Texas · Nonprofit
LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE
LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $137k
What Lone Star Defefenders Office does
Mission
To serve as the indefense hub for criminal cases stemming from operation lone star a state of texas border security initiative. The organization is responsible for overseeing the defense program assigning counsel to cases and providing support and resources to defense attorneys.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To support indigent individuals arrested or charged under operation lone star the texas governors border security initiative initiated on march 6 2021 the organization offers legal representation to eligible individuals by assigning counsel for their criminal cases in state court. Additionally the organization provides case support services such as investigation interpretation and mitigation services.
$12,597,823 spent$77,360 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,597,823.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $6.2M to $2.3M (−62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amrutha N Jindal
Executive director
Board chair
Joshua Jones
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 152 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE?
- LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE.
- Who is the largest funder of LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE?
- OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LONE STAR DEFEFENDERS OFFICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing