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US nonprofit · EIN 811565210 · Fort Wayne, INiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 811565210) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2023.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Hearing the Call Inc's network

8 people6 organisationsi8 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Nora Stewart ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Alicia FonsecaDirector2023
3 yrs
Cheryl RungeDirector2022
4 yrs
Chris BakerDirector2019
7 yrs
Jim ThorpeCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Joseph BonahoomTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Lynne GilmoreDirector2022
4 yrs
Spencer PattonDirector2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Nora StewartChairman3$0
Joseph BonahoomTreasurer3$0
Jim ThorpeSecretary20$0
Maura ChippendaleVice Chairman1$0
Cheryl RungeDirector8$0
Lynne GilmoreDirector1$0
Spencer PattonDirector1$0
Alicia FonsecaDirector1$0
Vanessa LeeDirector1$0
Chris BakerDirector1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

Colorado roster

11 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253014528). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Vanessa LeeDirector
Nora StewartChair
Cheryl RungeDirector
Nora StewartPresident
Maura ChippendaleDirector
Spencer PattonDirector
Jim ThorpeSecretary
Alicia FonsecaDirector
Lynne GilmoreDirector
Joseph BonahoomTreasurer
Joseph Bonahoom

About

Legal name
Hearing the Call Inc
EIN
811565210
Address
Po Box 10311, Fort Wayne, IN, 46851-0311
State
Indiana
Mission
To eliminate the financial gap for patients in order to ensure everyone is given the opportunity for dignified, quality hearing health care that changes lives. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q19 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2016
Principal officer
Nora Stewart (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2016
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsNora Stewart
≥7years on the filingsChris Baker
≥7years on the filingsJim Thorpe
≥7years on the filingsJoseph Bonahoom

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.2m
Total liabilities
$150k
Net assets or fund balances
$1m
Contributions and grants received
$698k
Program service revenue
$3k
Grants and similar paid out
$44k
Employees
2
Volunteers
259

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hearing the Call Red Maple RoIncome eligible hearing patient$13k
Brant AudiologyIncome eligible hearing patient$11k