HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P87

Classification

1000

Street

1750 TYSONS BLVD STE 1500

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3802), covering 76 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

• EAST VALLEY CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 38-3860489 · GILBERT, AZ

• WEST VALLEY CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 86-0450981 · PHOENIX, AZ

• LONG BEACH-LAKEWOOD CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 33-0164362 · DOWNEY, CA

• PENINSULA CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 45-0523646 · EMERALD HILLS, CA

• MISSION VIEJO CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA · EIN 90-0542703 · LAGUNA WOODS, CA

• LOS ANGELES CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 20-2044713 · LOS ANGELES, CA

• NORTH BAY CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 82-2486909 · NOVATO, CA

• EAST BAY CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 13-4226229 · OAKLAND, CA

• SAN DIEGO CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 26-4825014 · SAN DIEGO, CA

• SILICON VALLEY CHAPTER

  HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · EIN 86-1170050 · SAN JOSE, CA

All 76 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: WITH 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVING SOME LEVEL OF HEARING LOSS, OUR WORK IMPACTS MILLIONS THROUGH A BROAD-BASED OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL MEDIA. THE WEBSITE, HEARINGLOSS.ORG, HEARING LIFE E-NEWS, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND ENGAGED FACEBOOK GROUPS ENABLE US TO REACH A LARGE, DIVERSE AUDIENCE. HEARING LIFE MAGAZINE IS DISTRIBUTED IN PRINT AND AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FREE TO THE PUBLIC. HLAA'S PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE MEANINGFUL STORIES SHOWCASING OUR IMPACT, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. HLAA CONTINUES TO BE SOUGHT BY MEDIA TO BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN IN MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS RESULTING IN AWARENESS ABOUT HEARING LOSS AND HEARING HEALTH. HLAA STAFF/BOARD/LEADERS SPEAK AT CONFERENCES, BOTH TO CONSUMERS AND PROFESSIONALS, TO EDUCATE ABOUT COMMUNICATION ACCESS AND PROMOTE A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO HEARING HEALTH CARE ACCESS; EMPLOYMENT IN THE WORKPLACE; TECHNOLOGY ACCESS INCLUDING THE INDUSTRY-CONSUMER ALLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY; WALK4HEARING IN 20 CITIES; FREE, CAPTIONED WEBINARS

  Expenses $354,616

• WALK4HEARING/HLAA CHAPTERS: HLAA CHAPTERS MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHERE THEY LIVE. WITH THE DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY OF CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS, WE ARE MAKING STRIDES IN ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT. LOCAL CHAPTERS PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND ADVOCACY FOR COMMUNICATION ACCESS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADVOCACY SUCCESSES OF CHAPTERS INCLUDE INSTALLING ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC PLACES, PROMOTING CAPTIONING AT MOVIES AND LIVE THEATER, AND WORK ON STATE HEARING AID COVERAGE LEGISLATION. WALK4HEARING RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT HEARING HEALTH (PROTECTION, SCREENING AND TREATMENT) AND DRAWS THE COMMUNITY. BOTH CHAPTERS AND THE WALK EXPAND OUR REACH TO PEOPLE WITH ALL LEVELS OF HEARING LOSS AND DIVERSITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDERREPRESENTED IN HEARING HEALTH CARE.

  Expenses $717,255 · Revenue $10,931

• CONVENTION AND PEER SUPPORT: THE HLAA CONVENTION AND EXHIBIT HALL, HELD ANNUALLY, PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, IN-DEPTH LEARNING, AND PERSONAL CONNECTION AND SUPPORT. ATTENDEES EXCHANGE IDEAS, ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND TAKE WHAT THEY LEARN HOME TO THEIR CHAPTERS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES. AN EXHIBIT HALL AND DEMO ROOM SHOWCASE THE LATEST IN HEARING TECHNOLOGY. RENOWNED SPEAKERS AND POLICYMAKERS ENGAGE WITH PARTICIPANTS IN A COMMUNICATION-ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE'S IT'S OKAY NOT TO HEAR WELL. THE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM IS WHERE SCIENTIFIC TOPICS ARE PRESENTED IN A CONSUMER-FRIENDLY WAY TO A LAY AUDIENCE. WE ALSO SHOWCASE HLAA PUBLIC POLICY AND PROGRAMS AND ATTENDEES CAN BE PRESENT AT THE HLAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR A YEAR-IN-REVIEW PRESENTATION. HLAA CHAPTERS HAVE A FOCUSED WORKSHOP TRACK FOR TRAINING.

