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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY.

Totals

Total revenue
$850,745
Total expenses
$789,132
Contributions and grants received
$862,671
Grants paid
$333,082
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,159
Other revenue
-$14,085
Total assets, end of year
$1,695,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$318,494
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,377,292
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$718,219
Management and general expenses
$59,367
Fundraising expenses
$11,546
Program service expenses (Part III)
$718,219

Program services were 91.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $526,577

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $336,094

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,420

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,159 · excluded $2,159

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,000

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

    $526,577

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,055

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$19,055 · excluded -$19,055

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $4,970 · excluded $4,970

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,970

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $333,082 · program services $333,082

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $111,458 · program services $103,099 · management and general $5,573 · fundraising $2,786

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,253 · program services $8,559 · management and general $463 · fundraising $231

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $606 · management and general $606

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,854 · program services $16,026 · management and general $1,885 · fundraising $943

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,337 · program services $1,986 · management and general $234 · fundraising $117

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $136,521 · program services $116,042 · management and general $13,653 · fundraising $6,826

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,863 · program services $10,934 · management and general $1,286 · fundraising $643

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,920 · program services $28,728 · management and general $3,192

  • 24a · Other expenses: ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING

    total $71,059 · program services $71,059

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $14,676 · program services $14,676

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,503 · program services $14,028 · management and general $2,475

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $170,547 · end of year $314,929

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $6,050

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $916 · end of year $511

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $103,884 · end of year $298,754

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

    $631,705

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

    $631,705

  • 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 $22,753

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,396,602 · end of year $1,052,789

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,213 · end of year $46,254

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $10,267 · end of year $10,200

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $351,559 · end of year $137,254

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $206,564 · end of year $124,786

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $980,148 · end of year $1,317,413

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $332,198 · end of year $59,879

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY (DRAFT) IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE USE OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS AND REPRESENTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO REFUSE TO BE DEFINED BY THEIR DISABILITY AND WHOSE PASSIONATE ENTHUSIASM FOR PARTICIPATING IN LIFE'S ACTIVITIES IS SUPPORTED BY UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN.

  • DRAFT'S SEGS4VETS PROGRAM SERVES BOTH VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WHO WHILE SERVING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES OR ILLNESSES THAT RESULTED IN PERMANENT DISABILITY. SEGS4VETS PROGRAM AWARDS SEGWAYS AND ALLY CHAIR ADAPTED SEGWAYS, UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED MOBILITY DEVICES WHICH DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO ONE'S PHYSICAL DISABILITY. WHILE THE SEGS4VETS PROGRAM'S HISTORICAL AND PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, IN RECENT YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO BROADEN ITS SUPPORT TO OTHER DISABLED VETERANS WHO MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA. IN ADDITION TO THE MILITARY, SEGS4VETS IS ALSO NOW SERVING FIRST RESPONDERS.ASSESSING, TRAINING RECIPIENTS, AND AWARDING ALLY CHAIRS AND SEGWAYS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE THE CORE OF THE SEGS4VETS PROGRAM. IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE AGING OF THE LARGEST FLEET OF SEGWAYS IN THE WORLD SEGS4VETS TRANSITION TO A SERVICE-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION IS FULLY IN PLACE. DURING THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR, THE SEGS4VETS PROGRAM PROVIDED SERVICES TO 400 VETERANS, INCLUDING ISSUING 16 DEVICES AND SERVING MORE THAN 1,700 MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS.DRAFT IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ADOPTION OF UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, AS A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY LIFE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF BABY BOOMERS AGE 65 AND OLDER. THE OPPORTUNITIES THESE SOLUTIONS OFFER FOR EXTENDING THE INDEPENDENT LIFE OF THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THE SEGS4VETS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS STARTED IN 2005, WAS INTENDED TO BE A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS DERIVED BY THE UTILIZATION OF UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED TECHNOLOGY. THE ADOPTION OF PUBLIC POLICY AND A REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR INNOVATION AND THE ADOPTION OF UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SOLVING THE PROFOUND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES FACING SOCIETY IN CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE AGING BABY BOOMER GENERATION.

    Expenses $718,219 · Grants $333,082

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gerald Kerr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Al Kisler

    VICE PRESIDENT / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kelley Gaines

    VICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Ed Eberhart

    VICE PRESIDENT / ASST. SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hal Hornburg

    VICE PRESIDENT / ASST. SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Willie Shelton

    VICE PRESIDENT / ASST. SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
11 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640719349300344

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