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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HELPING EDUCATE TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF THE DEAF.

Totals

Total revenue
$995,749
Total expenses
$661,676
Contributions and grants received
$958,347
Grants paid
$46,529
Program service revenue
$1,600
Investment income
$35,802
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,568,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,400
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,537,591
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$326,252
Management and general expenses
$184,398
Fundraising expenses
$151,026
Program service expenses (Part III)
$326,252

Program services were 49.3% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $958,347

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY EDUCATION

    total $1,600 · related or exempt $1,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,802 · excluded $35,802

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $46,529 · program services $46,529

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $184,491 · program services $9,213 · management and general $87,639 · fundraising $87,639

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $236,869 · program services $165,809 · management and general $35,530 · fundraising $35,530

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,215 · program services $24,651 · management and general $5,282 · fundraising $5,282

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,094 · program services $15,246 · management and general $9,924 · fundraising $9,924

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,724 · program services $20,724

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,294 · management and general $5,294

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $46,409 · program services $20,322 · management and general $22,544 · fundraising $3,543

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,993 · program services $20,295 · management and general $5,799 · fundraising $2,899

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,662 · program services $649 · management and general $7,315 · fundraising $5,698

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,070 · program services $1,535 · management and general $1,535

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,115 · program services $1,279 · management and general $3,325 · fundraising $511

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $211 · management and general $211

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $220,292 · end of year $117,115

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,005,654 · end of year $1,451,876

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,428 · end of year $31,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,203,518 · end of year $1,537,591

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

HEARD IS A CROSS-DISABILITY ABOLITIONIST ORGANIZATION THAT UNITES ACROSS IDENTITIES, COMMUNITIES, MOVEMENTS, AND BORDERS TO END ABLEISM, RACISM, CAPITALISM, AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE. HEARD SUPPORTS DISABLED PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCE ABLEISM BY REJECTING DISABILITY HIERARCHIES AND RIGID DEFINITIONS OF DISABILITY, AND BY RECOGNIZING DEAF PEOPLE AS PART OF DISABILITY COMMUNITIES. HEARD WORKS TO INCREASE OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND CHALLENGE OPPRESSION THROUGH GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, PEER SUPPORT, MUTUAL AID, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FREEDOM AND DIGNITY OF CURRENTLY INCARCERATED DEAF/DISABLED PEOPLE AND SUPPORT TRANSITIONS BACK HOME AFTER INCARCERATION.

  • INCARCERATED ADVOCACY: HEARD ADVOCATES FOR DEAF/DISABLED DEFENDANTS, CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY ORGANIZING FOR THE RELEASE OF DEAF/DISABLED ELDERS; CONNECTING INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AS A DISABLED INCARCERATED PERSON, RE-ENTRY SUPPORT, POLITICAL EDUCATION, AND MORE THROUGH HEARD'S PRISON CORRESPONDENCE EFFORTS; SUPPORTING DEAF/DISABLED PEOPLE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THEIR LOVED ONES TO NAVIGATE THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WITH INCREASED ACCESS, POWER, AND AGENCY; ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (VIDEOPHONE, CAPTIONED TELEPHONES, ETC.) IN PRISONS AND JAILS; EDUCATING ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE DEAF/DISABLED CLIENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW DISABILITY IMPACTS THEIR ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR CLIENTS' CASES; AND, PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MULTIPLY-MARGINALIZED DEAF/DISABLED INCARCERATED PEOPLE THROUGH HEARD'S COMMISSARY FUND AND HEARD'S PRISON VISITATION FUND.REENTRY SUPPORT: HEARD OFFERS REENTRY SUPPORT TO DEAF/DISABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON. THIS SUPPORT BY AND FOR DEAF/DISABLED PEOPLE IS TRAUMA-INFORMED AND INCLUSIVE OF THE MANY WAYS WE COMMUNICATE AND HEAL. IT INCLUDES: PEER SUPPORT SPACES TO HEAL, GROW, AND DEVELOP WITHOUT PUNITIVE INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN PEERS TO LEARN ABOUT CARCERAL SYSTEMS AND REDUCE CHANCES OF REINCARCERATION, DEVELOP CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND HARM REDUCTION SKILLS, AND DEVELOP SKILLS TO BECOME PEER EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY INTERPRETERS AND/OR FACILITATORS; ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ACCESS HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS UPON RELEASE; ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY (E.G., CELL PHONES, TABLETS, LAPTOPS) AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING IN ASL TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND TO INCREASE EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION IN ASL; AND, ADVOCACY AND ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING PAROLE/PROBATION/SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS.MOVEMENT BUILDING: HEARD PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS FOR CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, THEIR LOVED ONES, LEGAL ADVOCATES, DISABLED COMMUNITIES, AND ACCOMPLICES. WE RUN A GROUP OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED DISABLED/DEAF PEOPLE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES, WHO ARE IMPACTED BY PRISON AND POLICING SYSTEMS THAT IS CALLED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION TEAM (PET). EACH ROUND OF PET INCLUDES FOUR-TO-SIX MONTHS OF GATHERINGS WHERE WE DEVELOP OUR SKILLS AS PEER EDUCATORS, LEARN ABOUT SYSTEMS OF POLICING, EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF ABOLITION AND PRISONS, AND LEARN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND HARM REDUCTION SKILLS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO JOIN PET ARE PAID FOR THEIR TIME IN LEARNING WITH AND FROM EACH OTHER. HEARD ALSO OFFERS PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS FOR DEAF/DISABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, ATTORNEYS, LEGAL WORKERS, ADVOCATES, UNIVERSITIES, NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS, AND MORE ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR WORK.

    Expenses $326,252 · Grants $46,529 · Revenue $1,600

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DUSTIN GIBSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRINITY MCFADDEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $92,126
    From this org
    $81,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,449
    Hours/week
    30

  • JESSICA MURGEL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAJ KRAUS

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,366
    From this org
    $81,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,449
    Hours/week
    30

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
6 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202621879349301072

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