2026-02-16T16:48:36-07:00 2026-01-31 990 2025-02-01 920483969 BREAKTHROUGH DEAF ADVOCACY PLUS INDEPENDENT LIVING BREA 2158828128 3675 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19104 Patrick Kilgallon Co-Founder 2158828128 2026-02-16 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Patrick Kilgallon 3675 Market Street Suite 200 Philadelphia PA 191042897 0 0 X https://breakthroughdeaf.org/ X Co-Founded Organization 2022 PA Breakthrough: Deaf Advocacy Plus Independent Living Center strives for inclusivity of Deaf consumers under effective communication required in American Disability Act Title II regulations in a consumer-run facility serving individuals and collective, people with disabilities, as everybody works toward establishing further civil rights and equity for all people under the A.D.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 20214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8603 0 8603 20214 -8603 1942 12568 0 0 1942 12568 X Breakthrough: Deaf Advocacy Plus Independent Living Center strives for inclusivity of Deaf consumers under effective communication required in American Disability Act Title II regulations in a consumer-run facility serving individuals and collective, people with disabilities, as everybody works toward establishing further civil rights and equity for all people under the A.D.A. 0 1 8603 0 0 Opened Teach Me English Through A.S.L. for Deaf Adults Literacy in September 2024 Mentioned in Scranton News about Act 57, and our stance on making that bill more stricter and hold interpreter agencies responsible Assisted over 80 Deaf adults struggling with human services and providing them excellent services in employment, housing, legal issues, food, finance, and food banks. Advocated for Deaf people and investigates medical issues like Virtual Relay Interpreters vs. In Person Interpreters, work with Deaf clients filing complaints in Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Partnered with Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Black Deaf Advocates, Disability Rights Network, Children Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, Philadelphia Audism Project, and Mayor's Office Commission on People With Disability. 0 0 0 8603 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PA X X Patrick Kilgallon 2158828128 3675 Market Street Suite 200 Philadelphia PA 19104 X Dennis Hart Instructor 3.0 0 X 0 0 0 Michael A Gallagher Board Member 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 Harry Barnum Co-Founder 20 0 X 0 0 0 Patrick Kilgallon Co-Founder 37.5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8603 8603 0 0 8603 8603 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1542 12168 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1942 12568 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1942 12568 0 0 1942 12568 1942 12568 X -8603 0 0 0 0 19229 X 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 7326 20214 27540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7326 20214 27540 27540 0 0 0 0 0 0 27540 X Schedule A, Part I, Line 1 We only spend the grant on office campus rental for a safe place for many Deaf people to come for help. We paid for other things like business insurance, Adobe Acrobat, out of our pockets because we have not yet raised 50,000 to pay for everything. Form 990, Part III, Line 3 After a meeting where the Independent Living Center, LRI discussed interruptions in services, they disclosed that all of the CIL are losing money, and unable to budget to include our organization into their SPIL. I changed our approach to fit the issues brought up by the Deaf Grassroots Movement: Communication Access, Employment, and Education. We changed our approach to getting CESP for payment from O.V.R. as we work with many Deaf people looking for work to start incomes. We also are looking in other streams of revenue since we can't sustain this organization with CIL funding for the time being. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a We are excited to announced the three board members have their first meeting on 02/26/2026. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b We rely on 100 Deaf supporters to continue our services because they are the ones who are empowered to decide whether our organization provides service or not. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8a We did not have board until 02/26/2026. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b The board had not officially meet with each other. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b We have not yet have our first official meeting yet. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 We are struggling with grants to pay for operational costs. We have had not yet raised 50,000 to sustain the organization. Once we reach 50,000, we will have enough money to hire a part time bookkeeper or a CPA. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Operational cost in renting office campus for 2025 to 2026. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 I had to enter this. The line 10 so I can file it. We started out at the beginning of the year with 1687.57 and end with last minute donation of 12,168.24. I think we spent a total of the Line 9 for the last two years.