Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042628350
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Watertown, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6172544041
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,391,467
- Expenses
- $3,235,720
- Assets
- $4,950,559
- Liabilities
- $911,550
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERYL SPERA (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLOTTE SPINKSTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DARIAN GAMBRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ELVIRA LIVCHITS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMIN): $142,366 total reported compensation
- DARIAN GAMBRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $136,125 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Developmental evaluation and adjustment facilities, inc. Inspires people to achieve personal and professional goals through accessible programs and services. We build bridges across communities by increasing communication access and awareness. We offer educational programs; health literacy and medical case management services; independent living programs, basic english, information and referrals; advocacy; and accessibility services designed by and for deaf people in a deaf-positive environment. People come to deaf, inc. To develop skills, to learn what benefits and services are available to them to improve their health, develop their economic and personal independence, and become full, participating members of the larger community through education, employment, and community and political involvement. All our programs are designed to meet the linguistic and cultural needs of the diverse members of the deaf community and enable people to make informed decisions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Advocacy resources education and services offers training and support services so deaf youth, adults, and seniors (including those with age-related hearing loss) can acquire the skills, information, services, referrals, and assistive technologies they need to live independently and safely. The senior independent living services offers information and advocacy to enable seniors to remain independent and safe in their own homes for as long as possible. Assistive equipment program provides access to federal funds to acquire appropriate assistive technologies and training so people can get more effective use of hearing AIDS, telephone amplifiers, assistive listening devices, and the like. Deaf parents support group allows deaf parents share effective ways to address issues they face raising their children (deaf and hearing) from infancy through teens.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.