Oglala Lakota Court Appointed Special Advocate Program

Analysis

Oglala Lakota Court Appointed Special Advocate Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Pine Ridge, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Oglala Lakota Court Appointed Special Advocate Program reported income of $541k and spending of $328k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2023, income grew from $269k to $541k (+101%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oglala Lakota Court Appointed Special Advocate Program sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sonoma Immigrant Services Inc ($541k), Colorado News Collaborative ($541k) and Christaid International Inc ($541k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (35% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $490k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $479k. It reported 3 employees.