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Dineh Cooperatives Incorporated

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Chinle, AZ501(c)(3)Since 1972Community DevelopmentEIN 86-0267934Revenue $421K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 2060, 86503-2060 · Chinle, AZTax-exempt since Jul 1972Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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We are a community development corporation with the mission of investing in the navaho nation. We promote economic development in order to create and retain jobs in the navaho nation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
51¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $29K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
51%
of spending
Worth a look: 51% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$194K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
27 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 26.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$88K
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$421K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$674K
To programs
51%
Net assets
$45.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$421K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$437K
FY2021$410K
FY2023$397K
FY2024$412K
FY2025$421K
Expenses
$674K
FY2025▲ +78%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$415K
FY2021$372K
FY2023$384K
FY2024$378K
FY2025$674K
Net assets
$45.0M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$41.4M
FY2021$42.8M
FY2023$43.4M
FY2024$44.2M
FY2025$45.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 51% · $344K Management & general 49% · $330K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $194K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$99,742Pt VII · Sec A
Ellenora Kee
Corporate Secretary
$59,166Pt VII · Sec A
Leland Leonard
President & CEO
$35,538Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dennis Clah
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Arthur Newman JR’s $100K as Controller is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020
Jon D Colvin——$30,847$118,002$117,849
Authur Newman JR—$99,790$95,770——
Arthur Newman JR$99,742————
Ellenora Kee$59,166————
Eleanora Kee—$57,922$53,297——
Linda M Keerockbridge————$45,121
Leland Leonard$35,538————
Lucy E Ayze————$500

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Invests in the Navajo Nation to promote economic development and create jobs.

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3 programs · $344K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Economic and community development --we provided approximately 1899 hours of technical assistance to the navaho nation and to existing and potential businesses benefitting the 200,774 resident members of the navaho nation.

$142Kprogram expense
02

Other program services--the majority of our time was spent providing technical assistance to navaho nation businesses.

$136Kprogram expense
03

Housing development--we spent over 810 hours developing 30 homeownership units for essential chinle hospital personnel.

$65Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$421K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$380K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Money outPt IX
$674K
Ln 25
Programscol B$344K
Managementcol C$330K
Owns and owesPt X
$45.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$380K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Total revenueLn 12$421K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$880K
SavingsLn 2$629K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$43.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15K
Total assetsLn 16$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
Net assetsLn 32$45.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$1.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$42.5M$43.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$15K
Total assetsLn 16$44.2M$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K$88K
Net assetsLn 32$44.2M$45.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$374K$198K$176K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$62K$26K$36K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$4K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$2K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$13K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$60K$31K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$11K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$771$741
OccupancyLn 16$36K$19K$18K
TravelLn 17$14K$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$12K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$674K$344K$330K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $421K$674K−$253K$45.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $412K$378K$34K$44.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $397K$384K$13K$43.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $410K$372K$39K$42.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $437K$415K$21K$41.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $420,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $380,256$380,256
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $31,360$20,323
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$20,030
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $411,616$420,609
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $253,229$477,629
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $124,685$196,014
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $377,914$673,643
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $33,702−$253,034
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $420,609 across 5 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $380,256$380,256
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,323$20,323
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $20,000$20,000
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $30$30
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $400,256 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $20,353$420,609
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $673,643 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $198,399 · Management $175,940$374,339
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $25,980 · Management $36,191$62,171
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,923 · Management $4,169$8,092
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,945 · Management $4,923$6,868
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,342 · Management $12,817$26,159
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,989 · Management $5,776$11,765
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $30,729 · Management $29,527$60,256
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,146 · Management $6,866$14,012
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,639 · Management $10,224$20,863
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $771 · Management $741$1,512
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,569 · Management $17,840$36,409
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,944 · Management $6,668$13,612
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,267 · Management $2,178$4,445
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,254 · Management $5,048$10,302
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $11,643 · Management $11,195$22,838
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $343,540 · Management $330,103 · Fundraising $0$673,643
Part X · Balance sheet $45,094,506 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,127,037$879,898
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $618,897$629,119
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,477$55,624
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,267$2,267
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,168$11,856
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,870$15,274
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $83,495$80,589
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $42,386,545$43,419,879
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $44,246,756$45,094,506
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $17,521$87,877
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $17,521$87,877
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $44,016,694$44,843,458
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $212,541$163,171
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $44,229,235$45,006,629
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $44,246,756$45,094,506
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $45,006,629 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$420,609
XI-2 Total expenses$673,643
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$253,034
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$44,229,235
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$2,906
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,033,334
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$45,006,629

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