Ability Central

Community Impact Grants

Description

Ability Central supports community-based nonprofit organizations and programs in California that expand access to communication and information for people with disabilities, who are Deaf, and who are neurodivergent.

Ability Central will prioritize short-term, community-based projects that:

address urgent and critical needs; and,
promote meaningful inclusion and participation, including accessibility supports.

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Total Annual Giving: $793,267

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Total Assets: $55,101,847

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Grants History

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.: 990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2023 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Grants less than $5,000 are not necessarily listed on the 990 form.

Tax Year	Title	City	State/ Province	Country	Purpose	Amount
2022	Autism Society Inland Empire	Corona	CA	US	To create communication passports for people with autism to be used with law enforcement and first responders.	$30,000
2022	Beneficent Technology Inc DBA Benetech	Palo Alto	CA	US	To publicly release Bookshare Reader Skill app on Alexa to provide another way for people with disabilities to read and connect with community.	$80,000
2022	Cal Lutheran	Thousand Oaks	CA	US	To create and implement a training program for Communication Partners (CPs) who work with non-speaking autistic students using text-based multi-modal AAC devices in educational settings.	$90,000
2022	Center for Innovation and Resources	Cotati	CA	US	To provide training to abuse victim service providers in CA on communication with people with disabilities	$75,000
2022	Disability Voices United	Manhattan Beach	CA	US	Strategic Planning for DVU to become a model of leadership inclusion of people with communication disabilities and a resource to other orgs	$75,000

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The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name	Title
ANDREAS FORSLAND	Director
ANN NGOC TRUONG	Dir. Of Finance And Accounting
BARRY S SAUDAN	President & Ceo
CELIA SOLIS	Chair
CHERYL MITCHELL	Director
DAVID J KEHN	Dir. Of Systems & Technology
DAVID J WEISS	Crs Department Manager
DR PHILIP PRINZ	Director
GRIFFEN STAPP	Director
HYUK J KIM	Cco Manager
JACQUELYN Y TAYLOR	Director Of Operations
JEAN GALIANA	Director
JO ANN M NELSON	Human Resources Manager
LINDA DRATTELL	Secretary
MATTHEW A CHERRY	Director Of Philanthropy
MICHAEL J WALSH	It Manager
MICHELLE YOOK	Director
SARAH SLAUGHTER	Treasurer
SOFIA MARIA VERGARA	Vice Chair
STEPHEN T PRESTWOOD	Cloud Consulting Practice Manager

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