← GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS.

Totals

Total revenue: $248,317
Total expenses: $242,933
Contributions and grants received: $235,258
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $13,059
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $433,384
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $433,384
Program services expenses (Part IX): $184,856
Management and general expenses: $51,386
Fundraising expenses: $6,691
Program service expenses (Part III): $184,856

Program services were 76.1% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$6,444
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$228,814
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2e · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $13,059 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $0 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $0 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$0
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11a · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11b · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11c · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0 · program services $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11a · Fees: management

total $32,400 · program services $0 · management and general $32,400 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $2,501 · program services $0 · management and general $2,501 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $212 · program services $0 · management and general $212 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $167 · program services $0 · management and general $167 · fundraising $0
14 · Information technology

total $4,444 · program services $0 · management and general $4,444 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $1,708 · program services $0 · management and general $1,708 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $1,161 · program services $0 · management and general $1,161 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Fundraising

total $6,691 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,691
24b · Other expenses: Telephone

total $2,479 · program services $0 · management and general $2,479 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: New Project Development

total $2,374 · program services $0 · management and general $2,374 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Program Service Expenses

total $184,856 · program services $184,856 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $3,940 · program services $0 · management and general $3,940 · fundraising $0
26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $142,343 · end of year $96,104
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $257,845 · end of year $310,904
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $20,060 · end of year $20,060
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $7,752 · end of year $6,316
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year -$116,374 · end of year $5,384
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $544,374 · end of year $428,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To help babies and young children with hearing loss living in low resource countries access the early identification hearing technology and locally-based professional support they need to listen talk and achieve their full potential. We develop and implement programs with in-country partners to improve heath care and early education and raise awareness for pediatric hearing loss and available interventions. The GFCHLs proprietary training program is a core component of its work.

After a year of planning and preparation the GFCHL launched its two-year proprietary training program in auditory-verbal therapy AVT in 2024 in collaboration with the University of Nairobi. This program helps to address the significant shortage of local AVT expertise in Kenya that families need to help their young children fit with hearing aids and cochlear implants learn to listen and speak. The Kenyan participants have committed to a series of in-country GFCHL training workshops over the next two years to learn from the GFCHL AVT curriculum and build their knowledge. Online training is provided between in-country workshops by the GFCHL team. The participants who complete the full curriculum will receive certificates from the GFCHL and University of Nairobi. They will be able to provide critical AVT services to families and also help train others in Kenya to make the benefits exponential and sustainable. The GFCHL conducted two 2-week training workshops in June and November 2024 to begin this program.

Expenses $87,507 · Grants $33,000
The GFCHL continued its collaboration with the Hospital for Children Eye ENT and Rehabilitation Services CHEERS in Nepal. The multi-year initiative intends to demonstrate how the full Continuum of Care from infant screening to habilitation services can be implemented in a low resource country to help babies and very young children with hearing loss to listen and talk. Such services and expertise are extremely limited in Nepal. There is also low awareness for that potential developmental outcome among families in the country. Both Nepali professionals and community ear health workers are engaged in this comprehensive program. In May 2024 the GFCHL professional training team conducted its third 2-week training workshop to continue teaching the GFCHLs curriculum in pediatric audiology and auditory verbal therapy to a cohort of 20 Nepali community ear health workers and audiologists. Families of children with hearing loss participated in the practicum sessions and attended a Family seminar. In addition we also conducted an outreach seminar at a maternity hospital for about 50 nurses pediatricians and other front line workers to inform them about pediatric hearing loss newborn hearing screening and the interventions available to address the condition. The GFCHL Executive Director also traveled to Nepal separately from the training programs for planning meetings with partners to advance relationships and to explore local invitations for additional collaborations.

Expenses $52,425 · Grants $32,817
GFCHL traveled to Kenya twice separately from the training program for planning meetings with partners for observations advance relationships and to explore opportunities to expand the GFCHLs work. As a result of these visits the GFCHL will be initiating additional programs next year.

Expenses $27,831
Advance payments to cover some costs associated with the third training workshop in the GFCHLs Kenya AVT training program scheduled for June 2025 in Nairobi.

Expenses $15,190
Purchase of 6 refurbished hearing aids for children in need in Kenya.

Expenses $1,825
Shipping costs associated with storage of hearing aids.

Expenses $78

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Edwin W Rubel

President Apr - Dec Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Chris Harig

President Dec - Mar Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
David DeYoung

Treasurer Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sharron Stringer

Secretary Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

8
Paige Stringer

Executive Director

Total calculated

$122,000

From this org

$122,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

60
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Horn

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Fran Lalas

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jacque Patton

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chris Barrett

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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: 2024
Filed: 22 July 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.1
Source object: 202502039349300700

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