California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FRENCH FUND SAMUEL KATHERINE TUA ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $52M
What California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central does
Mission
The mission of california communications access foundation (ccaf) is to serve as an educator, convener and resource that works collaboratively to ensure communications and information access in service of individuals who are deaf or disabled.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fiscal year 2025, the california communications access foundation (ccaf) managed and operated the deaf and disabled telecommunications program (ddtp) for the california public utilities commission (cpuc). Ddtp provides free specialized telecommunications equipment to anyone deaf or disabled in california who is unable to use a standard telephone. Ccaf provided a wide range of services aimed at helping these historically underserved populations, including home installations of equipment, support from service and call centers, distribution events, and the california relay service. In this fiscal year, ccaf provided support and equipment to more than 730,000 deaf or disabled californians before phasing out its contract with the cpuc to focus on its philanthropic efforts.
$645,150 earned by the programCalifornia communications access foundation now focuses primarily on ability central, its philanthropic wing founded in 2010. The mission of ability central is to serve as a resource, convener, and educator working collaboratively to ensure that people who are deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent can communicate and access information. Since its inception, ability central has granted more than $14.3m to 200+ projects, serving more than 500k people with disabilities through programs encouraging career development, training, and tech innovation. For fiscal year 2025, ability central awarded more than $800,000 to 12 nonprofit organizations in california offering a diverse array of support and services to disabled communities. Ability central also offers salesforce consulting and echnical support to other nonprofits working to help people with disabilities. Through its portal website, ability central provided online information, resources, and education for 100k+ people with questions about disabilities and communication access.
$3,445,663 spentof which $793,267 as grants$38,120 earned by the program100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,445,663.
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 $47M to $54M (+16%).
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: 2017 91% · 2018 93% · 2019 92% · 2020 91% · 2021 88% · 2022 93% · 2023 95% · 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Barry Saudan
President CEO
Board chair
Celia Solis
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $26k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central). These are real filings, and they are not money CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL raised.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL’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
CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL: 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 CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FRENCH FUND SAMUEL KATHERINE TUA ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL?
- FRENCH FUND SAMUEL KATHERINE TUA is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION DBA ABILITY CENTRAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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