Data for Indigenous Justice
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850771076
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9072151672
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $794,149
- Expenses
- $446,892
- Assets
- $379,239
- Liabilities
- $2,997
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Charlene Apok (Executive Director)
- Dr Jessica Black (Board President)
Highest reported compensation
- Dr Charlene Apok (Executive Director): $111,000 total reported compensation
- Dr Jessica Black (Board President): $500 total reported compensation
- Dr Malia Villegas (Board Secretary): $500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our vision is to see our people living in safety while thriving.
What it reported doing in 2025
Reclaiming Data- constant data collection and cross referencing of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples. Gathering of data has come directly from our community with trust, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, reporting and cross referencing, media and social media. DIJ has developed direct partnership with national database systems and law enforcement agencies, improving access and accuracy of reclaimed data. DIJ has established meaningful connections with statewide and national organizations who are leading similar efforts in other states. DIJ continues to be sought for data expertise on this topic area and addressing the MMIWG crisis and has done dozens of presentations, key notes, and panels across the state, nationally and internationally. DIJ's "We are Calling to You" report has been cited in numerous legislative bills and other narratives for advocacy here in Alaska. The purpose of a baseline for referral has been a success.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.5%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $50.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.5% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $369K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.