Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$21,194,049

Total expenses

$21,465,936

Contributions and grants received

$18,500,050

Grants paid

$1,133,743

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2,650,099

Other revenue

$43,900

Total assets, end of year

$55,101,847

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,614,236

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$52,487,611

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$19,676,878

Management and general expenses

$1,675,196

Fundraising expenses

$113,862

Program service expenses (Part III)

$19,676,878

Program services were 91.7% 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 · 2023

• IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION (CCAF) MANAGED AND OPERATED THE DEAF AND DISABLED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM (DDTP) FOR THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC). DDTP PROVIDES FREE SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO ANYONE DEAF OR DISABLED IN CALIFORNIA WHO IS UNABLE TO USE A STANDARD TELEPHONE. CCAF PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AIMED AT HELPING THESE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING HOME INSTALLATIONS OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPORT FROM SERVICE AND CALL CENTERS, DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, AND THE CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICE. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, CCAF PROVIDED SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT TO MORE THAN 730,000 DEAF OR DISABLED CALIFORNIANS BEFORE PHASING OUT ITS CONTRACT WITH THE CPUC TO FOCUS ON ITS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.

  Expenses $16,145,466 · Grants $15,748

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION NOW FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON ABILITY CENTRAL, ITS PHILANTHROPIC WING FOUNDED IN 2010. THE MISSION OF ABILITY CENTRAL IS TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE, CONVENER, AND EDUCATOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, DISABLED, AND NEURODIVERGENT CAN COMMUNICATE AND ACCESS INFORMATION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, ABILITY CENTRAL HAS GRANTED MORE THAN $13.5M TO 200+ PROJECTS, SERVING MORE THAN 500K PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS ENCOURAGING CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND TECH INNOVATION. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, ABILITY CENTRAL AWARDED MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO 12 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA OFFERING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO DISABLED COMMUNITIES. ABILITY CENTRAL ALSO OFFERS SALESFORCE CONSULTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO OTHER NONPROFITS WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THROUGH ITS PORTAL WEBSITE, ABILITY CENTRAL PROVIDED ONLINE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND EDUCATION FOR 90K+ PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT DISABILITIES AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS.

  Expenses $3,531,412 · Grants $1,117,995

As filed on the 2023 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

• AUTISM SOCIETY INLAND EMPIRE

  $100,000

  IMPROVING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH AUTISM AND IDD

• SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  YOUDESCRIBEX FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: ENHANCING HEALTH- RELATED VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY FOR B/LV PEOPLE

• KIDPOWER

  $100,000

  WORKPOWER LEADERSHIP TRAINING: SKILLS FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS IN GETTING AND KEEPING JOBS

• CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

  $100,000

  ACCELERATE & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PEER AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS

• LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND

  $100,000

  TRAINING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE BAY AREA TO BETTER SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR DEAFBLIND

• INSTITUTE FOR EXCEPTIONAL CARE

  $100,000

  HEALTHCARE TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES.

• QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT-QWOCMAP

  $85,200

  FILM & FREEDOM ACADEMY FOR SICK & DISABLED LBTQIA+ BIPOC

• WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY

  $84,960

  VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE TRAIING SERIES FOR PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH

• MYCHAL'S LEARNING PLACE

  $80,000

  MYCHAL'S SOCIAL ENTERPRISE EXPANSION

• CERV

  $75,000

  IMPROVING HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

3 December 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443389349300114

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