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← DEAF SERVICES CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEAF SERVICES CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,288,084
Total expenses
$2,075,041
Contributions and grants received
$534,049
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,478,967
Investment income
$275,068
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$740,702
Total liabilities, end of year
$376,634
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$364,068
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,556,285
Management and general expenses
$518,756
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,556,285

Program services were 75.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $411,192

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $122,857

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,916

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contract and Fee Revenue

    total $403,494 · related or exempt $403,494

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Interpreting Revenue

    total $1,072,651 · related or exempt $1,072,651

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Other Revenue

    total $2,822 · related or exempt $2,822

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,883 · excluded $3,883

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $500,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $228,815

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $271,185

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $271,185 · related or exempt $271,185

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,236 · program services $108,177 · management and general $36,059

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $769,524 · program services $577,143 · management and general $192,381

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,306 · program services $3,230 · management and general $1,076

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,258 · program services $75,194 · management and general $25,064

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,344 · program services $61,758 · management and general $20,586

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $61,394 · program services $46,046 · management and general $15,348

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,911 · program services $1,433 · management and general $478

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,747 · program services $62,060 · management and general $20,687

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,153 · program services $3,115 · management and general $1,038

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,104 · program services $15,078 · management and general $5,026

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,562 · program services $19,172 · management and general $6,390

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,947 · program services $14,960 · management and general $4,987

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,688 · program services $30,516 · management and general $10,172

  • 17 · Travel

    total $608,589 · program services $456,442 · management and general $152,147

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $21,202 · program services $15,902 · management and general $5,300

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,653 · program services $14,740 · management and general $4,913

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,693 · program services $17,770 · management and general $5,923

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $25,051 · program services $18,788 · management and general $6,263

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $7,826 · program services $5,870 · management and general $1,956

  • 24c · Other expenses: VR Client Expense

    total $6,177 · program services $4,633 · management and general $1,544

  • 24d · Other expenses: Activity Expense

    total $1,746 · program services $1,310 · management and general $436

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,930 · program services $2,948 · management and general $982

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,770 · end of year $96,741

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $242 · end of year $206,684

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $305,498 · end of year $296,161

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,722 · end of year $1,785

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $285,902

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $269,959

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $275,315 · end of year $15,943

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $19,463 · end of year $123,388

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,825 · end of year $47,957

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $152,251 · end of year $118,354

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $53,906 · end of year $60,323

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $151,128 · end of year $364,068

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To empower the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and to promote access to communication, services, and events in Central, Southern, and Northwest Ohio.

  • Deaf Services Center offers interpreting of American Sign Language, foreign languages, and speech-to-text services. Interpreters are available for hourly, ongoing, and daily appointments. Emergency interpreters are on-call 24 hours a day. Interpreters are used primarily in educational, legal, and medical environments. Speech-to-text services are preformed by trained captionists who provide real-time access to communication with the opportunity to have a transcript available afterward for review and/or study. The recipient simultaneously sees the transcript using a standard Internet connection on a mobile device such as a laptop, tablet or smart phone.

    Expenses $865,917

  • Deaf Services Center provides a full range of employment support services in partnership with opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and through its CARF accreditation. DSC offers support to persons with disabilities to decide on a career, knowledge of how to become employed and train on a new job. In addition, DSC can provide education to employers on how to work with individuals who have disabilities.

    Expenses $346,429

  • Deaf Service Center provides community services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals living in Central, Southern, and Northwest Ohio. Being a central source of information on deafness, deaf culture and disability law, DSC is able to provide information and answers on a variety of issues, questions and concerns. The organization offers individuals assistance with the American with Disabilities Act to help them understand heir obligations to comply with the law.

    Expenses $220,214

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shannon Seger

    Co Exec Dir

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Megan Menikheim

    Co Exec Dir

    Total calculated
    $69,236
    From this org
    $69,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dawn Watts

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Priscilla Doudt

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Cheryl Prusinski

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Vince Sabino

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Adam Bernholtz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ginger Young

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Art Roehrig

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Clayton Waites

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349318313

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