DEAF EMPOWERING ADVOCATING FLORIDA SOUTHWEST
EIN 88-2447186 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
We Have Met and Developed Our Website and List of Community Resources That Will Help Us Get Our Programs Started. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community Support Services. The Program Focuses On Providing One to One Access and Communication to A Community of More Than 24,000 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Living Southwest Florida, With A Concentration In Lee County and Its Surrounding Regions. Our Services Will Include, But Not Be Limited To, Deaf Community Advocacy, Community Education & Engagement, Emergency Services, Language Intervention, Immigration, Drivers License Education, Vocational and American Sign Language Support Services.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
DEB MCCLAINEXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DR RICK MCCLAINEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INGRID ALMONTEFINANCE OFFICER
ISABEL AGUILACOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
LISA MYHANDCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 13545 AMERICAN COLONY BLVD SUITE 26, FORT MYERS, FL 33912-5601
- County
- Lee
- In care of
- % INGRID ALMONTE
- Primary officer
- Ingrid Almonte, Finance Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Human Service Organizations (P20)
- IRS tax category
- Human Service Organizations