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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DEAF ORGANIZATIONS FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$560,229
Total expenses
$565,576
Contributions and grants received
$517,981
Grants paid
$105,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$42,227
Other revenue
$21
Total assets, end of year
$1,500,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$250
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,500,175
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$323,624
Management and general expenses
$96,827
Fundraising expenses
$145,125
Program service expenses (Part III)
$323,624

Program services were 57.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $137,331

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $380,650

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,610 · excluded $40,610

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $41,616

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

    securities $39,999

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,617 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,617 · excluded $1,617

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $21 · excluded $21

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $105,400 · program services $105,400

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

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

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,702 · management and general $4,702

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,417 · program services $1,417

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $279 · management and general $279

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fiscal Sponsorship from CSD

    total $451,278 · program services $214,307 · management and general $91,846 · fundraising $145,125

  • 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 $9,713 · end of year $30,325

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $250

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,395

  • 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 $1,286,739 · end of year $1,468,455

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $250

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,296,452 · end of year $1,500,175

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEAF ORGANIZATIONS FUND (DOF) BELIEVES IN A FUTURE IN WHICH DEAF COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THRIVING, WELL-RESOURCED ORGANIZATIONS. DOF STRENGTHENS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH DEAF COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE GRANTS AND RESOURCES.

  • Launched the annual Impact Grant for Deaf Organizations Fund in which we received over 80 requests totaling nearly $2M. For the 2025 grantee cohort, we distributed $100,000 in unrestricted grant dollars among four deaf-centric organizations and programs and supported them as needed with project implementation and grantee coaching. Additionally, we provided $5,400 in stipends to six grantees from the 2024 cohort. Using accessible, culturally responsive practices, DOF provided collaboration and consultant opportunities, educational webinars, technical assistance and more to other deaf-centric organizations and programs.

    Expenses $323,624 · Grants $105,400

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anna Wilson

    Director/Secretary

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

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

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

  • Christopher Soukup

    Director/President

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

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

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

  • Thomas Means

    Director/Treasurer

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

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

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

  • Marilyn Smith

    Board Member

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

  • Lakshmi Ponappa

    Executive Director, Deaf Organizations Fund

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

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 · Form 990 of other organizations

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
THE COMPENSATION REPORTED FOR CHRISTOPHER SOUKUP, ANNA WILSON, THOMAS MEANS, LAKSHMI PONAPPA, AND MARILYN SMITH WAS PAID BY COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR THE DEAF INC (CSD), A RELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. CSD relied on the following: compensation committee, independent compensation consultant, Form 990 of other organization, compensation survey or study, approval by the board or compensation committee to help establish the compensation of the Executive Director.

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.

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.

Related partnerships

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

  • National Deaf Therapy

    N/A · therapy · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • HANDS ON TRAVEL LLC

    N/A · TRAVEL · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • GRIDCHECK LLC

    N/A · SOFTWARE · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Bus Door Films LLC

    N/A · FILM PRODUCTION · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • LOCHIEL BREWING LLC

    N/A · BREWING · AZ

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • MOZZERIA INC

    C Corporation · RESTAURANT · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202631079349300908

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