EIN 86-0207220

DNA People's Legal Services (DNA)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
66
City
Window Rock
State
Year formed
1967
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
DNA’s mission is to serve our client communities as advocates and teachers in order to address the causes and symptoms of poverty, foster individual independence and dignity, and protect and promote tribal sovereignty.
Total revenues
$6,646,294
2023
Total expenses
$5,973,854
2023
Total assets
$4,256,764
2023
Num. employees
66
2023

Program areas at DNA

Dna - People's Legal Services provides free Legal Services and community Legal education to persons living in poverty on the navajo, hopi, and jicarilla apache reservations, and in parts of northern Arizona, northwest new mexico, and southern Utah. Dna's main office, as well as Dna's fort defiance branch office, are located in window rock, Arizona. Dna also has branch offices in chinle Arizona, tuba city Arizona, flagstaff Arizona, keams canyon Arizona, and farmington new mexico. Our office in keams canyon, designated as our hopi office, provides civil and criminal defense Legal Services to members of the hopi and to others primarily living on the hopi reservation.continues on schedule odna serves clients who live in poverty, with the full range of civil Legal needs, such as consumer law, domestic violence, guardianships, other family law, landlord/tenant, employment and public benefits cases. We also provide Services to indigent criminal defendants, and we serve as the hopi tribe public defender. Dna staff practice in tribal, state, federal and administrative courts.

Who funds DNA People's Legal Services (DNA)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Legal Services Corporation (LSC)Civil Legal Aid$4,914,098
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and EducationDomestic Violence and Legal Services$214,290
Equal Access To JusticeLegal Aid Assistance$73,000
...and 9 more grants received

Personnel at DNA

NameTitleCompensation
Rodolfo SanchezExecutive Director$168,099
Nancy WhiteSecretary and Treasurer / Director$0
Judy DworkinPresident / Director$0
Virjinya TorrezVice President / Director$0
Patricia JohnsonPast Executive Director
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for DNA

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,547,289
Program services$1,061,608
Investment income and dividends$26,915
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$3,360
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$5,336
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$1,786
Total revenues$6,646,294

Form 990s for DNA

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-11-13990View PDF
2022-122023-06-21990View PDF
2021-122022-05-18990View PDF
2020-122021-08-10990View PDF
2019-122021-04-02990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
November 26, 2024
Received grants
Identified 9 new grant, including a grant for $4,914,098 from Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
December 30, 2023
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $4,272,818 from Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
August 3, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 26, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Crime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationHuman servicesCrime and lawLegal services
Characteristics
Receives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 306
Window Rock, AZ 86515
County
Apache County, AZ
Website URL
dnalegalservices.org/ 
Phone
(928) 871-4151
Facebook page
dnalegalservices 
IRS details
EIN
86-0207220
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1967
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
I80: Legal Services
NAICS code, primary
5411: Legal Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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