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DEAF EQUALITY: Form 990EZ, tax year 2024

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Organization
DEAF EQUALITY (EIN 99-1993908)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-11-13
IRS object ID
202513179349201536
Schema version
2024v5.2
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2025-11-13T07:11:06-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN832017075PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Jon Sahlin CPA LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line11001 Farmington Ave Suite 302AddressLine1Txt
CityBristolCityNm
State AbbreviationCTStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP06010ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
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Filer Filer

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EIN991993908EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Deaf EqualityBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlDEAFBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone3125766205PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1180 N La Salle St 3650AddressLine1Txt
CityChicagoCityNm
State AbbreviationILStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP60601ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonHoward RosenblumPersonNm
Person TitleCEOPersonTitleTxt
Signature2025-11-13SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (true)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonJon Sahlin CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01833588PTIN
Phone8608415061PhoneNum
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2024TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Addresswww.deafequality.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Gross Receipts$197,774GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
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Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale$0CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Fundraising Gross Income$0FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses$0SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Total Revenue$197,774TotalRevenueAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$60,553SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$1,900FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage$48PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$27,545OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$90,046TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$107,728ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

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EOY$113,924EOYAmt

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BOY$0BOYAmt
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Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

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EOY$6,196EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$107,728EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeTo achieve equality for all Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened people in the United States and worldwide.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$71,838TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmt
Howard Rosenblum
Chairman30.00$0
Richard S Brown
Director1.00$0
Opeoluwa Sotonwa
Secretary1.00$0
Azeema Akram
Treasurer1.00$0
Zainab Alkebsi
Chief Policy Officer40.00$31,250
Anna Bitencourt
Chief Litigation Officer40.00$25,000
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Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol FiledfalseForm1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From OfficersfalseMadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit TransfalseEngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr$0TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonAzeema AkramPersonNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1180 N LaSalle StAddressLine1Txt
CityChicagoCityNm
State AbbreviationILStateAbbreviationCd
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Phone3128142885PhoneNum
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised FndsfalseDonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services ProvidedfalseTanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntfalseRelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control EntfalseTransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign ActyfalsePoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
School OperatingfalseSchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd OrgfalseTrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

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Current Tax Year$5CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year$2,580CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,580TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$190,900TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170Yes (X)First5Years170Ind
Public Support CY1700.00000PublicSupportCY170Pct

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (16 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Other Expenses.1002Office Expenses $679
Other Expenses.1005Travel $4500
Other Expenses.1012Insurance $5547
Other Expenses.1Outside Services $9754
Other Expenses.2Employee Benefits $1530
Other Expenses.3Supplies $1455
Other Expenses.4Interpreting $1206
Other Expenses.5Dues and Subscriptions $1000
Other Expenses.6Meals and enterainment $572
Other Expenses.7Taxes and Licenses $525
Other Expenses.8Reimbursements $510
Other Expenses.9Captioning $218
Other Expenses.11Bank Fees $29
Other Expenses.12Payroll Processing $20
Total Liabilities.1001Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $0 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $1382
Total Liabilities.1Liabilities_Other - Beginning $0 Liabilities_Other - Ending $4814

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