Disability Equality Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921031413
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029887539
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$868,153
Expenses
$864,638
Assets
$41,539
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID CAMP (PRESIDENT/CEO (TO 8/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURA BETH WALLER (TREASURER (TO 8/2025)): $20,769 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To expand equitable access to disability benefits and strengthen advocacy for individuals navigating ssd, ssi, and related programs

What it reported doing in 2025

Disability equality has advanced its mission to expand equitable access to disability benefits and strengthen advocacy for individuals navigating social security disability (ssd), supplemental security income (ssi), and related programs through a combination of direct service and strategic partnerships. The organization's live answer support model enabled claimants to connect quickly with knowledgeable representatives, reducing delays and improving confidence throughout the claims and appeals process.in 2025, the number of participating firms increased from 17 in january to 46 in december, reflecting a significant expansion in the program's reach. This growth created the capacity to serve 14,805 clients during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 75.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 70.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 51.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $750K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $21K · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $221K reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.