Help make progress possible.
Give to DBCA
Support the Mission
Creating a society that includes deafblind people requires sustained advocacy, education, collaboration, and action. Financial support helps DBCA pursue initiatives, educate decision-makers and the public, bring deafblind perspectives into important discussions, develop partnerships, respond to emerging accessibility challenges, and strengthen participation in the organization's work.
Every contribution is an investment in a future where accessibility is built into the way we design technology, deliver services, and strengthen our communities. Your support empowers deafblind people to live, learn, work, communicate, and participate independently while fostering innovation, expanding economic opportunity, and helping create a society that works better for everyone. Together, we can ensure that progress is measured not only by how far we advance, but by how many people are able to advance with us.
Support the Mission
Creating a society that includes deafblind people requires sustained advocacy, education, collaboration, and action. Financial support helps DBCA pursue initiatives, educate decision-makers and the public, bring deafblind perspectives into important discussions, develop partnerships, respond to emerging accessibility challenges, and strengthen participation in the organization's work.
Every contribution is an investment in a future where accessibility is built into the way we design technology, deliver services, and strengthen our communities. Your support empowers deafblind people to live, learn, work, communicate, and participate independently while fostering innovation, expanding economic opportunity, and helping create a society that works better for everyone. Together, we can ensure that progress is measured not only by how far we advance, but by how many people are able to advance with us.
How Your Support Makes an Impact
Advocacy and Public Policy
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Support helps DBCA educate policymakers, build coalitions, and advance public policy that protects the civil rights, accessibility, and opportunities of deafblind people.
Accessibility and Technology
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Support advances digital accessibility, artificial intelligence, inclusive design, and other emerging technologies that expand opportunity, strengthen organizations, and benefit society as a whole.
Education and Awareness
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Support helps businesses, policymakers, researchers, educators, and the public better understand deafblind experiences and the broader social and economic value of accessibility.
Deafblind Participation
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Meaningful participation requires resources. Support helps provide communication access, accessible materials, Support Service Providers (SSPs), and other accommodations that enable deafblind people to participate fully in education, employment, public policy, community life, and organizational leadership.
Leadership Development
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Giving to DBCA helps cultivate current and future deafblind leaders through mentoring, leadership development, advocacy, civic engagement, and professional growth. Contributions also help provide the accessibility, communication, travel, lodging, training, continuing education, and other resources that make meaningful participation possible. By investing in leadership, donors help prepare individuals whose knowledge, experience, and perspectives strengthen businesses, government, research, public policy, and society as a whole.
Research and Innovation
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Your giving helps DBCA identify emerging challenges, participate in collaborative research, develop innovative solutions, and pursue new opportunities that advance accessibility, inclusion, and equal opportunity.
Individual Giving
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Individuals can support DBCA through one-time or recurring contributions. Monthly giving provides reliable support for ongoing work, while one-time gifts help advance current priorities, emerging needs, and future initiatives.
Institutional and Corporate Support
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Foundations, businesses, charitable organizations, and other institutions can support DBCA through grants, sponsorships, corporate giving, matching gifts, in-kind resources, or collaborative initiatives. Organizations interested in a broader collaboration are encouraged to explore Partnership for a Better Future.
Other Ways to Help
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Financial contributions are only one way to advance DBCA's mission. You can become a member, share DBCA's work, report accessibility barriers, introduce potential partners or funders, contribute professional expertise, or help ensure that deafblind perspectives are represented within your organization and community.