People With Disabilities Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WITH OR WITHOUT PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
- Income
- $589,737
- Spending
- $559,320
- Spent on programs
- 96%
- Reserves
- 43.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 86%
- Employees
- 6
- Highest pay
- $142,935, president&le
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 75% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 43.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 23% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1596% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 73 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 254 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $366,870 spent. ADVOCACY PROGRAM: IN 2023, WE FILED TWO NEW DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION CASES AGAINST THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA) IN FEDERAL COURT FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CLIENTS WHO HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA AS A PRIMARY DISABILITY. (CASE NOS. 3:23-CV-01037 AND 3:23-CV- (N.D. CAL.) IN ONE CASE, PLAINTIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) CHECKS WERE INITIALLY HELD UP FOR TWO YEARS BASED ON THE SSA'S FALSE ACCUSATION THAT PLAINTIFF HAD 1 MILLION OF REAL ESTATE; THIS RESULTED IN HIM BEING CAST OUT ON THE STREETS HOMELESS, BEING IN FOUR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND LIVING IN SHELTERS, ETC. IN THE OTHER CASE, THE SSA CEASED PLAINTIFF'S BENEFITS WHEN SHE TRIED TO WORK, EVENTUALLY REINSTATING HER BUT WITHOUT THE RETROACTIVE 12-MONTHS OF BENEFITS. THE SSA SHOULD NEVER HAVE CEASED HER BENEFITS, GIVEN HER SYMPTOMATOLOGY, WHICH INCLUDES DISORGANIZED THINKING, VISUAL, AUDITORY, AND OLFACTORY HALLUCINATIONS, AND SEVERE NEURO-COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS PUTTING HER IN THE LESS THAN 2% IN MOST CATEGORIES. IN BOTH CASES, THE SSA HAD THE MEDICAL INFORMATION, WHICH SHOWED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, ONE FOR 27 YEARS, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS' SYMPTOMATOLOGY INCLUDED HALLUCINATIONS AND/OR DELUSIONS, INCLUDING AUDITORY, VISUAL, AND OLFACTORY, IN ADDITION TO PSYCHIATRIC FINDINGS OF CONSTANT DISORGANIZED THOUGHTS LASTING NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS AT TIMES. SEE SOCIAL SECURITY LISTING 12.03 SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDER, PART 404, SUBPART P, APP. 1. THE SSA KNEW ONE PERSON WAS HOMELESS FOR 2 YEARS AND FROM THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL'S WORK CDR (REVIEW FOR CESSATION OF BENEFITS), THAT THE STATED REASONS FOR TERMINATING HER SSDI CHECK BENEFITS WERE FALSE. WE FILED THESE CASES FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO PREVENT THE SSA FROM TERMINATING THESE CLIENTS FROM BENEFITS WITHOUT "EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION" FOR MEANINGFUL PROGRAM ACCESS. THESE CASES CAN TAKE 5 YEARS SINCE THE SSA USUALLY DELAYS DISCRIMINATION CASES. ONE CASE SETTLED IN MARCH 2026 AND THE OTHER HAS BEEN REMANDED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER ALJ HEARING, THE FIFTH TO BE IN APRIL 2026. PWDF REPRESENTED A CLIENT WHO REFUSED TO TAKE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS, WHICH THE SSA USED TO SUPPORT THEIR CONCLUSION THAT THE CLIENT WAS NOT DISABLED. THE RIGHT TO REFUSE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION IS AN IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHT. M.F. V. O'MALLEY, COMMISSIONER, SOC. SEC. ADMIN., CASE 3:20-CV-08742 (N.D. CAL. NOV. 11, 2021). PWDF CONTINUES TO CONSULT WITH AND REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PSYCHIATRIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INCLUDING NEUROLOGICAL, ON CASES THAT INVOLVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT, AND/OR HOUSING, INCLUDING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ISSUES. ADVOCACY PROGRAM: IN 2023, WE FILED TWO NEW DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION CASES AGAINST THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA) IN FEDERAL COURT FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CLIENTS WHO HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA AS A PRIMARY DISABILITY. (CASE NOS. 3:23-CV-01037 AND 3:23-CV- (N.D. CAL.) IN ONE CASE, PLAINTIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) CHECKS WERE INITIALLY HELD UP FOR TWO YEARS BASED ON THE SSA'S FALSE ACCUSATION THAT PLAINTIFF HAD 1 MILLION OF REAL ESTATE; THIS RESULTED IN HIM BEING CAST OUT ON THE STREETS HOMELESS, BEING IN FOUR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND LIVING IN SHELTERS, ETC. IN THE OTHER CASE, THE SSA CEASED PLAINTIFF'S BENEFITS WHEN SHE TRIED TO WORK, EVENTUALLY REINSTATING HER BUT WITHOUT THE RETROACTIVE 12-MONTHS OF BENEFITS. THE SSA SHOULD NEVER HAVE CEASED HER BENEFITS, GIVEN HER SYMPTOMATOLOGY, WHICH INCLUDES DISORGANIZED THINKING, VISUAL, AUDITORY, AND OLFACTORY HALLUCINATIONS, AND SEVERE NEURO-COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS PUTTING HER IN THE LESS THAN 2% IN MOST CATEGORIES. IN BOTH CASES, THE SSA HAD THE MEDICAL INFORMATION, WHICH SHOWED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, ONE FOR 27 YEARS, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS' SYMPTOMATOLOGY INCLUDED HALLUCINATIONS AND/OR DELUSIONS, INCLUDING AUDITORY, VISUAL, AND OLFACTORY, IN ADDITION TO PSYCHIATRIC FINDINGS OF CONSTANT DISORGANIZED THOUGHTS LASTING NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS AT TIMES. SEE SOCIAL SECURITY LISTING 12.03 SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDER, PART 404, SUBPART P, APP. 1. THE SSA KNEW ONE PERSON WAS HOMELESS FOR 2 YEARS AND FROM THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL'S WORK CDR (REVIEW FOR CESSATION OF BENEFITS), THAT THE STATED REASONS FOR TERMINATING HER SSDI CHECK BENEFITS WERE FALSE. WE FILED THESE