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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR THE DEAF INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,600,020
Total expenses
$25,581,133
Contributions and grants received
$490,718
Grants paid
$137,331
Program service revenue
$28,563,004
Investment income
-$288,105
Other revenue
-$165,597
Total assets, end of year
$30,295,717
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,176,941
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,118,776
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,357,369
Management and general expenses
$4,075,411
Fundraising expenses
$148,353
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,357,369

Program services were 83.5% 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)

    $195,856

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $294,862

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Services Revenue

    total $28,563,004 · related or exempt $28,563,004

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $466,066 · excluded $466,066

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,438,876

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

    securities $2,379,287 · other assets $813,760

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $59,589 · other assets -$813,760

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$754,171 · excluded -$754,171

  • 11a · Other revenue: UBI FROM INVESTMENTS

    total -$169,009 · unrelated business -$169,009

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $3,412 · related or exempt $3,412

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$165,597

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $137,331 · program services $137,331

  • 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 $1,069,810 · program services $170,786 · management and general $899,024 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,063,837 · program services $12,560,249 · management and general $1,405,613 · fundraising $97,975

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,763 · program services $9,489 · management and general $2,066 · fundraising $208

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,384,680 · program services $2,038,045 · management and general $305,014 · fundraising $41,621

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,229,069 · program services $1,068,891 · management and general $154,857 · fundraising $5,321

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $164,638 · program services $2,500 · management and general $162,138 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $107,034 · program services $3,413 · management and general $103,621 · 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 $69,447 · program services $0 · management and general $69,447 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,049,596 · program services $1,915,834 · management and general $133,762 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $267,081 · program services $225,600 · management and general $41,481 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $430,537 · program services $336,508 · management and general $94,029 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,245,880 · program services $732,355 · management and general $513,525 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

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

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $772,512 · program services $759,413 · management and general $13,099 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $653,035 · program services $585,713 · management and general $67,322 · 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 $44,749 · program services $42,706 · management and general $2,043 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,492 · program services $6,220 · management and general $272 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

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

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $329,150 · program services $329,150 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $243,388 · program services $176,275 · management and general $67,113 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: APPRECIATION & SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $130,039 · program services $97,220 · management and general $29,591 · fundraising $3,228

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $152,140 · program services $149,355 · management and general $2,785 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSSES

    total $13,925 · program services $5,316 · management and general $8,609 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    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 $594,038 · end of year $792,577

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,728,763 · end of year $1,098,158

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,009,649 · end of year $4,507,555

  • 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 $12,915

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $13,608 · end of year $7,939

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $381,920 · end of year $351,476

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

    $1,762,990

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

    $371,571

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,900,563 · end of year $1,391,419

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,108,903 · end of year $15,589,728

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $236,558 · end of year $225,432

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,115,890 · end of year $1,068,808

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $249,725 · end of year $249,725

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,718,872 · end of year $4,999,985

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,739,213 · end of year $2,049,211

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $221,688 · end of year $77,217

  • 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 $413,765 · end of year $463,485

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,001,569 · end of year $1,587,028

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,682,254 · end of year $26,118,776

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CSD'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESS, INDEPENDENCE AND AWARENESS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. THROUGH GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND A CONTINUUM OF QUALITY COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS, CSD PROVIDES THE TOOLS CONDUCIVE TO A POSITIVE AND FULLY INTEGRATED LIFE. CSD IS A DEAF-LED SOCIAL IMPACT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION OF IDENTIFYING AND CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEAF PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS THROUGH MULTIPLE APPROACHES - SERVICE DELIVERY, COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS, INNOVATION ENGINEERING, IMPACT INVESTING, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE, EDUCATIONAL, MORAL, MATERIAL, AND SOCIAL INTERESTS OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.

  • CSD PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES TO THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE, AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH DEAF-LED ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE BETTER AND LONG-TERM WIDESPREAD IMPACT.

    Expenses $21,357,369 · Grants $137,331 · Revenue $28,566,416

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brendan Gramer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Elise Nye

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marilyn Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • Mark Seeger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael McLaurin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $6,250
    From this org
    $6,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Roberta Mather

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rogelio Fernandez Jr

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shireen Hafeez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terria Middlebrook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $6,250
    From this org
    $6,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Anna Wilson

    Chief Legal Officer

    Total calculated
    $207,885
    From this org
    $178,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,771
    Hours/week
    48 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,114
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,771
    Filer's total
    $207,885

  • Christopher Soukup

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $407,847
    From this org
    $373,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,214
    Hours/week
    48 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,633
    Bonus
    $72,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,214
    Filer's total
    $407,847

  • Thomas Means

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $192,310
    From this org
    $167,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,663
    Hours/week
    48 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,647
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,663
    Filer's total
    $192,310

  • Amanda Whyrick

    President, California Connect

    Total calculated
    $164,409
    From this org
    $138,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,814
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,595
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,814
    Filer's total
    $164,409

  • Eric Lima-Gomez

    Vice President, People & Culture

    Total calculated
    $148,149
    From this org
    $138,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,820
    Hours/week
    45

  • Jeff Best

    Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $157,070
    From this org
    $119,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,983
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,087
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,983
    Filer's total
    $157,070

  • Lakshmi Ponappa

    Executive Director, Deaf Organizations Fund

    Total calculated
    $134,905
    From this org
    $119,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,632
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

  • Rosa Timm

    President, Social Venture Fund

    Total calculated
    $187,401
    From this org
    $150,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,248
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,153
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,248
    Filer's total
    $187,401

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • DEAF ORGANIZATIONS FUND

    501(c)(3) · PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE GRANTS AND RESOURCES TO DEAF-CENTRIC NONPROFITS · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CSD INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • National Deaf Therapy

    Unrelated · THERAPY · TX · 33.33% owned · share of income -$639 · share of assets $449,529 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CSD INC

  • Bus Door Films LLC

    Unrelated · FILM PRODUCTION · TX · 20% owned · share of income -$38,732 · share of assets $36,257 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CSD Inc

  • Hands on Travel LLC

    Unrelated · TRAVEL GUIDE · DE · 37% owned · share of income -$48,901 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CSD Inc

  • Lochiel Brewing LLC

    Unrelated · BREWING · AZ · 30% owned · share of income -$56,190 · share of assets -$113,086 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CSD Inc

  • GRIDCHECK LLC

    Unrelated · SOFTWARE · DE · 40% owned · share of income $1,361 · share of assets $17,361 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CSD Inc

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MOZZERIA INC

    C Corporation · RESTAURANT · DE · 100% owned · share of income $334,903 · share of assets $838,383 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CSD SVF LLC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202601079349300515

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