Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (Maryland) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $958,261 to it, the largest being Rochester Institute of Technology ($206,025). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $958k
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What National Association of the Deaf does
Mission
The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to preserve, protect and promote the civil, human and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the united states of america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
U.s. Department of education cooperative agreement- described and captioned media program (dcmp) - solicited, screened, evaluated, procured, described, captioned and distributed k-12 educational media.
$2,813,073 spent64% of program spendingLaw and advocacy center- coordinated efforts focusing on accessibility and civil rights issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing people in the united states of america.
$682,593 spent15% of program spendingPeriodicals/ marketing- distributed information about nad advocacy activities via our website and the nad magazine which is titled nadmag and is a glossy, full color, bi-annual publication. The nadmag is a membership benefit and is also avaialable via subscription for libraries and educational facilities.
$345,322 spent8% of program spendingOther program services 4: periodicals/ marketing- distributed information about nad advocacy activities via our website and the nad magazine which is titled nadmag and is a glossy, full color, bi-annual publication. The nadmag is a membership benefit and is also avaialable via subscription for libraries and educational facilities. Other program services 5: junior nad is a program founded and operated by the nad to promote youth leadership by allowing deaf and hard of hearing high school students to determine their own activities and events. This program develops interest and leadership among these young deaf students in state associations, schools, and/or organizations of the deaf. Other program services 6: conferences - biennial nad conferences are held in the summer/fall of even numbered years and traditionally brings together more than 2,000 deaf and hard of hearing, and deaf- blind consumers, parents, youth, professionals, educators and organizational and corporate representatives for professional developement, enrichment, training, networking, governance meetings, exhibits, receptions and related events. In odd numbered years, the nad hosts the nad leadership training…
$578,937 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,419,925.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.1M to $8.9M (+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: 2017 47% · 2018 57% · 2019 44% · 2020 63% · 2021 60% · 2022 62% · 2023 57% · 2024 71% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $82k → $125k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF’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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
39% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 29% · 2019 64% · 2020 73% · 2021 68% · 2022 28% · 2023 58% — 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.
How long its funders stay
42% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.0M on record — $23.0M federal, $15k state.
- Department of Education$22.2M
- Federal Communications Commission$740k
- OR$5k
- DE$4k
- CT$2k
- NJ$2k
- MA$2k
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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (Maryland) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $958,261 to it, the largest being Rochester Institute of Technology ($206,025). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $958,261 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF?
- Rochester Institute of Technology is the largest funder on record, with $206,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 21 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