Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$539,675

Total expenses

$842,117

Contributions and grants received

$210,507

Grants paid

$24,440

Program service revenue

$329,168

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$634,970

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,187

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$626,783

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$793,837

Management and general expenses

$47,612

Fundraising expenses

$668

Program service expenses (Part III)

$793,837

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE GROUP WAS BORN IN 2002, OUT OF THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE REALITY THAT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. THE RESULT OF THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION WAS (AND CONTINUES TO BE) RESULTS THAT WERE NOT OPTIMAL DUE TO THE FACT THAT LAWYERS, JUDGES AND JURIES COULD NOT RELATE TO DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, WORK WITH, OR ARE FRIENDS WITH A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, THEN YOU COULD NOT DELIVER JUSTICE.STARTING IN 2003, DIG WORKED WITH THE FLORIDA BAR TO CREATE A DISABILITY INITIATIVE TO IDENTIFY DISABILITY AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY. THIS INCLUDED IDENTIFYING HOW TO REMOVE ATTITUDINAL, COMMUNICATION, AND ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND DRAFTING RULES TO ENSURE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO ACCESS THE FLORIDA COURT SYSTEM.IN 2011, THE WALLET CARD PROJECT WAS CREATED BY DIG IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES.IN 2012, DIG WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE (NFHA) THROUGH A FHIP GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A SERIES OF TEN (10) VIDEOS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) ON FAIR HOUSING AND FAIR LENDING ISSUES.IN 2014, DIG STARTED A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.IN 2015, DIG BEGAN WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DISABILITY AND ABUSE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. THE NAME OF THE PROJECT IS THE MIAMI INCLUSION ALLIANCE, AND THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE SYSTEMIC CHANGE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT WILL RESULT IN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR VICTIMS/SURVIVORS WHO ARE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.IN 2018, DIG STARTED THE SUPPER SOCIAL CLUB TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT GREW TO INCLUDE GROUPS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND SEPARATE GROUPS FOR PARENTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.IN 2018, DIG BEGAN WORKING WITH CATALYST MIAMI AS A PARTNER IN THE ENABLE PROJECT. THIS PROJECT TRAINS NONPROFITS ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS.IN 2018, DIG WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF ACCESS THE VOTE FLORIDA (ATVFL). ACCESS THE VOTE FLORIDA (ATVFL) IS STATE COALITION WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL REV UP! CAMPAIGN, COORDINATED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (AAPD). REV UP STANDS FOR "REGISTER! EDUCATE! VOTE! USE YOUR POWER!"IN 2019, OUR ANIMAL PARTNER PROJECT WORKED WITH AGENCIES BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE TO REDUCE TRAUMA, BUILD RESILIENCE AND PROVIDE NORMALCY FOR ABUSED CHILDREN WHO ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES AND PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, CHILD VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND CHILDREN IN THE DELINQUENCY SYSTEMS BY CREATING A FACILITY DOG PILOT PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY AGENCIES.FROM 2014 TO 2022, DIG WORKED WITH MATTHEW W. DIETZ AND STEPHANIE LANGER TO CREATE A LITIGATION DEPARTMENT THAT HOLISTICALLY ADDRESSED DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION.

  Expenses $793,837 · Grants $24,440 · Revenue $329,168

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY ACTION AND HUMAN SERVICES

  $10,137

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MUJERES UNIDAS EN JUSTICIA EDUCACION Y REFORMA INC

  $9,769

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

30 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313079349302231

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