The Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581758254
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4042925312
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,728,172
- Expenses
- $1,608,762
- Assets
- $1,616,599
- Liabilities
- $397,795
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHERYL SHAVER (President)
- BRYCE RAYNOR (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- JIMMY PETERSON (Executive Dir.): $82,381 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish and maintain a network of statewide services for the deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened, deaf-blind and other individuals with whom we interact.
What it reported doing in 2024
Equipment Distribution ProgramsGCDHH is home to two government-funded equipment programs - Georgia Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (GATEDP) and National Deaf-Blind Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP), with the help of the Georgia Public Service Commission and the Federal Communication Commission. GCDHH can dispense things like amplified phones, pillow shakers, flashing doorbells, braille, and so much more at no-cost to our applicants! Community SupportGCDHH provides community support through community events like ASL classes, ASL Day events, a public meeting room, a public computer/videophone, and even notary services! Employment ServicesGCDHH provides support in the form of Employment Support services such as workplace readiness, self-advocacy, job coaching, job exploration, Pre-ETS, Supported Employment, community-based work adjustment training, work-based, or Tools for Success.Camp JulienaGCDHH is home to a week-long residential summer camp for youths who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Campers form lasting friendships and acquire social, team-building, leadership, and communication skills. Camp Juliena is for ages 6-13.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 6.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.