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Native American Rights Fund Inc

The native american rights fund holds governments accountable.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$89k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Crime & Legal$2.7MCommunity Improvement$89kReligion$53k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $142,138, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,103,168 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $961,030 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$89,042
Median grant
2
States reached
$92M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP VIA BERING SEA FISHERMAN A$89,042
INDIGENOUS CEREMONIAL AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES ORGAN$53,096
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID: $56k → 15%NEBRASKA LEGAL SERVICES: $27k → 12%IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC: $39k → 8%ANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $55k → 14%MONTANA LEGAL SERVICES: $55k → 9%INDIGENOUS CEREMONIAL AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES ORGAN: $53k → 27%TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID: $44k → 27%DNA PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES: $140k → 32%OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $87k → 16%MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $70k → 10%OREGON LEGAL AID SERVICESNA PROGRAM: $46k → 12%UTAH LEGAL SERVICES: $51k → 8%NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT: $26k → 9%BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP VIA BERING SEA FISHERMAN A: $89k → 10%MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW LEGAL DEFENSE: $51k → 23%LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF NORTH DAKOTA: $27k → 10%LEGAL AID OF WYOMING: $48k → 10%DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $78k → 40%NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES: $42k → 13%SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID: $40k → 15%NEBRASKA LEGAL SERVICES: $18k → 12%IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC: $34k → 8%ANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $36k → 14%MONTANA LEGAL SERVICES: $35k → 9%TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID: $42k → 27%DNA PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES: $114k → 32%OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $54k → 16%MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $45k → 10%UTAH LEGAL SERVICES: $43k → 8%NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT: $19k → 9%ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES: $18k → 10%MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW LEGAL DEFENSE: $34k → 23%DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $59k → 40%NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES: $40k → 13%IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC: $49k → 8%ANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $23k → 14%TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID: $33k → 27%CALIFORNIA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $89k → 32%OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $29k → 16%MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $42k → 10%UTAH LEGAL SERVICES: $20k → 8%ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES: $18k → 10%MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW LEGAL DEFENSE: $24k → 23%DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $54k → 40%NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES: $17k → 13%CALIFORNIA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $73k → 32%CALIFORNIA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES: $63k → 32%DNA PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES: $53k → 32%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 24 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
2

Total granted

$2.7M
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+32%

Still filing today

88%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’23
Crime & LegalCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DP
    DNA PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $307k · revenue +154%
  • California Indian Legal Services Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $225k · revenue +68%
  • DP
    DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $191k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • BS
    BERING SEA FISHERMENS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $89k · revenue +18%
  • IP
    INDIGENOUS PEYOTE CONSERVATION INITATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $53k · revenue +32%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Legal Aid of Wyoming Inc

Legal aid of wyoming is a statewide non-profit organization providing high quality civil legal services to eligible people to facilitate and encourage a just legal system.

Crime & Legal
2
Legal Aid Services of Oregon

The primary purpose of legal aid services of oregon shall be to achieve justice for the low-income communities of oregon by providing a full range of the highest quality civil legal services.

Crime & Legal
3
Law Access New Mexico

Provide respectful high quality legal advice, counsel, brief services and referral to low-income New Mexicans and help remove barriers to the civil justice system.

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4
Legal Services of Northern Michigan

To be a public law firm that knows, as well as understands, the problems of even the poorest in our communities and addresses these problems through education, and with creative legal advocacy of the highest distinction. LSNM will be seen…

Crime & Legal
5
Legal Aid of Manasota Inc

Legal aid of manasota provides legal services at no or low cost to those in need by partnering with local lawyers.

Crime & Legal
6
Peoples Legal Aid

People's Legal Aid is a non-profit legal organization providing free civil legal education, assistance and representation to any Utahn facing eviction and debt collections lawsuits.

