Liabilities / Assets
75th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 75% of similar nonprofits.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.05x
Liabilities / Revenue
74th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 74% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
92nd percentile
Higher net margin than 92% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
88th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 88% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 15.8% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$113,924
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$107,728
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$6,196
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
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.
Historical Trend
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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
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zainab Alkebsi | Chief Policy Officer | FT | $31,250 | - | $31,250 |
| Anna Bitencourt | Chief Litigation Officer | FT | $25,000 | - | $25,000 |
| Howard Rosenblum | Chairman | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Richard S Brown | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Opeoluwa Sotonwa | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| Azeema Akram | Treasurer | - | $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
“Office Expenses $679”
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
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Filings
Displayed year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $113,924
- Liabilities
- $6,196
- Net assets
- $107,728
- Revenue
- $197,774
- Expenses
- $90,046
- Net income
- $107,728