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Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (from the IRS e-File system), Tax Year 2023
Total Revenue
▼$3M
Program Spending
81%
of total expenses go to program services
Total Contributions
$934
Total Expenses
▼$2.6M
Total Assets
$1.7M
Total Liabilities
▼$733.4K
Net Assets
$1M
Officer Compensation
→$127K
Other Salaries
N/A
Investment Income
$0
Fundraising
▼N/A
Source: USAspending.gov · Searched by organization name
Total Federal Funding
$791.8K
Awards Found
14
| Awarding Agency | Description | Amount | Fiscal Year | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION DURING MASKED SPEECH RECOGNITION IN CHILDREN WITH NORMAL HEARING AND CHILDREN WITH HEARING AIDS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT BACKGROUND NOISE IS UBIQUITOUS IN CHILDREN’S EVERYDAY LISTENING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO SPEECH RECOGNITION. EVEN WHEN MASKERS ARE NOT INTENSE ENOUGH TO REDUCE SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY, CHILDREN’S LISTENING COMPREHENSION CAN SUFFER, ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN WHO USE HEARING AIDS (HAS). A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS IS THAT MASKERS MAY REDUCE CHILDREN’S REAL-TIME SPEECH PROCESSING EFFICIENCY, THEREBY IMPACTING COMPREHENSION. SPECIFICALLY, MASKERS MAY CAUSE DELAYED LEXICAL ACCESS (WORD FORM RECOGNITION) AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION (WORD MEANING RECOGNITION), CAUSING CHILDREN TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH CONTINUOUS SPEECH INPUT IN COMPLEX LISTENING ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL USE A VISUAL WORLD PARADIGM EYE-TRACKING TASK TO DIRECTLY EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF MASKING ON REAL-TIME SPEECH PROCESSING EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH NORMAL HEARING (NH) AND CHILDREN WITH HAS. IN PARTICULAR, THE EFFECTS OF SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO TALKER-SPEECH MASKERS WILL BE EXAMINED TO DISENTANGLE THE IMPACTS OF ENERGETIC AND INFORMATIONAL MASKING ON LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION SPEED. AIM 1 EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION WHILE LISTENING IN SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO-TALKER SPEECH AMONG CHILDREN WITH NH. EYE-TRACKING DATA FROM CHILDREN AGES 7 TO 17 WILL BE COMPARED TO ADULT DATA TO DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORY OF THE TWO REAL-TIME PROCESSES (LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION) IN THE TWO TYPES OF MASKERS (SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO-TALKER SPEECH). AIM 2 WILL EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC HEARING LOSS ON REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION WHILE LISTENING IN COMPETING MASKERS BY COMPARING THESE PROCESSES IN CHILDREN WITH HAS TO THOSE OF CHILDREN WITH NH. COGNITIVE SKILLS AND AUDITORY ACCESS FACTORS WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED AS POSSIBLE PREDICTORS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION DURING MASKED SPEECH RECOGNITION. THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR ENACTING GUIDELINES FOR CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS THAT PROMOTE EFFECTIVE LISTENING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN, AS WELL AS FOR IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO CHILDREN’S NATURAL COMMUNICATION IN COMPLEX EVERYDAY CONTEXTS. FURTHERMORE, FINDINGS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE LISTENING AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION FOR CHILDREN WITH HAS. THIS STUDY WILL ADDRESS THE NIDCD MISSION TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN THE NORMAL AND DISORDERED PROCESSES OF HEARING AND LANGUAGE. | $305.7K | FY2025 | May 2025 – Apr 2028 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | PPHF2012: COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION GRANTS - SMALL COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS | $204.3K | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Sep 2014 |
| Department of Agriculture | EAT MORE FRUITS & VEGETABLES TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE: THE FOOD DESERT PROGRAM | $78.9K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Sep 2013 |
| Department of State | TO TRANSLATE AND PUBLISH 1 000 COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING TWO BOOKS - (1) "PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION IN SOUTHERN EUROPE SOUTH | $65K | FY2009 | Sep 2009 – Dec 2010 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | TO SUPPORT A DESIGN STAGE OF THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF THE PRESNALL-WATSON HOUSE, PART OF THE PRESNALL-WATSON HOMESTEAD HISTORIC DISTRICT IN | $20K | FY2014 | Jun 2014 – May 2016 |
| Department of State | THE PROJECT AIMS AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF WAR, CONFLICT AND SECURITY ISSUES IN ARMENIA BASED ON U.S. PRACTICES | $19.8K | FY2022 | Mar 2022 – Oct 2022 |
