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DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC

DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,800 to it, the largest being RICHARD N FUNKHOUSER FOUNDATIONINC ($12,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$810k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$2.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Deafnet Association Inc does

Mission

To provide interpreter services and individual assistance to the deaf and hearing-impaired population in the four-state area centralized in hagerstown/washington county maryland

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The association provided 11,429 hours of service to deaf and hearing impaired individuals and their members from problem solving to equipment acquistion. The association provided and arranged for interpreting services at events serving 1,634 deaf and hearing impaired individuals. The association provided sign classes instruction to 29 individuals. These were the results and achievments for 2024 under the associations interpreter service program.

    $713,943 spent$810,244 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $713,943.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)2018 Revenue 89 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 104 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 81 ($1.2M) Expenses 93 ($1.1M) Net assets 107 ($2.9M)2020 Revenue 50 ($740k) Expenses 69 ($843k) Net assets 103 ($2.8M)2021 Revenue 43 ($645k) Expenses 56 ($682k) Net assets 102 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 45 ($668k) Expenses 58 ($704k) Net assets 101 ($2.7M)2023 Revenue 51 ($755k) Expenses 65 ($791k) Net assets 99 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue 54 ($810k) Expenses 65 ($797k) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)
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Revenue (54)Expenses (65)Net assets (100)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $2.7M to $2.8M (+4%).

$2.7M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$2.8M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$276k
’17
$103k
’18
$82k
’19
−$103k
’20
−$37k
’21
−$35k
’22
−$37k
’23
$13k
’24
9.5
months of
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.

Board chair

Dennis Gladhill

Board president

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed12121211119811
Joined·+1+0+0+0+0+0+3
No longer listed·1010210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DEAFNET ASSOCIATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maryland out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve9.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65k on record.

Federal$65k
grants $0contracts $65k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$57k
  • Department of the Interior$4k
  • Department of the Treasury$4k
  • Department of Defense$224

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 DEAFNET ASSOCIATION 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 Maryland

Homes for America Inc80%Maryland Neighborly Networks Inc79%Senior Living Alternatives Inc78%Maryland Deaf Community Center78%Gateway Maryland Inc78%Ihomes Inc78%American Association on Health & Disability Inc78%Washington County Human Development Council Inc78%

Nationally

Deaf Center84%Communication Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc83%Deaf Performing Artists Network83%Tdiforaccess Inc82%Deaf Inc82%Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities Inc82%Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Davidson County81%Communication Access Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Deafnet Acres LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC?
DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,800 to it, the largest being RICHARD N FUNKHOUSER FOUNDATIONINC ($12,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,800 in grants to DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC?
RICHARD N FUNKHOUSER FOUNDATIONINC is the largest funder on record, with $12,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DEAFNET ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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