Deaf Services Center Inc.

“The Executive Director of Deaf Services Center and a person who provides marketing services to the organization are husband and wife. In addition, an employee in the Community Resources Department and a board member are siblings.”

“Minutes are kept for all meetings of the Board of Trustees. The minutes are typed, printed and made available to Board members for review. The minutes of prior meetings are voted upon for approval near the start of the next meeting.”

“Form 990 is compiled by the fiscal officer, who is a Certified Public Accountant with many years experience of preparing these returns. The 990 usually is prepared after Deaf Services Center receives financial statement information from the organizations auditor. The 990 is reviewed with the Executive Director, the organizations finance committee as well as the Board of Directors.”

“Deaf Services Center maintains its conflict of interest policy by requiring officers and Board members to review the policy annually and sign an acknowledgement that they have done so. All new members of the Board also must review and sign an acknowledgement at the start of their terms.”

“Compensation of Deaf Services Centers Executive Director is determined by the Board of Trustees. The Executive Director is subject to an annual review and any changes to his compensation is handled by the Board in a closed session and approval is by majority vote.”

“Compensation of key employees is determined by Deaf Services Centers Board of Trustees. Key employees are subject to annual review.”

“Documents such as the organizations governing documents, policies and financial statements and 990 are made available to the public upon request.”

“The Deaf Equipment Modification Program was a program funded through the Federal government and the City of Columbus. Deaf Services Center works with individuals who meet qualifying criteria to provide them with home modification equipment such as text telephones (TTYs), amplified phones and signalers. The program ceased December 31, 2018 as the grant was not renewed.”

“Interpreting services: $861,059Case management services: $115,330Advocacy services: $48,690ODMHAS grant services: $28,222Development consulting: $63,955Communications services: $14,300Grant writing services: $13,500”