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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNICATION FIRST.

Totals

Total revenue
$739,384
Total expenses
$467,417
Contributions and grants received
$511,139
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$226,717
Investment income
$1,528
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$625,477
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$612,141
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$399,223
Management and general expenses
$52,094
Fundraising expenses
$16,100
Program service expenses (Part III)
$399,223

Program services were 85.4% 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

    $511,139

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,119

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $225,839 · related or exempt $225,839

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE

    total $878 · related or exempt $878

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,528 · excluded $1,528

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,710 · program services $81,575 · management and general $14,099 · fundraising $5,036

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $178,331 · program services $164,364 · management and general $5,124 · fundraising $8,843

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,961 · program services $13,186 · management and general $1,031 · fundraising $744

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,543 · program services $18,987 · management and general $1,484 · fundraising $1,072

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,560 · management and general $8,560

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,259 · management and general $15,259

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,304 · program services $40,304

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,031 · program services $1,031

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,699 · program services $2,778 · management and general $2,921

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,659 · program services $8,945 · management and general $354 · fundraising $360

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $726 · management and general $726

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $66,494 · program services $66,494

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $946 · management and general $946

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,419 · program services $784 · management and general $1,590 · fundraising $45

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $775 · program services $775

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $317,341 · end of year $168,480

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $301,528

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,463 · end of year $138,743

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $805 · end of year $9,089

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,459 · end of year $1,962

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $7,567 · end of year $5,675

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $515 · end of year $13,336

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $290,703 · end of year $456,224

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,417 · end of year $155,917

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE ESTIMATED 5 MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO CANNOT RELY ON SPEECH ALONE TO BE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD, THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, SYSTEMIC REFORM OF POLICY AND PRACTICE, AND LEGAL ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $399,223 · Revenue $226,717

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jordyn Zimmerman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Francisco Ramirez

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gita Gupta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • M Christopher Williams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Susie Lotharius

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Toby Latham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • India Ochs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Crisp-Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Jin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lateef McLeod

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Sheldon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Godfrey Nazareth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tauna Szymanski

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,710
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $710
    Hours/week
    60

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
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503049349302985

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