Lakota Circle Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455033604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7733324018
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,881
- Expenses
- $41,265
- Assets
- $90,715
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM VOITAS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TOM VOITAS (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN HALL (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization improves the quality of life for the lakota people living on South Dakota's pine ridge reservation and rosebud reservation by providing assistance for basic living needs (food & clothing), providing help with utility bills, developing educational and athletic programs for youth, and supporting efforts to preserve lakota culture on the pine ridge oglala (sioux) and rosebud reservation in South Dakota.
What it reported doing in 2025
Youth services and support for the lakota people living on South Dakota's pine ridge reservation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.7%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.9%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.2; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.7% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.