2024-11-14T11:25:48-06:00 2023-12-31 390974031 WEGNER CPAS LLP 419 N LEE ST ALEXANDRIA VA 223142301 990 2023-01-01 275032142 HELPING EDUCATE TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF THE DEAF HELP 2023810112 PO BOX 1160 WASHINGTON DC 200131160 KAJ KRAUS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR 2023810112 2024-11-13 1 1 GLENN MILLER CPA P00086726 7035190990 2024-11-13 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z KAJ KRAUS PO BOX 1160 WASHINGTON DC 200131160 601903 0 X BEHEARDDC.ORG X 2011 DC TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE AN ABILITY-SENSITIVE AND ACCESS-ORIENTED JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT EQUITABLY SERVES DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS. 3 2 0 8 0 0 912069 601842 1000 0 0 0 0 61 913069 601903 25832 29985 0 0 495287 455882 0 0 157202 110063 189541 631182 675408 281887 -73505 759137 684375 18070 16813 741067 667562 X HEARD IS A CROSS-DISABILITY ABOLITIONIST ORGANIZATION THAT UNITES ACROSS IDENTITIES, COMMUNITIES, MOVEMENTS, AND BORDERS TO END ABLEISM, RACISM, CAPITALISM, AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE. HEARD SUPPORTS DISABLED PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCE ABLEISM BY REJECTING DISABILITY HIERARCHIES AND RIGID DEFINITIONS OF DISABILITY, AND BY RECOGNIZING DEAF PEOPLE AS PART OF DISABILITY COMMUNITIES. HEARD WORKS TO INCREASE OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND CHALLENGE OPPRESSION THROUGH GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, PEER SUPPORT, MUTUAL AID, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH. 0 0 337650 29985 0 INCARCERATED ADVOCACY: HEARD ADVOCATES FOR DEAF/DISABLED DEFENDANTS, CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY ORGANIZING FOR THE RELEASE OF DEAF/DISABLED ELDERS; CONNECTING INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AS A DISABLED INCARCERATED PERSON, RE-ENTRY SUPPORT, POLITICAL EDUCATION, AND MORE THROUGH HEARD'S PRISON CORRESPONDENCE EFFORTS; SUPPORTING DEAF/DISABLED PEOPLE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THEIR LOVED ONES TO NAVIGATE THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WITH INCREASED ACCESS, POWER, AND AGENCY; ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (VIDEOPHONE, CAPTIONED TELEPHONES, ETC.) IN PRISONS AND JAILS; EDUCATING ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE DEAF/DISABLED CLIENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW DISABILITY IMPACTS THEIR ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR CLIENTS' CASES; AND, PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MULTIPLY-MARGINALIZED DEAF/DISABLED INCARCERATED PEOPLE THROUGH HEARD'S COMMISSARY FUND AND HEARD'S PRISON VISITATION FUND.REENTRY SUPPORT: HEARD OFFERS REENTRY SUPPORT TO DEAF/DISABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON. THIS SUPPORT BY AND FOR DEAF/DISABLED PEOPLE IS TRAUMA-INFORMED AND INCLUSIVE OF THE MANY WAYS WE COMMUNICATE AND HEAL. IT INCLUDES: PEER SUPPORT SPACES TO HEAL, GROW, AND DEVELOP WITHOUT PUNITIVE INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN PEERS TO LEARN ABOUT CARCERAL SYSTEMS AND REDUCE CHANCES OF REINCARCERATION, DEVELOP CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND HARM REDUCTION SKILLS, AND DEVELOP SKILLS TO BECOME PEER EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY INTERPRETERS AND/OR FACILITATORS; ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ACCESS HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS UPON RELEASE; ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY (E.G., CELL PHONES, TABLETS, LAPTOPS) AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING IN ASL TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND TO INCREASE EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION IN ASL; AND, ADVOCACY AND ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING PAROLE/PROBATION/SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS.MOVEMENT BUILDING: HEARD'S PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS FOR CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, THEIR LOVED ONES, LEGAL ADVOCATES, DISABLED COMMUNITIES, AND ACCOMPLICES. WE RUN A GROUP OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED DISABLED/DEAF PEOPLE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES, WHO ARE IMPACTED BY PRISON AND POLICING SYSTEMS THAT IS CALLED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION TEAM (PET). EACH ROUND OF PET INCLUDES FOUR-TO-SIX MONTHS OF GATHERINGS WHERE WE DEVELOP OUR SKILLS AS PEER EDUCATORS, LEARN ABOUT SYSTEMS OF POLICING, EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF ABOLITION AND PRISONS, AND LEARN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND HARM REDUCTION SKILLS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO JOIN PET ARE PAID FOR THEIR TIME IN LEARNING WITH AND FROM EACH OTHER. HEARD ALSO OFFERS PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS FOR