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← OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,747,357
Total expenses
$1,769,732
Contributions and grants received
$1,430,700
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$316,515
Investment income
$142
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$766,874
Total liabilities, end of year
$866,860
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$99,986
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,738,757
Management and general expenses
$30,975
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,738,757

Program services were 98.2% 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)

    $1,302,429

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $128,271

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE CONTRACTS

    total $316,515 · related or exempt $316,515

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $142 · excluded $142

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,391 · program services $91,391

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $852,603 · program services $845,615 · management and general $6,988

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $244,142 · program services $243,733 · management and general $409

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,600 · program services $49,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $96,852 · program services $96,852

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,463 · program services $35,162 · management and general $6,301

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $49,363 · program services $49,363

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $110,402 · program services $110,402

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,411 · program services $84,094 · management and general $317

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,080 · management and general $6,080

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,301 · program services $15,301

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $38,315 · program services $38,315

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $34,360 · program services $34,360

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $26,604 · program services $26,604

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $13,201 · program services $10,705 · management and general $2,496

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,644 · program services $7,260 · management and general $8,384

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,691 · end of year $113,628

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,343 · end of year $18,386

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $115,865 · end of year $143,698

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,447 · end of year $11,714

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

    $186,969

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

    $147,449

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $45,350 · end of year $39,520

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $439,928

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,906 · end of year $205,165

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $294 · end of year $294

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $20,343 · end of year $18,386

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $219,764 · end of year $643,015

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$122,961 · end of year -$99,986

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,350 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

  • 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 $1,192,348 · Revenue $316,515

  • 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 $546,409

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Mitchelson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kymberly Cravatt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kyle Dean

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marsha Lena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyson Branyan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelley Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Taiawagi Helton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Little

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Pappas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Pewo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Toby Robles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Casey Ross-Petherick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • O Joseph Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Hudson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,391
    From this org
    $80,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,108
    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
2022
Filed
31 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349315465

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