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Filing year 2023

NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC

Boulder, Colorado·EIN 84-0611876·NTEE R220 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$24.6M
Total assets
$84.1M
Total expenses
$20.5M
Reported officers
24
Mission

THE NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND HOLDS GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE. WE FIGHT TO PROTECT NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS, RESOURCES, AND LIFEWAYS THROUGH LITIGATION, LEGAL ADVOCACY, AND LEGAL EXPERTISE. AS ESTABLISHED BY NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND'S (NARF) FIRST BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE PRIORITIES THAT GUIDE NARF IN ITS MISSIONS STILL CONTINUE TO LEAD NARF TODAY: (1) THE PRESERVATION OF TRIBAL EXISTENCE; (2) THE PROTECTION OF TRIBAL NATURAL RESOURCES; (3) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; (4) THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENTS TO NATIVE AMERICANS; AND (5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN LAW AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT INDIAN RIGHTS, LAWS AND ISSUES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$329k
$360k
Attorney
highest compensated employee
$304k
$333k
Attorney
highest compensated employee
$300k
$329k
Deputy Director
director (operational)
$292k
$320k
Attorney
highest compensated employee
$287k
$314k
Attorney
highest compensated employee
$286k
$313k
Attorney
highest compensated employee
$284k
$311k
Chief Financial Officer
$243k
$267k
Development Director
$235k
$257k
Corporate Secretary
secretary (operational)
$174k
$190k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 14 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 15%
from 2022

From $285k in 2022 to $329k in 2023.

$285k
2022
$329k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$326k to $360k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$18.9M
$18.7M
2022
$24.6M
$20.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn in Colorado

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations in Colorado pay their highest-earning executive a median of $95,574.

25th percentile
$69k
Median
$95,574
75th percentile
$152k
90th percentile
$231k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 59 organizations across 59 filings (2022 – 2024).

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