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INDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER

EIN 52-1121079 HELENA, MT

Revenue 2024
$1,976,862
Expenses 2024
$3,150,098

Program services were 75.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
602 N EWING ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE INDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVOCACY WITHOUT CHARGE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS TO COMBAT RACISM AND OPPRESSION, TO PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND ENVIRONMENT, TO PROTECT THEIR CULTURES AND WAYS OF LIFE, TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GENUINE SELF-GOVERNMENT, AND TO REALIZE THEIR OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE AMERICAS.

  • INDIGENOUS LAND TITLING - RESEARCHED LAND TITLING ISSUES AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LAND TITLING PROJECTS IN MEXICO, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA WITH SUPPORT FROM THE KELLOGG FOUNDATION, AND CONTINUED WORK BEGUN IN 2021 ON A MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OR INSTITUTE THAT CAN PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP COMMUNITIES SECURE THEIR LAND TITLES AND BRING LANDS UNDER INDIGENOUS OWNERSHIP AT A FASTER PACE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

    Expenses $1,652,119 · Grants $1,000

  • GENERAL PROGRAM - PROVIDED LEGAL AND ADVOCACY ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE THEIR LANDS, ENVIRONMENTS, CULTURES, AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS. EXAMPLES OF OUR BROADER WORK INCLUDE MONITORING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN AND AMERICAN DECLARATIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND ONGOING RESEARCH ABOUT THE LAWS AND PUBLIC POLICIES IMPACTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.

    Expenses $200,884 · Grants $21,688

  • MEXICO, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA - PROVIDED LEGAL AND ADVOCACY ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO,CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO LAND RIGHTS, THREATS TO LAND RIGHTS ARISING FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS. OUR WORK INCLUDED PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RULINGS REGARDING LAND RIGHTS BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

    Expenses $174,510

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAMS - OTHER PROJECTS OF THE CENTER INCLUDE SAFE WOMEN STRONG NATIONS; MDB PROJECT, JUJUY PROJECT, AND OTHER LESS SPECIFIC MISSION EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $341,236

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LEONARDO A CRIPPA

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $150,016
    From this org
    $129,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,645
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,371
    Filer's total
    $150,016

  • ARMSTRONG A WIGGINS

    DIRECTOR OF DC OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $148,014
    From this org
    $124,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,860
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT T COULTER EXECUTIVE

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2024) & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,905
    From this org
    $114,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,604
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALLYSSA GAPINSKI

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $132,024
    From this org
    $100,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,871
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTOPHER FOLEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $117,208
    From this org
    $105,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,035
    Hours/week
    40

  • MELANIE BENJAMIN

    CHAIRWOMAN/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • LUCY SIMPSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • DACHO ALEXANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MICHELLE ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MARY AL BALBER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • NORMA BIXBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • TERRI HENRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • DARWIN HILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • ANDREW HUFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JUANITA CABRERA LOPEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • WILL MICKLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,976,862
    Expenses
    $3,150,098
    Contributions
    $1,723,043
    Grants paid
    $22,688
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,048,024
    Expenses
    $1,896,420
    Contributions
    $894,860
    Grants paid
    $15,400
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $18,796,549
    Expenses
    $1,392,739
    Contributions
    $18,774,760
    Grants paid
    $39,900

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,436,855
    Expenses
    $1,780,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,064,585

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,099,822
    Expenses
    $1,003,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,334,729

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,161,877
    Expenses
    $933,649
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,210,750

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,310,825
    Expenses
    $1,009,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,944,396

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $873,883
    Expenses
    $1,268,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,676,194

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,365,495
    Expenses
    $1,406,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,066,444

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,356,550
    Expenses
    $1,360,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,125,780

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,046,659
    Expenses
    $1,390,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,095,299

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,520,148
    Expenses
    $1,649,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,400,340

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,657,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,517,890

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • CINNAMON PRODUCTIONS

    $21,150

    2022 WESTERN SHOSHONE LANGUAGE PRESERVATION PROJECT

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.