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DEAF ACTION CENTER

EIN 75-1575599 DALLAS, TX

Revenue 2024
$2,789,473
Expenses 2024
$2,494,480

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G42Z
Classification
1000
Street
3110 CEDARPLAZA LN

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

Mission

PROVIDING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING THE MEANS TO ENSURE ADVANCEMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, ECONOMIC SECURITY AND GOOD HEALTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide those who are deaf and hard of hearing the means to ensure advancement through education, economic security and good health.

  • Communication: DAC's interpreting department has a staff of certified sign language interpreters available to provide critical communication accessibility 24 hours a day. Communication services are provided to entities who need to communicate with their consumers who are deaf or hard of hearing. Communication services also include Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) and Communication Access Real-time translators (CART). The interpreting department is dedicated to delivering equal communication access for the deaf and hard of hearing community.

    Expenses $1,410,436 · Revenue $1,606,033

  • Access: Deaf and hard of hearing individuals face barriers daily due to lack of services and effective communication that require education and support. DAC's Access Specialists provide advocacy, self-empowerment, and sensitivity training as well as education on Federal and State mandates on equal access to services including educational and employment settings.

    Expenses $148,507 · Revenue $29,010

  • HOUSING NAVIGATOR AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $147,114

  • Senior Citizens Center: DAC's Senior Citizen Center provides daily activities to deaf and hard of hearing older adults. These activities include wellness checks, social activities, educational classes and hot nutritious meals. DAC provides free transportation services for seniors participating in DAC's senior citizen program.

    Expenses $119,301

  • Information and Referral: DAC's Outreach Specialists in Fort Worth and Dallas provide information and referral services to seniors and their family members about various agencies, support groups, medical facilities, and other community resources available to them.

    Expenses $71,709

  • Martha's Vineyard Place: DAC provides access to affordable housing for deaf and hard of hearing individuals through its partnership with Martha' s Vineyard Place. DAC provides supportive services to residents of MVP.

    Expenses $15,266

  • Technology: This program provides financial assistance with acquiring specialized assistive phone technology. It is available to Texas residents who experience certifiable difficulties or barriers accessing the telephone infrastructure. DAC's Outreach Specialists in Fort Worth and Dallas assist individuals with the application process both in and out of the office.

    Expenses $9,784 · Revenue $306,637

  • Youth Education and Transition Services (YETs) - A program to support deaf, deaf disabled, and hard of hearing Youth Transition from school into the workplace through hands on approach to ensure their success. YETS comprises of curriculums to teach self-advocacy skills, work readiness, and work base learning to prepare youth through phrase throughout their secondary learning experiences.

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.

  • HEATHER HUGHES

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $85,756
    From this org
    $85,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • HOLLY CATES

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN SIMS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL MCLAURIN

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LISA WYLY

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DR LISALEE EGBERT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR EDWARD BART IV

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN DRINKARD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CARL IV MIRUS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,789,473
    Expenses
    $2,494,480
    Contributions
    $863,335
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,608,191
    Expenses
    $2,374,288
    Contributions
    $681,498
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,498,049
    Expenses
    $2,260,417
    Contributions
    $1,393,540
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,421,727
    Expenses
    $1,694,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,984,127

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,785,499
    Expenses
    $1,694,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,070,975

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,978,457
    Expenses
    $1,841,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,808,804

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,563,106
    Expenses
    $1,653,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,659,214

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,519,039
    Expenses
    $1,597,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,755,061

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,953,597
    Expenses
    $1,565,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,108,149

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $944,465
    Expenses
    $1,541,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,444,035

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,643,777
    Expenses
    $1,623,746
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,416,383

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,660,393
    Expenses
    $1,521,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,362,843

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,445,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,270,561

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.

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

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.