Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251095386
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Phone
- (412) 371-7000
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,339,291
- Expenses
- $31,673,399
- Assets
- $178,080,039
- Liabilities
- $10,226,029
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARRIE RAIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CARRIE RAIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $247,935 total reported compensation
- KEVIN MCDONOUGH (SUPERINTENDANT): $231,180 total reported compensation
- DONALD MAZREKU (DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT): $218,921 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 provide a comprehensive education and support services for deaf and hard of hearing students, empowering them to achieve their full potential.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education of over 244 children from birth to 21 years. Courses and offerings meet or exceed requirements set forth by the us and pa departments of education. We have 4 sites: pittsburgh, scranton, hershey and edinboro.the pittsburgh campus provides educational and extracurricular programs from preschool through 12th grade, with a post-graduate component, to approximately 159 deaf and hard-of-hearing children from more than 100 school districts and 50 counties across Pennsylvania.see schedule o for continuation.the scranton school for the deaf and hard of hearing children is a satellite campus of the school that serves students from northeast and central Pennsylvania that provides education and extracurricular programs to approximately 85 students.we are dually accredited by mid-state association (msa) and conference of education administrators of schools and programs for the deaf (ceasd).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 89% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 97
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- 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: 95%; rating input score 95; 28th 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: 15.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.62; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $22.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.7M reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.