DEAF/DISABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, ATTORNEYS, LEGAL WORKERS, ADVOCATES, UNIVERSITIES, NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS, AND MORE ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR WORK. 337650 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X KAJ KRAUS 2023810112 PO BOX 1160 WASHINGTON DC 200131160 TALILA A LEWIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 30.00 X X 78125 0 8573 KAJ KRAUS TREASURER THRU MID-DEC/OPS. DIR. 30.00 X X 74500 0 8190 CONNELL CROOMS PRESIDENT THRU MID-DECEMBER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DUSTIN GIBSON VP THRU DEC/PRESIDENT BEG. DEC 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TRINITY MCFADDEN COMMS DIR./SECRETARY BEG. DEC 30.00 X X 73420 0 8190 GABRIEL ARKLES SECRETARY THRU MID-DECEMBER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JESSICA MURGEL TREASURER BEG. DECEMBER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LIAM ESPOSITO COMMUNITY CONTACT THRU MID-DECEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NAJMA JOHNSON STAFF CONTACT THRU MID-DECEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 226045 0 24953 0 0 0 0 INSPERITY PEO SERVICES LP 19001 CRESCENT SPRINGS DR KINGWOOD TX 77339 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION 470758 1 601842 601842 61 61 61 601903 0 0 61 X 29985 29985 250997 68850 95409 86738 149058 104340 22359 22359 24474 17132 3671 3671 31353 13906 9050 8397 38413 38413 8150 8150 81186 34749 24900 21537 8337 5836 1667 834 34802 6152 15350 13300 14997 14997 3656 3290 366 675408 337650 180556 157202 759137 684375 759137 684375 18070 16813 18070 16813 X 741067 667562 741067 667562 759137 684375 -73505 0 X 0 0 0 X 68760 518780 485185 912069 601842 2586636 68760 518780 485185 912069 601842 2586636 508668 2077968 2586636 1061 0.80330 0.85800 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 CASH PROVIDED TO FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO ASSIST WITH THEIR RE-ENTRY TO LIVING OUTSIDE OF JAILS/PRISONS, PURCHASES ON BEHALF OF CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SUPPORT WITH TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO VISIT THEIR INCARCERATED FAMILY MEMBER/FRIEND. 90 29985 PART I, LINE 2: HEARD WORKS CLOSELY WITH CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY/INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS THEIR NEEDS FOR THE USE OF FUNDS. ALL REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY ALL MEMBERS OF HEARD'S FULL TIME STAFF, WHO USE A CONSENSUS-BASED DECISION-MAKING MODEL, BEFORE FUNDS ARE DISBURSED. HEARD'S OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND BOARD ALL REVIEW VARIOUS FINANCIAL REPORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS DISBURSED ARE FOR ALLOWABLE COSTS. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2A: HEARD LEASES EMPLOYEES FROM A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATION, INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, L.P. THE EMPLOYEES ARE CONSIDERED COMMON LAW EMPLOYEES OF HEARD, HOWEVER, INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, L.P. IS THE EMPLOYER OF RECORD AND EMPLOYEES GET THEIR W2S FROM INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, L.P. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT WAS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATIONS USING DATA ON COMPENSATION PAID BY COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SIMILAR SERVICES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PEER SUPPORT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 20,370. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 20,370. COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 7,557. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 3,779. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 7,558. TOTAL EXPENSES 18,894. INTERPRETING, CAPTIONING, AND TRANSLATION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,556. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 2,667. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,667. TOTAL EXPENSES 8,890. CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,578. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 6,312. TOTAL EXPENSES 7,890. GRAPHIC DESIGN: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 2,000. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 4,000. VIDEO PRODUCTION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 3,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,000. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,642. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,642. EDUCATION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,050. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,050. ARTISTS COMMISSIONS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 574. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 574. PAYROLL PROVIDER/PEO FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 14,876. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 14,876.