One-Stop Shop: Experts Who Get Deaf Nonprofits

The Funding Disparity

With just 1% of overall philanthropic dollars going toward disability justice organizations, well-resourced deaf organizations are few and far in between. This funding disparity puts deaf organization leaders at a significant disadvantage in terms of financial sustainability, operational growth, and overall ability to fully meet the needs of their deaf communities. 

While grant dollars are, of course, absolutely essential for deaf nonprofits and programs, we also observed a common theme across the 300 grant applications DOF received over the past 5 years. Many of you expressed the need for a “one-stop shop” for finding accessible nonprofit experts to support your administrative or operating needs.   

Message received!

We now have a growing Consultant Directory available for use by deaf organization leaders. This directory centralizes nonprofit subject matter experts who identify as members of deaf communities and/or are equipped to provide communication access to you and other leaders of deaf organizations.   

If you need specific expertise, such as board governance, strategic planning, grant writing, and more, you can search the directory and filter by service categories. From there, it’s between you and the potential consultant to discuss logistics and determine the best fit! We also encourage you to reflect on the individuals you’ve worked with in the past. If they supported your organization and can provide communication access, please share this information with them. 

We look forward to the Consultant Directory expanding in both the number of listings and its utilization over time.