Dakota Plains Legal Services Inc

Analysis

Dakota Plains Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mission, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1976, 50 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Dakota Plains Legal Services Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $2.8m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dakota Plains Legal Services Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenwood Christian School Inc ($2.8m), Elks Youth Eye Service ($2.8m) and Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Long Island Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $312k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $257k. It reported 40 employees.