CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P80

Classification

2000

Street

2300 CLAYTON RD STE 1580

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION (CCAF) MANAGED AND OPERATED THE DEAF AND DISABLED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM (DDTP) FOR THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC). DDTP PROVIDES FREE SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO ANYONE DEAF OR DISABLED IN CALIFORNIA WHO IS UNABLE TO USE A STANDARD TELEPHONE. CCAF PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AIMED AT HELPING THESE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING HOME INSTALLATIONS OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPORT FROM SERVICE AND CALL CENTERS, DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, AND THE CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICE. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, CCAF PROVIDED SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT TO MORE THAN 730,000 DEAF OR DISABLED CALIFORNIANS BEFORE PHASING OUT ITS CONTRACT WITH THE CPUC TO FOCUS ON ITS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.

  Revenue $645,150

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION NOW FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON ABILITY CENTRAL, ITS PHILANTHROPIC WING FOUNDED IN 2010. THE MISSION OF ABILITY CENTRAL IS TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE, CONVENER, AND EDUCATOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, DISABLED, AND NEURODIVERGENT CAN COMMUNICATE AND ACCESS INFORMATION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, ABILITY CENTRAL HAS GRANTED MORE THAN $14.3M TO 200+ PROJECTS, SERVING MORE THAN 500K PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS ENCOURAGING CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND TECH INNOVATION. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, ABILITY CENTRAL AWARDED MORE THAN $800,000 TO 12 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA OFFERING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO DISABLED COMMUNITIES. ABILITY CENTRAL ALSO OFFERS SALESFORCE CONSULTING AND ECHNICAL SUPPORT TO OTHER NONPROFITS WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THROUGH ITS PORTAL WEBSITE, ABILITY CENTRAL PROVIDED ONLINE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND EDUCATION FOR 100K+ PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT DISABILITIES AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS.

  Expenses $3,445,663 · Grants $793,267 · Revenue $38,120

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

  $3,507,404

  Expenses

  $5,705,664

  Contributions

  $10,520

  Grants paid

  $793,267

• 2023

  Revenue

  $21,194,049

  Expenses

  $21,465,936

  Contributions

  $18,500,050

  Grants paid

  $1,133,743

• 2022

  Revenue

  $19,323,941

  Expenses

  $18,216,139

  Contributions

  $18,365,309

  Grants paid

  $1,129,516

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,764,665

  Expenses

  $17,122,860

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,718,300

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,052,799

  Expenses

  $16,082,484

  Assets (EOY)

  $54,133,757

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,774,618

  Expenses

  $17,180,068

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,741,218

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,752,565

  Expenses

  $15,978,851

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,513,422

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,085,342

  Expenses

  $15,538,588

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,294,166

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,990,793

  Expenses

  $14,675,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,716,607

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,379,984

  Expenses

  $13,826,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,811,692

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,016,707

  Expenses

  $13,686,009

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,855,157

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,940,019

  Expenses

  $12,231,997

  Assets (EOY)

  $31,512,981

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.

Grants made

• KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER INTERNATIONAL

  $100,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• LEONARDO THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  $100,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area

  $100,000

  2022 · Address the gap in Mental Health services for people with I/DD.

• Kidpower

  $100,000

  2022 · To expand the Safety Powers Project for the Online Learning Center

• AUTISM SOCIETY INLAND EMPIRE

  $100,000

  2023 · IMPROVING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH AUTISM AND IDD

• SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · YOUDESCRIBEX FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: ENHANCING HEALTH- RELATED VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY FOR B/LV PEOPLE

• KIDPOWER

  $100,000

  2023 · WORKPOWER LEADERSHIP TRAINING: SKILLS FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS IN GETTING AND KEEPING JOBS

• CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

  $100,000

  2023 · ACCELERATE & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PEER AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS

• LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND

  $100,000

  2023 · TRAINING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE BAY AREA TO BETTER SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR DEAFBLIND

• INSTITUTE FOR EXCEPTIONAL CARE

  $100,000

  2023 · HEALTHCARE TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES.

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

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Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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