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PO BOX 10311
Fort Wayne IN 46851-0311
Fort Wayne IN | IRS ruling year: 2016 | EIN: 81-1565210
Providing a platform to fundraise so that every patient can be given the opportunity for quality hearing health care.
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Hearing the Call Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data. But please note, that the IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofit's annual tax filings. That may mean that this entity has electronically filed additional Forms 990 but they have yet to be processed and made public by the IRS.
To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Hearing the Call Inc. under the EIN: 81-1565210.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Hearing the Call Inc., Hearing the Call Inc. will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.
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This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2019
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Hearing the Call Inc.) or EIN (811565210) in the 'Search Term' field.
This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.
Hearing the Call Inc. reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:
Program Delivery
Fundraising Capacity
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:
Donations were down 55% in 2020 compared to 2019 mainly because a large portion of our fundraising came from benefit concerts. Due to COVID restrictions, we had to pause our main fundraising platform.
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:
COVID-19 put our largest program on hold - international humanitarian trips. Logistics were frozen as we were unable to plan for international travel, clinic setup, and clinic operation. We worked diligently to supply our partners overseas with needed materials so they could maintain limited patient hearing healthcare in our absence. Additionally, smaller national humanitarian days were developed and conducted with high levels of COVID-19 safety protocols.
How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:
We shifted resources from international work to more local work. We attempted the concept of an online virtual concert fundraiser. We shifted from doing big concerts to working on quarterly newsletters to connect with donors.
Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:
National humanitarian days were developed as a direct result of not being able to travel internationally. Two years after the pandemic began, our current efforts to work in both national and international humanitarian hearing healthcare are equally supported. We will continue the raised level of hearing humanitarian work in the United States and the Hearing the Call Quarterly Newsletters.
Not Currently Scored
Hearing the Call Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Hearing the Call Inc. reported its largest program on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
Entheos Hearing Connection, Inc. D/B/A Hearing the Call (the Organization) is a nonprofit fundraising organization. Hearing the Call enables for-profit audiology practices to broaden their reach to in ... (More)
Entheos Hearing Connection, Inc. D/B/A Hearing the Call (the Organization) is a nonprofit fundraising organization. Hearing the Call enables for-profit audiology practices to broaden their reach to income eligible families by providing a platform for tax deductible fundraising. Funds raised may be used to conduct hearing clinics, subsidize reduced fees charged locally to income eligible patients or for any other qualified, hearing related charitable purpose. In 2019, Hearing the Call financially supported 12 international humanitarian trips to Guatemala, South Africa, Jordan, Zambia, Mozambique, Ecuador and Turks and Caicos. Please see Schedule O for additional information. (Less)
Hearing the Call Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
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Hearing the Call Inc. has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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Not ApplicableMission - 10/10 ptsMission - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
The goal is to eliminate the financial gap for patients in order to ensure everyone is given the opportunity for dignified, quality hearing healthcare.
Vision - 10/10 ptsVision - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
Hearing the Call is a qualified charitable organization bringing hope and healing to persons with hearing impairment.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals - 20/20 ptsGoals - 20/20 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Create a healthy budget by diversifying fundraising channels: develop and nurture donor relationships; fundraising events, grant writing, and manage collected data from humanitarian trips.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Grow Strategic Relationships: Entheos Audiology Cooperative; NGOs in developing countries; hearing aid manufacturers; Monthly Newsletter, and US based non-profits.
Goal Type: Focus on core programs to achieve mission and scale back on programs not seen as core.
Goal Three: Develop Community Connections: patient engagement through volunteerism; give donors knowledge of the direct impact on people in their communities; and develop brand trust for our strategic partners.
Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.
Leadership Development - 15/15 ptsLeadership Development - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Hearing the Call conducts monthly Give Back meetings with audiology private practices to help them not only grow their local non-profit project, but expand relationships with other non-profits, partners, and community connections.
Mobilizing for Mission - 15/15 ptsMobilizing for Mission - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
Global humanitarian trips take place based on volunteers that work in developing countries assisting the less fortunate with hearing healthcare. Additionally, Hearing the Call has expanded to 30 non-profit projects throughout the United States.
Adaptability Story - 30/30 ptsAdaptability Story - 30/30 pts
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Hearing the Call began contacting old and new partners in developing locations to plan and resume humanitarian work. Humanitarian trips are now planned in multiple states in the United States and several locations internationally. Additionally, we work with our project leaders to develop and connect with other non-profits, foundations, and businesses to obtain grants to help sustain the continual growth in bringing hearing healthcare to those in need.
Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability
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