| Department of State | TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF ARMENIAN YOUNGSTERS TO GET ENGAGED IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES | $16.1K | FY2017 | Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 |
| Department of State | BUILD A PLATFORM FOR YOUNG ARMENIANS TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE. | $16K | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Feb 2019 |
| Department of State | TO GATHER, RECORD, ESTABLISH A REPOSITORY AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE THE ORAL HISTORIES OF INDIGENOUS ARMENIANS WHO WERE DISPLACED FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH. | $15.9K | FY2025 | Oct 2024 – Feb 2025 |
| Department of State | TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP JAZZ MUSIC AMONGST YOUNG MUSICIANS AND MUSIC TEACHERS IN AUSTRALIA | $15K | FY2020 | Mar 2020 – Sep 2022 |
| Department of State | ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON DOWN UNDER REGIONAL FESTIVAL | $15K | FY2019 | May 2019 – Oct 2019 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | TO SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS WORKSHOPS FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH. | $10K | FY2019 | Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | TO SUPPORT A VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ARTS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH. | $10K | FY2016 | Jan 2016 – Dec 2016 |
| Department of State | ESSENTIONALLY ELLINGTON DOWN UNDER REGIONAL FESTIVAL | $0 | FY2019 | Mar 2019 – Oct 2019 |
Department of Health and Human Services
$305.7K
REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION DURING MASKED SPEECH RECOGNITION IN CHILDREN WITH NORMAL HEARING AND CHILDREN WITH HEARING AIDS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT BACKGROUND NOISE IS UBIQUITOUS IN CHILDREN’S EVERYDAY LISTENING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO SPEECH RECOGNITION. EVEN WHEN MASKERS ARE NOT INTENSE ENOUGH TO REDUCE SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY, CHILDREN’S LISTENING COMPREHENSION CAN SUFFER, ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN WHO USE HEARING AIDS (HAS). A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS IS THAT MASKERS MAY REDUCE CHILDREN’S REAL-TIME SPEECH PROCESSING EFFICIENCY, THEREBY IMPACTING COMPREHENSION. SPECIFICALLY, MASKERS MAY CAUSE DELAYED LEXICAL ACCESS (WORD FORM RECOGNITION) AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION (WORD MEANING RECOGNITION), CAUSING CHILDREN TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH CONTINUOUS SPEECH INPUT IN COMPLEX LISTENING ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL USE A VISUAL WORLD PARADIGM EYE-TRACKING TASK TO DIRECTLY EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF MASKING ON REAL-TIME SPEECH PROCESSING EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH NORMAL HEARING (NH) AND CHILDREN WITH HAS. IN PARTICULAR, THE EFFECTS OF SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO TALKER-SPEECH MASKERS WILL BE EXAMINED TO DISENTANGLE THE IMPACTS OF ENERGETIC AND INFORMATIONAL MASKING ON LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION SPEED. AIM 1 EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION WHILE LISTENING IN SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO-TALKER SPEECH AMONG CHILDREN WITH NH. EYE-TRACKING DATA FROM CHILDREN AGES 7 TO 17 WILL BE COMPARED TO ADULT DATA TO DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORY OF THE TWO REAL-TIME PROCESSES (LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION) IN THE TWO TYPES OF MASKERS (SPEECH-SHAPED NOISE AND TWO-TALKER SPEECH). AIM 2 WILL EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC HEARING LOSS ON REAL-TIME LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION WHILE LISTENING IN COMPETING MASKERS BY COMPARING THESE PROCESSES IN CHILDREN WITH HAS TO THOSE OF CHILDREN WITH NH. COGNITIVE SKILLS AND AUDITORY ACCESS FACTORS WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED AS POSSIBLE PREDICTORS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN LEXICAL ACCESS AND SEMANTIC ACTIVATION DURING MASKED SPEECH RECOGNITION. THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR ENACTING GUIDELINES FOR CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS THAT PROMOTE EFFECTIVE LISTENING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN, AS WELL AS FOR IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO CHILDREN’S NATURAL COMMUNICATION IN COMPLEX EVERYDAY CONTEXTS. FURTHERMORE, FINDINGS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE LISTENING AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION FOR CHILDREN WITH HAS. THIS STUDY WILL ADDRESS THE NIDCD MISSION TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN THE NORMAL AND DISORDERED PROCESSES OF HEARING AND LANGUAGE.
