Michigan · Nonprofit
DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK
DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,734 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ($49,602). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $137k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Deaf Community Advocacy Network does
Mission
To provide services for deaf, hard of hearing & deafblind people and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sign language interpreting services - translation services from american sign language to english and english to american sign language.
$3,124,948 spent$3,781,556 earned by the program92% of program spendingDeaf aids project grant - casework/case management services for deaf and hard of hearing people infected or affected with hiv.
$50,351 spent1% of program spendingCommunity awareness (deaf heal and shield, casework) - for deaf and hard of hearing people, the sign "advocacy" gives the connotation of something strong and powerful. We strive to teach clients problem solving techniques and how to advocate for themselves. We provide casework/case management for deaf and hard of hearing communities through the removal of barriers to service.
$217,180 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,392,479.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+19%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 7% · 2022 6% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $11k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK’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.
How concentrated its funding is
DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.
Organizations like DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK: 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 DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK?
- DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,734 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ($49,602). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $136,734 in grants to DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK?
- UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $49,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEAF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 7 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