2025-08-13T11:34:30-05:00 2024-09-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2023-10-01 943255933 Tribal Law and Policy Institute TRIB 3236505467 8229 Santa Monica Blvd 201 West Hollywood CA 90046 Gerald B Gardner Executive Director 3236505467 2025-08-13 1 1 Oswaldo D Torres CPA P02465082 6264036801 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Gerald B Gardner 8229 Santa Monica Blvd 201 West Hollywood CA 90046 7111784 0 X www.home.tlpi.org X 1996 CA To enhance and strengthen tribal sovereignty and justice while honoring community values, protecting rights, and promoting well-being. 7 7 44 11 0 0 6708586 6395435 447173 716349 0 0 0 0 7155759 7111784 0 0 0 0 5346860 5328071 0 0 0 1701679 1716531 7048539 7044602 107220 67182 1084506 1209276 473966 531554 610540 677722 X Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is a Native American operated non-profit:Dedicated to providing free publication resources, comprehensive training, and technical assistance for Native nations and tribal justice systems in pursuit of our vision to empower Native communities to create and control their own institutions for the benefit of all community members, now, and for future generations. 0 0 2018903 Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Tribal Youth Resource Center: TLPI, in collaboration with project partner, the National Native Children's Trauma Center, provided a range of individualized, intensive, culturally-specific, trauma-informed tribal TTA to support tribal efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency by strengthening tribally driven approaches along the juvenile justice continuum including delinquency prevention and intervention initiatives; interventions for court-involved youth; treatment services for at-risk/high-risk youth, services for youth in detention or out-of-home placement; and services for children who are victims of sex trafficking. 1378850 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Training and Technical Assiatance Program: provided a wide array of training and technical assistance to Tribes to build capacity to plan, develop, or enhance alternatives to incarceration. Assisted tribal jurisdictions in developing tribal adult, juvenile, family, DWI, and/or Veteran's Healing to Wellness Courts (also known as "drug courts or "wellness courts"). Provided TTA to strengthen existing Healing to Wellness Courts. Provided field with state-of-the-art information and resources on effective strategies for addressing substance-abusing offenders in tribal drug courts. 2503251 716349 Other Program Activities:1. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Tribal Justice System Capacity Building TTA Enhancing Tribal/State Collaborations: Provided training, technical assistance and developed resources for federal-tribal-state-local intergovernmental collaborations. Developed, maintained and updated the Walking On Common Ground Website (www.walkingoncommonground.org). Provided resources on Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). 2. Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Violence Against Women Act 2022 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Training and Technical Assistance Project (VAWA STCJ TTA): Provided support training and technical assistance (TTA) specific to grantees and potential grantees of the OVW Tribal Jurisdiction program to plan for, implement and exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ). Provided learning opportunities and TTA to tribal leadership, judges, courts, prosecutors, defense counsel, law enforcement, court services, victim advocates, child welfare staff, and other internal and external partners within the tribal justice system. Specific activities include continued support for the Intertribal Working Group (ITWG).3. Pass-through contract with Colorado Seminary/University of Denver: Administration on Children, Youth, and Family (ACYF) Children's Bureau Capacity Building Center for Tribes provided technical assistance to Title IV-B and Title IV-E American Indian and Alaska Native Nations.4. Pass-through contract with the University of North Dakota: Assisted with implementation of goals under its Tribal Court Assistance Program Award.5. Pass-through contract with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago: Assisted with the development of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Tribal Courts.6. Pass-through contract with the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center: Assisted with training and technical assistance under the project entitled ARP Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from Culturally Specific Populations Grant Program.7. Pass-through contract with the University of Connecticut: Assisted the National Quality Improvement Center on Family Centered Reunification in providing consultation and SME in Tribal child welfare systems, lead recruitment of Tribal projects as well as the readiness work to engage Tribal sites in applying to be a demonstration site with the National Quality Improvement Center.8. A series of relatively small training and technical assistance contracts with various tribes and organizations. 5901004 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 61 0 1 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X Tribal Law and Policy Institute-Gerald Gardner 3236505467 8229 Santa Monica Blvd 201 West Hollywood CA 90046 Abby Abinanti President 1.00 X X 500 0 0 David Raasch Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Margrett Oberly Kelley Secretary/Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Lucille Echohawk Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Jackson Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Naomi Miguel Board Member (start 12/23) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Edward Reina Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gerald Gardner Executive Director 40.00 X 178360 0 42731 Heather Valdez Freedman Deputy Director 40.00 X 142334 0 50154 Stephanie Autumn Tribal Youth Resource Center Dir. 40.00 X 138049 0 26763 Jessica Harjo Operations Director 40.00 X 136864 0 41675 Heather Torres Program Director 40.00 X 115018 0 21934 Chia Halper Beetso Tribal Courts Specialist 40.00 X 113602 0 34418 824727 0 217675 15 0 1 0 0 6375283 20152 6395435 Contracts 541900 716349 716349 716349 7111784 716349 0 0 X 242623 195868 46755 3687162 3234953 452209 223166 187128 36038 864586 721493 143093 310534 263675 46859 26600 26600 874153 821635 52518 104485 52617 51868 100706 76258 24448 281522 259309 22213 56843 54570 2273 60383 60383 Miscellaneous 170218 23149 147069 Dues and subscriptions 41621 10349 31272 7044602 5901004 1143598 0 596977 500565 468214 688890 11357 11863 7958 7958 1084506 1209276 473966 531554 473966 531554 X 610540 677722 610540 677722 1084506 1209276 67182 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 5557080 5605048 5998618 6708586 6395435 30264767 5557080 5605048 5998618 6708586 6395435 30264767 30264767 1104 1141 2245 30267012 1963752 0.99990 0.99990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 X 7111784 0 7111784 0 7111784 7044602 0 7044602 0 7044602 Part X, Line 2: TLPI is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by the TLPI in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. TLPI's returns for the years ended are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerald Gardner Executive Director 178360 0 0 0 0 0 18610 0 24121 0 221091 0 0 0 Heather Valdez Freedman Deputy Director 142334 0 0 0 0 0 12778 0 37376 0 192488 0 0 0 Jessica Harjo Operations Director 136864 0 0 0 0 0 5485 0 36190 0 178539 0 0 0 Stephanie Autumn Tribal Youth Resource Center Dir. 138049 0 0 0 0 0 3279 0 23484 0 164812 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is provided to the TLPI Board of Directors Finance Committee (TLPI Board President Abby Abinanti, TLPI Treasurer Margrett Kelley, and TLPI Board Member Lucille Echohawk) prior to filing (by PDF or fax) for their review and comment. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the Conflict of Interest Policy by: (1) Ensuring that all new TLPI employees are informed concerning the policy; (2) Periodically reminding/explaining the policy to TLPI employees; (3) Ensuring that federal procurement policies (which are designed to minimize these problems) are followed; (4) Careful monitoring of all TLPI contracts/payments including more than one level of review and approval; (5) Investigating any instances where issues concerning potential conflicts of interest arise; and (6) Meeting with the affected employee whenever issues concerning potential conflicts of interest arise to address it. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The TLPI body that reviews and approves compensation is comprised of the seven members of the TLPI Board of Directors. Compensation for the Executive Director and key employees are reviewed and approved by the TLPI body, based upon comparable salary and benefits data (from salary and benefit surveys) for similar nonprofit organizations of similar budget size, that are located in the same, or similar geographic region. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization provides all documents upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Contract labor: Program service expenses 169,647. Management and general expenses 16,336. Total expenses 185,983. Other consultants: Program service expenses 651,988. Management and general expenses 36,182. Total expenses 688,170.