New York · Nonprofit
Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc
Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,163 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $611k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc does
Mission
We recognize that deaf refugees, asylum-seekers, immigrants, and those from US territories have unique needs that are best served and assisted by the members of the general deaf community. (Continued on Sch O)Our mission is to: 1. Provide direct services (education and case management services),2. Promote advocacy and full language access for this population, and3. Provide outreach services (collaboration, consultation, and education) to existing community service organizations and agencies.We aim to support them as they strive to be self-sustaining neighbors while still retaining their own cultural heritage, identity, language, and religion. Furthermore, we wish to ensure their inclusion into our Deaf community and into general society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We provide comprehensive support to the Deaf community, including Deaf refugees, immigrants, and asylees through three areas:Education - Our experienced instructors offer group and individual instruction tailored for adult learners. From ASL and English literacy to financial skills and citizenship preparation, our curriculum builds the knowledge you need to thrive in the United States. Instruction is available at DRA, at your home, or at a location convenient for you.(Continued on Schedule O)Case Management - Our caseworkers connect you to essential resources while providing ongoing advocacy and support. We assist with health benefits, housing, employment, legal services, and immigration processes, working in partnership with other service providers to create comprehensive plans built around your individual circumstances and goals. Outreach and Consultation - We partner with organizations, companies, and agencies to strengthen their capacity to serve deaf clients effectively. Through consultation, training, and workshops, we help build a more equitable community where deaf individuals have full access to resources and opportunities. In 2025, the number of individuals served was…
$387,075 spent$28,805 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $387,075.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $384k to $409k (+6%).
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: 2023 89% · 2024 96% · 2025 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Diana Pryntz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 Refugee Advocacy Inc’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 Refugee Advocacy Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Refugee Advocacy Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
65% of Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc'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. Of the $35k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 Refugee Advocacy Inc: 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 Refugee Advocacy Inc?
- Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,163 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $99,163 in grants to Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc?
- TIDES CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Deaf Refugee Advocacy Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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