses
- $966,001
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,140,226
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $118,369
- Investment income
- $6,886
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $919,401
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $192,498
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $726,903
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $843,277
- Management and general expenses
- $119,870
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,854
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $843,277
Program services were 87.3% 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)
$821,484
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$318,742
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2a · Program service revenue: Contracted legal servi
total $118,369 · unrelated business $118,369
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3 · Investment income
total $6,886 · unrelated business $6,886
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $107,114 · program services $64,268 · management and general $42,846
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $515,915 · program services $475,392 · management and general $38,364 · fundraising $2,159
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $352 · program services $352
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $74,304 · program services $67,033 · management and general $6,979 · fundraising $292
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $47,730 · program services $41,529 · management and general $6,033 · fundraising $168
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $16,800 · management and general $16,800
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11g · Fees: other
total $106,057 · program services $106,057
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13 · Office expenses
total $57,176 · program services $49,855 · management and general $7,122 · fundraising $199
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17 · Travel
total $19,334 · program services $19,334
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23 · Insurance
total $9,195 · program services $8,001 · management and general $1,162 · fundraising $32
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24a · Other expenses: Library and subscriptio
total $7,179 · program services $7,179 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and Fees
total $3,366 · program services $2,941 · management and general $425 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $1,099 · program services $956 · management and general $139 · fundraising $4
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24d · Other expenses: Litigation
total $380 · program services $380 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $247,351 · end of year $613,369
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $218,407 · end of year $141,607
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $21,691 · end of year $24,279
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$142,037
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$142,037
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $168,260 · end of year $140,146
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $29,771 · end of year $25,153
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $6,576 · end of year $1,592
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $191,939 · end of year $165,753
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $327,423 · end of year $651,903
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $75,000
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
MILS provides legal services to low income Indian individuals and tribes to further self sufficiency, overcome discrimination, assist tribal governments and preserve Indian families.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To provide legal services to low income Indian individuals and tribes to further self sufficiency, overcome discrimination, assist tribal governments and preserve Indian families.
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Provision of free legal assistance
Expenses $843,277 · Revenue $118,369
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jennifer Beatty
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Stanette Amy
Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Zachary Fallstich
Secretary/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kristen Carlson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sherry Frazier
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Eva Kennedy
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sean Cahill
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Glenn Petoskey
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Zeke Fletcher
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Amy Wesaw
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Cameron A Fraser
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $107,114
- From this org
- $98,293
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,821
- 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
- 2025
- Filed
- 27 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601339349303930
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