Civic Intelligence

Deaf Equality

EIN 99-1993908 • 501(c)3 • Chicago, IL

Pub. 78 Eligible

Profile

To achieve equality for all Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened people in the United States and worldwide.

180 N La Salle St 3650Chicago, IL 60601

www.deafequality.org

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

75th percentile

0.05x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 75% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2024

Liabilities / Revenue

75th percentile

0.03x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 75% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2024

Net Margin

91st percentile

54%

Higher net margin than 91% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2024

Top Officer Pay

94th percentile

$31,250

Higher top officer pay than 94% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 15.8% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2024

Asset Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2024

Revenue Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2024

Assets

$113,924

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Liabilities

$6,196

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

$107,728

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue

$197,774

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Expenses

$90,046

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Income

$107,728

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$150K$100K$50K$0Assets 2024: $113,924Liabilities 2024: $6,196Net Assets 2024: $107,7282024

Highlighted filing

2024

Assets$113,924
Liabilities$6,196
Net Assets$107,728

Operations Trend

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$200K$150K$100K$50K$0Revenue 2024: $197,774Expenses 2024: $90,046Net Income 2024: $107,7282024

Highlighted filing

2024

Revenue$197,774
Expenses$90,046
Net Income$107,728

Filings

Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.14$0.06$1.08$1.98$0.90$1.08
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Signed
Nov 13, 2025
Return Version
2024v5.2
Gross Receipts
$197,774
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

To achieve equality for all Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened people in the United States and worldwide.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Legal Advocacy: our legal advocacy department handles intakes for legal and advocacy services from Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened individuals and their families. This involves taking calls, emails, and other communications from those individuals and determining the type of legal or advocacy assistance needed. Upon completing an intake for any individual situation, we make a determination of what guidance they need and provide either direct assistance or a referral to a lawyer, legal entity, or other type of service entity to give them the services they need. In the latter half of 2024 when we started our organization, we directly served approximately 250 people.-$31,042
Policy Advocacy: our policy advocacy department seeks to influence federal and state government agencies in how they develop, implement, and enforce policies and guidelines with respect to the rights of Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened people. In pursuing this type of work, our policy team engages with other advocates including but not limited to other deaf based nonprofits, disability rights nonprofits, legal entities, and corporations to engage in coalition building and collective advocacy. The benefits of this policy work impacts more than 48 million people from the communities we serve.-$25,275
Consulting: Our consulting team engages with for profit corporations in various industries such as technology, telecommunications, media, finance, sports, health, and transportation to promote best practices in their marketing, employment, and services with respect to Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened people. The benefits of this policy work impacts more than 48 million people from the communities we serve.-$15,521
Compensation and Service Providers

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Zainab AlkebsiChief Policy OfficerFT$31,250-$31,250
Anna BitencourtChief Litigation OfficerFT$25,000-$25,000
Howard RosenblumChairmanPT$0--
Richard S BrownDirector-$0--
Opeoluwa SotonwaSecretary-$0--
Azeema AkramTreasurer-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Deaf Equality
EIN
99-1993908
Phone
3125766205
Address
180 N La Salle St 3650, Chicago, IL 60601

Signing Officer

Name
Howard Rosenblum
Title
CEO
Signed
2025-11-13
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Jon Sahlin CPA LLC
Address
1001 Farmington Ave Suite 302, Bristol, CT 06010
Preparer
Jon Sahlin CPA
Phone
8608415061
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Other Expenses.1002

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Other Expenses.1005

Travel $4500

Other Expenses.1012

Insurance $5547

Other Expenses.1

Outside Services $9754

Other Expenses.2

Employee Benefits $1530

Other Expenses.3

Supplies $1455

Other Expenses.4

Interpreting $1206

Other Expenses.5

Dues and Subscriptions $1000

Other Expenses.6

Meals and enterainment $572

Other Expenses.7

Taxes and Licenses $525

Other Expenses.8

Reimbursements $510

Other Expenses.9

Captioning $218

Other Expenses.11

Bank Fees $29

Other Expenses.12

Payroll Processing $20

Total Liabilities.1001

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $0 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $1382

Total Liabilities.1

Liabilities_Other - Beginning $0 Liabilities_Other - Ending $4814

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