Communication Service for the Deaf Inc

Analysis

Communication Service for the Deaf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1976, 50 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 June 2023, Communication Service for the Deaf Inc reported income of $18.6m and spending of $23.9m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $40.7m to $18.6m (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Communication Service for the Deaf Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley Incorporated ($18.6m), Summit Area YMCA ($18.6m) and Abilityfirst ($18.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.9% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $699k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13.5m. It paid $2,602 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $23.8m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $20.6m. It reported 926 employees.