California Communications Access Foundation

California communications access foundation now focuses primarily on ability central, its philanthropic wing founded in 2010. The mission of ability central is to serve as a resource, convener, and educator working collaboratively to ensure that people who are deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent can communicate and access information. Since its inception, ability central has granted more than $13.5m to 200+ projects, serving more than 500k people with disabilities through programs encouraging career development, training, and tech innovation. For fiscal year 2024, ability central awarded more than $1 million to 12 nonprofit organizations in california offering a diverse array of support and services to disabled communities. Ability central also offers salesforce consulting and technical support to other nonprofits working to help people with disabilities. Through its portal website, ability central provided online information, resources, and education for 90k+ people with questions about disabilities and communication access.