Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO EMPOWER, RAISE AWARENESS, AND BRIDGE A SUSTAINABLE FOUNDATION OF COMMUNICATION AND EQUAL ACCESS TO BOTH THE DEAF/HARD OF HEARING AND THE HEARING COMMUNITIES IN THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA
DEAF, INC. PROVIDES SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING SERVICES TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN THE DEAF/HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL. IN 2020, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED 5,640 HOURS OF COMMUNICATION ACCESS SERVICES. DEAF, INC. ALSO HELD NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF LOCAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.
DEAF, INC. PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT AND COACHING TO DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THROUGH THIS SUPPORT, INDIVIDUALS ARE EMPOWERED TO TAKE POSITIVE ACTION IN THEIR LIVES AND UNDERSTAND THEIR COMMUNICATION ACCESS RIGHTS. IN 2020, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT IN 127 NEW CASES INVOLVING DEAF/HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PRODUCES PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RAISES AWARENESS THROUGH USE OF MEDIA AND VISUAL ARTS. IN 2020, THERE WERE 241 INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES.
DEAF, INC.'S BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP, PINK WINGS OF HOPE, PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND THOSE IN ONGOING TREATMENTS AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR OTHER TYPES OF CANCER. THE GROUP CREATES A SAFE AND ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT WHERE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR STRUGGLES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sarah Prechtel | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 45 | $87,000 |
| Sarah Meiers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sheryl Kalman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| William Sheldon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jessica Whitehead | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Driskill | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Reusch | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Anand Raj | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Schreiner | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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