Mindseye Radio

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Belleville, IL501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 81-2553623Revenue $821K in FY2025

On file with the IRSmindseyeradio.org9541 Church Circle Dr, 62223-1000 · Belleville, ILTax-exempt since Oct 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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MindsEye translates vision into audio by providing radio and internet broadcasts of periodicals and live descriptions of visual elements at theatres, museums and festivals to people who are blind, have low vision or are unable to

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 220 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$76K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 67% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $361K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$821K
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$728K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$254K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$821K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$557K
FY2022$725K
FY2023$689K
FY2024$652K
FY2025$821K
Expenses
$728K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$549K
FY2022$697K
FY2023$759K
FY2024$742K
FY2025$728K
Net assets
$254K
FY2025▲ +57%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$305K
FY2022$316K
FY2023$252K
FY2024$162K
FY2025$254K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $550K Management & general 12% · $86K Fundraising 13% · $92K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $76K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$76,033Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Frazier’s $76K as President & CEO is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Jason Frazier$76,033$71,561$76,017$72,506$68,882

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $474K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

MindsEye began an audio description service, training 30 volunteers to go to theatres, museums and other cultural events to describe action on stage or art. A total of 31 events were described to people who were visually impaired

$183Kprogram expense
02

MindsEye produced over 130 hours a week of unique programming that featured volunteers reading from magazines, newspapers, books and retail ads. This programming was distributed to over 13,000 people who are blind, low vision, or had another physical disability that prevents them from reading.

$167Kprogram expense
03

BeepBall is described by blind athletes as a dream come true, it adds a spin on baseball that allows players with a visual disability to compete on the same field with sighted players. Guided by sound rather than sight, three key things make BeepBall different from traditional baseball. One is the ball.

$124Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$821K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$614K
Other incomeLn 4–11$112K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$83K
Money outPt IX
$728K
Ln 25
Programscol B$550K
Managementcol C$86K
Fundraisingcol D$92K
Owns and owesPt X
$254K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$116K
Total assetsLn 16$286K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$614K
Government grantsLn 1e$94K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$60K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$83K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$112K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$821K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$116K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$106K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$286K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$254K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6220
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10K$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$128K$106K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$203K$286K
LiabilitiesLn 26$42K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$162K$254K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$76K$57K$9K$10K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$246K$188K$31K$27K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$54K$46K$2K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$18K$3K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$73K$37K$27K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$4K$29$870
Office expensesLn 13$45K$40K$387$4K
Information technologyLn 14$27K$19K$185$9K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$91K$68K$6K$17K
TravelLn 17$48K$44K$3K$859
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K$60$97
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$27K$4K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$728K$550K$86K$92K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $821K$728K$92K$254K 990 PDF
FY2024 $652K$742K−$90K$162K 990 PDF
FY2023 $689K$759K−$71K$252K 990 PDF
FY2022 $725K$697K$28K$316K 990 PDF
FY2021 $557K$549K$9K$305K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $820,659 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $463,698$613,780
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $84,394$82,563
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,022$11,964
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $88,616$112,352
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $651,730$820,659
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $436,210$399,516
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $305,863$328,855
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $742,073$728,371
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$90,343$92,288
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $820,659 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$100,844
VIII-1e Government grants$93,626
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$419,310
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$59,520
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$613,780
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $82,563$82,563
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,964$11,964
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$112,352
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $94,527$820,659
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $728,371 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,435 · Management $8,978 · Fundraising $9,620$76,033
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $187,886 · Management $31,206 · Fundraising $26,762$245,854
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $46,067 · Management $1,975 · Fundraising $5,866$53,908
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,106 · Management $2,947 · Fundraising $2,668$23,721
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $37,188 · Management $26,707 · Fundraising $8,966$72,861
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,290 · Management $29 · Fundraising $870$5,189
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $40,426 · Management $387 · Fundraising $3,807$44,620
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $18,508 · Management $185 · Fundraising $8,736$27,429
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $67,556 · Management $5,732 · Fundraising $17,376$90,664
IX-17 TravelPrograms $44,178 · Management $3,409 · Fundraising $859$48,446
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,173 · Management $60 · Fundraising $97$1,330
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $27,396 · Management $4,393 · Fundraising $6,527$38,316
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $550,209 · Management $86,008 · Fundraising $92,154$728,371
Part X · Balance sheet $285,803 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,832$115,666
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $64,954$62,314
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $127,703$106,228
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $851$1,595
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $203,340$285,803
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,145$31,936
X-25 Other liabilities$3
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,764$31,939
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $85,554$119,483
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $76,022$134,381
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $161,576$253,864
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $203,340$285,803
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $253,864 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$820,659
XI-2 Total expenses$728,371
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$92,288
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$161,576
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$253,864

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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