DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

3916 JUAN TABO BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111-3971

In care of

% GARY HOUSEPIAN

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

GARY D HOUSEPIAN, 3916 JUAN TABO BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111

Signed the 990

GARY D HOUSEPIAN, CEO

Phone

(505) 256-3100

Website

WWW.DRNM.ORG

Return prepared by

TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY

Mission

TO PROTECT, PROMOTE, AND EXPAND THE LEGAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Program accomplishments

• PADD - PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: IN THIS PROGRAM AREA, DRNM PROVIDED LEGAL ADVOCACY SERVICES TO 159 INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR THEIR FAMILIES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED; TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE ABUSE OR NEGLECT, OR ADDRESS OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS. OVER 60% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FROM MINORITY OR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. DRNM CONTINUES TO WORK ON INDIVIDUAL CASES AND SYSTEMIC LEGAL RIGHTS ISSUES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. DRNM PADD STAFF PROVIDED 8 TRAININGS AND STAFFED 10 INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS AT CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS. THERE WERE 268 PERSONS THAT RECEIVED TRAINING. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT DRNM WORKED ON THIS PERIOD WERE: 1. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE/NEGLECT 2. RESTRICTIVE GUARDIANSHIP/REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE ISSUES 3. RIGHTS BASED INDIVIDUALS ADVOCACY 4. COMPETITIVE, INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT, THAT ELIMINATES SUB-MINIMUM WAGE. 5. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER TITLE I ADA 6. ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 7. ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES 8. ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS
  Expenses $578,796
• PAIMI - PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS: IN THIS PROGRAM, DRNM PROVIDED ADVOCACY TO 106 INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. OVER 62% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND UNDERSERVED AREAS AND ABOUT TWO-THIRDS WERE IN RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES AT THE TIME. PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THESE CASES INCLUDED ALLEGED ABUSE, NEGLECT, (INCLUDING LACK OF ADEQUATE OR APPROPRIATE TREATMENT SERVICES), OR OTHER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DUE TO A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. DRNM CONDUCTED AT LEAST 28 PUBLIC TRAININGS AND STAFFED 6 OUTREACH EVENTS FOR PAIMI IN AROUND THE STATE. DRNM STAFF WORKED ON THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES: 1. MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY MONITORING 2. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE/NEGLECT 3. SECLUSION/RESTRAINT (INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESTRAINT) 4. GUARDIANSHIP AND TREATMENT GUARDIANSHIP ISSUES 5. APPROPRIATE DISCHARGE PLANNING 6. RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES 7. ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 8. RIGHTS BASED INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY 9. BOARD AND CARE FACILITIES MONITORING
  Expenses $416,714 · revenue $29,840
• PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY: DRNM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE UNDER TWO GRANTS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. UNDER THE PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY (PABSS) GRANT, DRNM ASSISTS BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY WHO HAVE DISABILITIES. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO RETURN TO WORK. THE GOAL OF PABSS IS TO ASSIST BENEFICIARIES WITH THOSE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM RETAINING OR RETURNING TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. DRNM HELPS INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE THE SSA SYSTEM, APPEAL OVERPAYMENT ISSUES, AND TRANSITION TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WITH THE TICKET-TO-WORK PROGRAM. UNDER THE SECOND GRANT, WE ALSO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE SSA REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS ARE FREE FROM FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. THE PABSS PROGRAM, DRNM ASSISTED 42 INDIVIDUALS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS FUNDING SUPPORTED DRNM FILED A CLASS ACTION CASE, DUGGAN V. ADELANTE DEVELOPMENT CENTER. WITH OTHER LITIGATION PARTNERS, DRNM REPRESENTED 237 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAD BEEN PAID SUB-MINIMUM WAGES WHEN EMPLOYED BY ADELANTE DEVELOPMENT CENTER. THIS CLASS LAWSUIT WAS SUCCESSFULLY SETTLED WITH CLASS MEMBERS RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR MULTIPLE YEARS OF UNDERPAID WAGES. DRNM STAFF PROVIDED PRESENTATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL OFFICES OF NEW MEXICO DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (NMDVR). DRNM PROVIDED THREE TRAININGS AT VARIOUS OFFICES IN THE STATE. NMDVR AVERAGED THIRTY NEW HIRES AT EACH TRAINING. DRNM ALONG WITH NATIVE AMERICAN DISABILITY LAW CENTER SPONSORED A FOUR CORNERS SPECIAL EDUCATION DAY. THERE WERE OVER 125 PARTICIPANTS AT THIS EVENT LEARNING ABOUT PABBS AND TRANSITION SERVICES. DRNM COLLABORATED WITH THE SOUTHWEST ASA CENTER TO PROVIDE A TRAINING REGARDING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IN THE WORKPLACE TO STEWARDS FROM THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA. THE TRAINING WAS ATTENDED BY 15 UNION STEWARDS. UNDER THE REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM, DRNM CONDUCTED 26 REVIEWS THAT ARE IN COMPLETED, CLOSE OUT, OR IN THE FINAL STAGES OF REGIONAL OFFICE (RO) REVIEW. APPROXIMATELY 3 REVIEWS WERE IN SCHEDULING OR INTERVIEW STATUS AT THE CLOSE OF THE GRANT PERIOD. A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE REP PAYEES DRNM HAS REVIEWED HAVE MINOR DEFICIENCIES THAT INCLUDE RECORDKEEPING ISSUES, DATA DISCREPANT FROM SSA RECORDS, UNREPORTED CHANGES IN BENEFICIARY CONTACT INFORMATION, AND MISSING DOCUMENTATION FOR RENT, BILLS PAID, LARGE EXPENDITURES, ETC. A SMALL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES HAD ISSUES SERIOUS ENOUGH TO NOTE SUSPICION OF MISUSE. ONE AGENCY THAT PROVIDED REP PAYEE/GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WAS RECENTLY DETERMINED TO BE UNSUITABLE BY THE SSA BECAUSE OF DRNMS FINDINGS.