  Expenses $526,060 · Revenue $192,493

• HLAA IS THE LEADING ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FIGHTING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION, TO BROADEN ACCESS TO HEARING CARE AND TREATMENT, AND TO ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS. WE WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS, CHAPTERS, AND PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY ALLIES BEFORE CONGRESS, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND REGULATORY AGENCIES, PURSUING POSITIVE CHANGE THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES OF MILLIONS EVERY DAY. HLAA'S UNIQUE POSITION OF THE UNCONFLICTED VOICE WHO REPRESENTS COMSUMERS IS KEY TO PROGESS AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES.ADVOCACY WORK INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: CO-CHAIRED THE TASK FORCE THAT FILED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO THE FCC RESULTING IN THE FCC ISSUING REGULATIONS FOR 100% COMPATIIBILTY WITH CELL PHONES AND HEARING AIDS AND COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, INCLUDING COMMENTS ON VOLUME CONTROL; MOBILIZED SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION THAT WILL BROADEN ACCESS FOR VIDEO, COMMUNICATION, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FILED COMMENTS WITH THE FCC IN SUPPORT OF CREATING QUALITY METRICS FOR CAPTIONED PHONES; PARTNERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE AIR CARRIER ACCESS ACT (ACAA) AND SAW THE REASUTHORIZATION OF THE FAA LEGISLATION TO INLCUDE COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS IN AIRPORTS AND IN-FLIGHT; ADVOCATED WITH THE U. S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASKFORCE TO RECOMMEND HEARING SCREENING IN ADULTS AGES 50+ IN MEDICAL EXAMS; FILED COMMENTS ON UPDATING THE REGULATIONS ON THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT. OUR CONTINUED WORK ON ACCESSIBLE TELEHEALTH WITH CAPTIONS AND MEDICAL ACCESS AND SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION SUCH AS MEDICARE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO, AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY ACT, WILL CONTINUE TO BROADEN HEARING ACCESS FOR MILLIONS WITH HEARING LOSS. ADVOCATE FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED FUNDS FOR HEARING RESEARCH.HLAA REPRESENTS THE CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE ON A VARIETY OF GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES, SUCH AS THE FCC'S DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NATIONAL INSITITUES OF HEALTH COUNCIL OF COUNCILS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ADVISORY COUNCIL (NIH), FRIENDS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING HEALTH CAUCUS, TSA'S DISABILITY AND MEDICAL CONDITION COALITION, HEARING RESTORATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (CDMRP), HEARING HEALTH CARE COLLABORATE, COCHLEAR IMPLANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ACTION, VARIOUS INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS, AND OTHERS.

  Expenses $357,725 · Revenue $5,588

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,932,883

  Expenses

  $2,481,720

  Contributions

  $2,483,182

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,065,477

  Expenses

  $2,619,242

  Contributions

  $2,422,166

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,237,888

  Expenses

  $2,529,377

  Contributions

  $1,766,800

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,761,504

  Expenses

  $2,292,049

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,195,673

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,642,916

  Expenses

  $1,833,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,388,781

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,314,107

  Expenses

  $1,764,962

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,928,986

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,336,614

  Expenses

  $2,074,062

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,049,268

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,826,837

  Expenses

  $2,052,686

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,858,427

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022

Principal officer

Cynthia Kellner

Mailing address

13831 Sand Crane DrivePalm Beach Gardens FL 33418

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $65,968

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $65,200

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $60,253

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $53,353

  2024 · SPECIFIC DISORDER

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $46,404

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $43,362

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · Grant

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $20,700

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $18,250

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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