Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237360218
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7038380030
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ear and Throat Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,340,510
Expenses
$3,508,253
Assets
$5,838,620
Liabilities
$3,073,237

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JESUS REMIGIO (PRESIDENT/ACTING LEAD 6/24/25-7/6/25)
  • SHONNA MAGEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RITCHIE BRYANT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 5/8/25-6/24/25)
  • STAR GRIESER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THRU 5/8/25)

Highest reported compensation

  • STAR GRIESER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THRU 5/8/25): $193,490 total reported compensation
  • RYAN BUTTS HARRIS (STANDARDS AND PRACTICES): $150,086 total reported compensation
  • SEAN FURMAN (DIRECTOR OF TESTING): $123,580 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 registry of interpreters for the deaf, inc. Is a professional organization for practitioners committed to providing ethical, high-quality signed and spoken language interpreting services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other: other programs and services provided by rid include a communications department, a quarterly member publication called the views; a government affairs and public policy and advocacy program (ppa); and volunteer governance bodies, such as the board of directors and a slate of committees, task forces and councils. The communications department manages rid's social media engagement and public relations functions, and conducts communications with the membership and external stakeholders via newsletters, e-mail campaigns and press releases. Communications and views expenses $198,993. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $8,230. The government affairs and public policy and advocacy program interacts with government agencies to monitor legislative developments and advocate for the interests of practitioners and end users. Ppa expenses $191,053. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $326,381. Rid's volunteer governance bodies carry out the work of the association by providing high-level strategic governance and oversight of the association and engaging in fundraising and donor relations. Board-related expenses $180,562.12. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $0.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $193K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $210K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.