CASES FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO PREVENT THE SSA FROM TERMINATING THESE CLIENTS FROM BENEFITS WITHOUT "EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION" FOR MEANINGFUL PROGRAM ACCESS. THESE CASES CAN TAKE 5 YEARS SINCE THE SSA USUALLY DELAYS DISCRIMINATION CASES. ONE CASE SETTLED IN MARCH 2026 AND THE OTHER HAS BEEN REMANDED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER ALJ HEARING, THE FIFTH TO BE IN APRIL 2026. PWDF REPRESENTED A CLIENT WHO REFUSED TO TAKE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS, WHICH THE SSA USED TO SUPPORT THEIR CONCLUSION THAT THE CLIENT WAS NOT DISABLED. THE RIGHT TO REFUSE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION IS AN IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHT. M.F. V. O'MALLEY, COMMISSIONER, SOC. SEC. ADMIN., CASE 3:20-CV-08742 (N.D. CAL. NOV. 11, 2021). PWDF CONTINUES TO CONSULT WITH AND REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PSYCHIATRIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INCLUDING NEUROLOGICAL, ON CASES THAT INVOLVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT, AND/OR HOUSING, INCLUDING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ISSUES.
- $87,088 spent. EDUCATION PROGRAM: PWDF'S PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM GENERALLY INCLUDE OUTREACH EVENTS, GUEST SPEAKING, A QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER, INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS, TRAINING SESSIONS, AND A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WHICH HOSTS OUR SEMINAR AND OTHER VIDEOS. TO DATE, WE HAVE ~70 VIDEOS FROM THE 3-HOUR EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO MARKET OUR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING VIDEOS REGARDING EMPLOYEES AND JOB APPLICANTS WITH MENTAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR DISTRIBUTION. WE HAVE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM A PRIMARILY LOCAL PROGRAM TO A NATIONAL PROGRAM THROUGH LIVE STREAMING TECHNOLOGY. OUR 2025 FREE PUBLIC AWARENESS SEMINAR OCCURRED ON APRIL 3 AND WAS ENTITLED "PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES IN OLDER ADULTS (65 AND OLDER)." IT ADDRESSED PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES RELATED TO AGING, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MAY ONSET LATE IN LIFE. VIDEO CLIPS AND A RECORDING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARE POSTED ON YOUTUBE. WE PROVIDE TRAINING ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (ADA), AND ON SSI AND SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) WITH A FOCUS ON HOW THE RULES AFFECT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (P/IDD). WE PROVIDE THESE TRAININGS LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE BY LIVE STREAMING, INCLUDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS NAMI CALIFORNIA, NAMI SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AMONG OTHERS. WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES AND REGULATORY CHANGES AS THEY PERTAIN TO PEOPLE WITH P/IDD, BECAUSE THIS POPULATION IS UNDERREPRESENTED AND STIGMATIZED. EDUCATION PROGRAM: PWDF'S PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM GENERALLY INCLUDE OUTREACH EVENTS, GUEST SPEAKING, A QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER, INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS, TRAINING SESSIONS, AND A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WHICH HOSTS OUR SEMINAR AND OTHER VIDEOS. TO DATE, WE HAVE ~70 VIDEOS FROM THE 3-HOUR EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO MARKET OUR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING VIDEOS REGARDING EMPLOYEES AND JOB APPLICANTS WITH MENTAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR DISTRIBUTION. WE HAVE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM A PRIMARILY LOCAL PROGRAM TO A NATIONAL PROGRAM THROUGH LIVE STREAMING TECHNOLOGY. OUR 2025 FREE PUBLIC AWARENESS SEMINAR OCCURRED ON APRIL 3 AND WAS ENTITLED "PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES IN OLDER ADULTS (65 AND OLDER)." IT ADDRESSED PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES RELATED TO AGING, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MAY ONSET LATE IN LIFE. VIDEO CLIPS AND A RECORDING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARE POSTED ON YOUTUBE. WE PROVIDE TRAINING ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (ADA), AND ON SSI AND SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) WITH A FOCUS ON HOW THE RULES AFFECT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (P/IDD). WE PROVIDE THESE TRAININGS LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE BY LIVE STREAMING, INCLUDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS NAMI CALIFORNIA, NAMI SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AMONG OTHERS. WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES AND REGULATORY CHANGES AS THEY PERTAIN TO PEOPLE WITH P/IDD, BECAUSE THIS POPULATION IS UNDERREPRESENTED AND STIGMATIZED.
- $81,468 spent. GRANT PROGRAM: PWDF CONTINUED OUR PILOT GRANT PROGRAM, PROVIDING FUNDS TO OTHER NON-PROFIT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH P/IDD. THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE RENEWED GRANTS TO FIVE CURRENT GRANTEES. WE ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW GRANT ROUND, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR PWDF GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS SERVING PEOPLE WITH P/IDD. WE RECEIVED A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF LETTERS OF INTEREST AND INVITED APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THOSE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. (AWARDS TO NEW GRANTEES WERE MADE IN FISCAL YEAR 2025-26.)
- $26 spent. NOT SPECIFIED
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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