Virginia · Nonprofit
AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $609 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($609). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $609
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What American Cochlear Implant Alliance Foundation does
Mission
To advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference - the conference brings together cochlear implant clinicians, educators, and government officials to explore the latest research results, discuss the clinical population, and raise questions regarding clinical implications.
$1,486,274 spent$2,058,615 earned by the program75% of program spendingAwareness - the aci alliance conducts awareness activities about candidacy and outcomes associated with cochlear implantation. The aci alliance provides extensive information about insurance coverage and other access issues through its website and articles, papers, and presentations. Additionally, the aci alliance encourages coverage of cochlear implants in private and public insurance plans.
$236,415 spent12% of program spendingAdvocacy - aci alliance has organized a network of 130 state champions across the united states who support our national initiatives and address barriers to cochlear implantation in their home states. Aci alliance staff and members are supported by a public affairs firm that provides information and guidance on specific legal mechanisms and informational approaches. In recent years, we have addressed access to medicare, medicaid, private health insurance, and ensuring that parents have full information about early hearing detection and intervention for their child with hearing loss.
$197,149 spent10% of program spendingResearch - the aci alliance strategically supports research that could improve access to cochlear implantation, which was not being sufficiently addressed elsewhere. Support was also provided to a project that seeks to expand medicare coverage for cochlear implants. An internal research project explored medicaid limitations in certain states.
$52,377 spentof which $29,700 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,972,215.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.5M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 8% · 2022 5% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Donna Sorkin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $77 → $148.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $609 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $391k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$391k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $609 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($609). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $609 in grants to AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $609 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing