National Association of the Deaf
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941358295
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3015871788
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,592,698
- Expenses
- $5,882,581
- Assets
- $7,840,708
- Liabilities
- $643,528
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BOBBIE BETH SCOGGINS (CEO)
- STEPHANIE HAKULIN (Vice President)
- LISA ROSE (President)
Highest reported compensation
- JASON STARK (DCMP DIRECTOR): $203,513 total reported compensation
- KYLE SISK (DCMP PROG): $148,365 total reported compensation
- BOBBIE BETH SCOGGINS (CEO): $141,333 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the national association of the deaf is to preserve, protect and promote the civil, human and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the united states of america.
What it reported doing in 2024
Membership - the national association of the deaf (nad) receives dues from members who join to be part of the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the united states of america. Individual and organizational membership makes it possible for the nad to protect the collective interests of the american deaf and hard of hearing community through advocacy efforts with our nation's policy makers and opinion leaders at the federal level, with american sign languauge as a core value. Membership also supports the nad as united states affiliate to the world federation of the deaf in the advancement of international human, civil and linguistic rights.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 64% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $407.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -28.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.