Department of Health and Human Services
$204.3K
PPHF2012: COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION GRANTS - SMALL COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS
Department of Agriculture
$78.9K
EAT MORE FRUITS & VEGETABLES TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE: THE FOOD DESERT PROGRAM
Department of State
$65K
TO TRANSLATE AND PUBLISH 1 000 COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING TWO BOOKS - (1) "PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION IN SOUTHERN EUROPE SOUTH
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT A DESIGN STAGE OF THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF THE PRESNALL-WATSON HOUSE, PART OF THE PRESNALL-WATSON HOMESTEAD HISTORIC DISTRICT IN
Department of State
$19.8K
THE PROJECT AIMS AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF WAR, CONFLICT AND SECURITY ISSUES IN ARMENIA BASED ON U.S. PRACTICES
Department of State
$16.1K
TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF ARMENIAN YOUNGSTERS TO GET ENGAGED IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
Department of State
$16K
BUILD A PLATFORM FOR YOUNG ARMENIANS TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE.
Department of State
$15.9K
TO GATHER, RECORD, ESTABLISH A REPOSITORY AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE THE ORAL HISTORIES OF INDIGENOUS ARMENIANS WHO WERE DISPLACED FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH.
Department of State
$15K
TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP JAZZ MUSIC AMONGST YOUNG MUSICIANS AND MUSIC TEACHERS IN AUSTRALIA
Department of State
$15K
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON DOWN UNDER REGIONAL FESTIVAL
National Endowment for the Arts
$10K
TO SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS WORKSHOPS FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH.
National Endowment for the Arts
$10K
TO SUPPORT A VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ARTS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH.
Department of State
$0
ESSENTIONALLY ELLINGTON DOWN UNDER REGIONAL FESTIVAL
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (fac.gov)
No federal single audit records found for this organization.
Single audits are required for entities expending $750,000+ in federal awards annually.
Tax Year 2024 · Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990Schedule J available
Individuals serving as officers, directors, or trustees of the organization.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other |
|---|
Source: IRS Publication 78, Auto-Revocation List & e-Postcard Data
Tax-deductible contributions: Yes
Deductibility code: PC
Sources: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (XML) & ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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| Year | Revenue | Contributions | Expenses | Assets | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023IRS e-File | $3M | $934 | $2.6M | $1.7M | $1M |
| 2022IRS e-File | $3M | $3,779 | $2.7M | $1.5M | $608.4K |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $461.7K | $2.6M | $1.5M | $734.4K |
| 2020 | $2.2M |
Sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer & IRS e-File Index
| Tax Year | Form Type | Source | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 990 | IRS e-File | |
| 2023 | 990 | DataIRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing → |
| 2022 | 990 | DataIRS e-File |
Financial data: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (Tax Year 2023)
Leadership & compensation: IRS e-Filed Form 990, Part VII (Tax Year 2024)
Federal grants: USAspending.gov (live)
Organization info: IRS Business Master File
Tax-deductibility: IRS Publication 78
| Total |
|---|
| Paul Schiffman | Vice President/secretary | 50 | $96K | $0 | $0 | $96K |
| Dante V Ferraro | President | 50 | $31K | $0 | $0 | $31K |
Paul Schiffman
Vice President/secretary
$96K
Hrs/Wk
50
Compensation
$96K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Dante V Ferraro
President
$31K
Hrs/Wk
50
Compensation
$31K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
| $198.4K |
| $2.4M |
| $1.2M |
| $554.4K |
| 2019 | $2.4M | $0 | $2.3M | $1.2M | $764.3K |
| 2018 | $2.5M | $0 | $2.5M | $1.2M | $737.8K |
| 2017 | $2.6M | $0 | $2.5M | $1.4M | $691.3K |
| 2016 | $2.4M | $300K | $2M | $1.4M | $641.4K |
| 2015 | $1.7M | $177.2K | $1.8M | $611.4K | $305.6K |
| 2014 | $2M | $135.7K | $2M | $827.7K | $367.2K |
| 2013 | $1.9M | $0 | $2.2M | $700.7K | $344.7K |
| 2012 | $2.1M | $0 | $2.2M | $721.8K | $556.4K |
| 2011 | $2.6M | $0 | $2.3M | $818.7K | $632.9K |
| 2021 | 990 | Data |
| 2020 | 990 | Data |
| 2019 | 990 | Data |
| 2018 | 990 | Data |
| 2017 | 990 | Data |
| 2016 | 990 | Data |
| 2015 | 990 | Data |
| 2014 | 990 | Data |
| 2013 | 990 | Data |
| 2012 | 990 | Data |
| 2011 | 990 | Data |
| 2010 | 990 | — |
| 2009 | 990 | — |
| 2008 | 990 | — |
| 2007 | 990 | — |
| 2006 | 990 | — |
| 2005 | 990 | — |
| 2004 | 990 | — |
| 2003 | 990 | — |
| 2002 | 990 | — |
| 2001 | 990 | — |