Deaf Culture Center of New Mexico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
743188358
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5053848363
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Deaf/Hearing Impaired Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,728
Expenses
$70,331
Assets
$46,427
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa McNiven (President)
  • James Toohey (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa McNiven (President)
  • James Toohey (Vice President)
  • Rachael Mesillas (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of DCCNM is dedicated to the development, growth, and education of our Deaf NM community and to sharing our Culture with our allies. DCCNM's goal for 25 years was to Provide Accessible and affordable Housing to Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and hard-of-hearing New Mexicans. This was achieved in 2023 with the completion of the PAH! Hiland Plaza Apartments, in collaboration with Sol Housing. Our current goals include programs to advance equity for the NM Deaf Community, through the Deaf Entrepreneur Program, focused on community engagement and developing initiatives to advance our Deaf, DeafBlind, & Hard-of-Hearing communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

ASL Classes: teach sign language provided to the community to bridge the communication gap between the deaf community and the larger hearing community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 56.5%; rating input score 56

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 196.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -88.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 56.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.