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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,548,774
Total expenses
$3,390,015
Contributions and grants received
$3,543,758
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$3,896
Other revenue
$8,912
Total assets, end of year
$854,739
Total liabilities, end of year
$461,360
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$393,379
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,355,820
Management and general expenses
$1,034,195
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,355,820

Program services were 69.5% 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)

    $3,543,758

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $734 · excluded $734

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

    other assets $4,630

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$4,630

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,630 · excluded -$4,630

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $8,912 · excluded $8,912

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,912

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $320,081 · program services $80,021 · management and general $240,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,788,194 · program services $1,270,662 · management and general $517,532

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,384 · program services $17,360 · management and general $5,024

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $302,669 · program services $209,121 · management and general $93,548

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $164,738 · program services $107,026 · management and general $57,712

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $114,568 · management and general $114,568

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,926 · program services $66,643 · management and general $283

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,337 · program services $21,320 · management and general $17

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,273 · program services $78,163 · management and general $110

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,698 · program services $31,687 · management and general $11

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,272 · program services $73,256 · management and general $16

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,645 · program services $1,467 · management and general $178

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $79,775 · program services $79,709 · management and general $66

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $62,096 · program services $61,922 · management and general $174

  • 24a · Other expenses: RENT AND LEASE EXPENSES

    total $105,190 · program services $105,063 · management and general $127

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES TO

    total $82,329 · program services $82,313 · management and general $16

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $43,775 · program services $43,668 · management and general $107

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,519 · program services $8,887 · management and general $4,632

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,546 · program services $17,532 · management and general $14

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $348,294 · end of year $130,737

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $53,322 · end of year $32,377

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $63,985 · end of year $102,850

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

    $751,155

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

    $440,855

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $367,603 · end of year $310,300

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $290,482 · end of year $278,475

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $242,494 · end of year $269,757

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $646,572 · end of year $191,603

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $56,127 · end of year $137,783

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $178,493 · end of year $255,596

Mission and programs · 2025

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 $2,355,820

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Craig Lafferty

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alvin Pahlke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Pechota

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shaun Eastman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raegan Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gavin Pochop

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mariah Bloom-McNeece

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Ashley Parr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Loretta Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Briggs

    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 White Bear Claws

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Mortland

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,591
    From this org
    $73,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,205
    Hours/week
    34

  • William Sulik

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,500
    From this org
    $45,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Lovejoy

    ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $97,416
    From this org
    $76,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,171
    Hours/week
    34

  • Lori Stanford

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $98,573
    From this org
    $85,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,213
    Hours/week
    34

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
28 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622109349300712

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