Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc

Analysis

Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc reported income of $2.3m and spending of $1.9m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.3m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allentown Rescue Mission Foundation ($2.3m), Safe Passage Inc ($2.3m) and Program for Early Parent Support ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $380k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $180k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 15 employees.