Crime & Legal
7
Texas Legal Services Center Inc

Texas Legal Services Center is a nonprofit legal aid organization whose mission is to serve the undeserved by making civil justice accessible to every Texan--no matter their ability to earn. We're a coalition of attorneys, paralegals, pro…

Crime & Legal
8
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
9
Northwestern Legal Services

Northwestern legal services assists low income individuals and families by guiding them through the legal system using advocacy and education to obtain justice with the goal of improving their quality of life and strengthening our…

Crime & Legal
10
Linn County Advocate Inc

Linn County Advocate, Inc., provides quality legal representation for indigent clients in criminal and juvenile cases at the state court level in Linn, Johnson, Benton, and Jones Counties in the state of Iowa.

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11
Inland Counties Legal Services

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) mission is to pursue justice and equality for low-income individuals through counsel, advice, advocacy, and community education, treating all with dignity and respect. Over the last six decades, ICLS…

Crime & Legal
12
South Carolina Legal Services

South carolina legal services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income south carolinians.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Legal Services; the most unlike its peers is Bering Sea Fishermens Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
23/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

California Indian Legal Services Inc: $224,684 · Crime & LegalCalifornia Indian Legal Services IncOKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC: $170,121 · Crime & LegalOKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INCMichigan Indian Legal Services: $156,930 · Crime & LegalMichigan Indian Legal ServicesWISCONSIN JUDICARE INC: $122,184 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN JUDICARE INCIDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC: $121,504 · Crime & LegalIDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INCNEW MEXICO LEGAL AID INC: $120,329 · Crime & LegalNEW MEXICO LEGAL AID INCTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $119,759 · Crime & LegalTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INCUTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC: $114,397 · Crime & LegalUTAH LEGAL SERVICES INCSOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC: $107,067 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INCNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INC: $99,034 · Crime & LegalNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INCPINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC: $82,951 · Crime & Legal+5 more: $163,596 · Crime & Legal+5 moreDNA PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES INC: $306,973 · OtherDNA PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES INCDAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $191,007 · OtherDAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICESOREGON LEGAL AID SERVICESNA PROGRAM: $132,908 · OtherOREGON LEGAL AID SERVICESNA PROGRAMANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $113,836 · OtherANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICESB&GC of MS Band of Choctaw Indians: $109,125 · OtherB&GC of MS Band of Choctaw IndiansMONTANA LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $102,445 · OtherMONTANA LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATIONLEGAL AID OF WYOMING: $78,105 · OtherLEGAL AID OF WYOMINGLEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH DAKOTA: $65,632 · OtherLEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH DAKOTABERING SEA FISHERMENS ASSOCIATION: $89,042 · Community ImprovementINDIGENOUS PEYOTE CONSERVATION INITATIVE: $53,096 · Religion
Crime & Legal$1,602,556Other$1,100,031Community Improvement$89,042Religion$53,096

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDNA PEOPLES LEGAL SERVICES INC: $306,973 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetDAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $191,007 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetOKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES INC: $170,121 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetMichigan Indian Legal Services: $156,930 over 3y, 12% of budgetNEW MEXICO LEGAL AID INC: $120,329 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $119,759 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $113,836 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC: $107,067 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMONTANA LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $102,445 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INC: $99,034 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBERING SEA FISHERMENS ASSOCIATION: $89,042 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetPINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC: $82,951 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH DAKOTA: $65,632 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetINDIGENOUS PEYOTE CONSERVATION INITATIVE: $53,096 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $51,445 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwest Justice Project: $44,519 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Legal Services Corporation: $35,731 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO LEGAL SERVICES: $20,239 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $11,662 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Legal Services Corpor…Montana Legal Service…Equal Justice WorksAmerican College of B…The Skadden FoundationThe Chicago Community…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Legal Services CorporationDC49.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Legal Services Corporation · Montana Legal Services Association · Equal Justice Works · American College of Bankruptcy Foundation · The Skadden Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Native American Rights Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Native American Rights Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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