  Expenses $356,029
• PAIR - PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS: THE PAIR PROGRAM AT DRNM SERVES INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES OTHER THAN MENTAL ILLNESS OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. DRNM ASSISTED 92 INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDED INFORMATION AND REFERRAL (I&R) TO 137 CALLERS IN THIS PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR, ADDRESSING ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, BARRIERS IN ACCESSING NEEDED HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES AS WELL AS ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. PAIR STAFF ALSO CONDUCTED TRAININGS ON DISABILITY SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. DRNM HAD A TOTAL OF 590 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING TRAINING OR INFORMATION ON LEGAL RIGHTS. DRNM PROVIDED INFORMATION AND TRAINING ON EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 1. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE/NEGLECT 2. RIGHTS BASED ADVOCACY 3. ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 4. ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES 5. PUBLIC ACCESS UNDER ADA 6. APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO MEDICAID SELF-DIRECTED PROGRAMS 7. ACCESS TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING 8. EMPLOYMENT AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DRNM FILED A CLASS ACTION CASE, M.G. V. ARMIJO (NM HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY). ON BEHALF OF 250 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE N.M. MEDICALLY- FRAGILE MEDICAID WAIVER, DRNM SUED NEW MEXICOS HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ITS FAILURE TO DELIVER LIFE-SAVING PRIVATE DUTY NURSING SERVICES. THESE SERVICES ALLOW CHILDREN, OFTEN BORN WITH TERMINAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THE DIGNITY TO LIVE AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED IN FACILITIES. FEDERAL MEDICAID RULES REQUIRE THAT NEW MEXICO OFFERS PRIVATE DUTY NURSING SERVICES, BUT FOR MANY YEARS THE STATE HAS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY FUND THESE POSITIONS. THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION. DRNM FILED A CLASS ACTION CASE, KEVIN S., ET AL. V. BLALOCK, ET AL. (NM CYFD AND NM HSD). ON BEHALF OF 4,700 CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STATE CUSTODY, DRNM AND PARTNERS SUED CYFD AND HSD FOR ITS FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL CARE, STABILITY, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION. THE EXPERIENCES OF THE KEVIN S. PLAINTIFFS PAINFULLY ILLUSTRATED THAT CHILDREN IN STATE CUSTODY IN NEW MEXICO ARE REPEATEDLY RE-TRAUMATIZED BY BEING UPROOTED AND CYCLED IN AND OUT OF SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY PLACEMENTS, SUCH AS HOMELESS SHELTERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS. THIS GROUNDBREAKING CASE WAS SETTLED, WITH MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION BY ALL PARTIES CONTINUING TO THE PRESENT DAY. THROUGH HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT (HAVA) FUNDING, DRNM CONTINUED TO WORK TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT BY PROMOTING AND ADVOCATING FOR VOTER ACCESSIBILITY, PROVIDING OUTREACH AND TRAININGS TO BOTH ELECTION OFFICIALS AND VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES, AND WORKING WITH STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY. THE DRNM TEAM CONDUCTED 18 SURVEYS FOR BOTH SANDOVAL AND SANTA FE COUNTIES. WE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH TEAMS FROM THESE COUNTIES. BOTH COUNTIES DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND TO FULL ACCESS TO VOTING SITES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
  Expenses $1,019,436 · revenue $489,948

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

85-0276496

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1980

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Assets (IRS master file)

$2,824,233

Income (IRS master file)

$2,900,867

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 85-0276496).

Questions about DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO

What is the EIN of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO?

The employer identification number (EIN) of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO is 85-0276496.

Is DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.

Are donations to DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names GARY D HOUSEPIAN.

Who are the officers and directors of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $155,050 (GARY D HOUSEPIAN, CEO).

How much revenue does DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW MEXICO have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,900,867, expenses of $2,659,726 and total assets of $2,824,233 at year end.

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