Providing early intervention, education and enrichment, and support for children with visual impairments and other disabilities and their familes

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $52K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
30
named funders · $397K
Looks good: 30 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$377K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.9M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
64%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.9M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.9M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2021▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$5.2M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2021▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$2.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1964.

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Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $1.7M Management & general 25% · $672K Fundraising 11% · $301K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$127,146Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Governance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Angela Rowe$212,199—$167,051$117,760$127,146$50,262
Angie Rowe—$159,542————
Meredith Cagle$126,880$120,000————
Shannon Long$103,087—————
Meradith Cagle——$97,078———
Gina Samson$89,458$92,000$52,231———

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

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

Programs and updates

Helps children with vision loss and other disabilities, and their families, through early support and education.

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3 programs · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Early Intervention

Early intervention services provide comprehensive support and resources to children ages 0 to 3 to overcome early obstacles, meet key milestones, and establish a foundation for each child to reach their fullest potential.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Education + Enrichment

Through beyond blindness' education + enrichment services, students receive itinerant (within their public school classroom) education support with a dedicated teacher of the visually impaired (tvi), orientation & mobility training (O&M), and the opportunity to attend fun and valuable summer camps.

$450Kprogram expense
03

Family Support

Our family support services enable beyond blindness to be a resource for families of children with visual impairments and other disabilities throughout the child's entire journey of care. These services not only offer necessary and comforting support to parents, grandparents, siblings, children and more in the form of education, training…

$128Kprogram 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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$966K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$672K
Fundraisingcol D$301K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$377K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$395K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$252K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$966K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Total revenueLn 12$2.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$413K
SavingsLn 2$2.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$293K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$377K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
VolunteersI 6210
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.9M$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$326K$293K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$586K$377K
Net assetsLn 32$2.9M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$132K$79K$26K$26K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$1.1M$214K$94K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$160K$111K$38K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$150K$82K$59K$9K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$40$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$93K$93K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$21K$442
Advertising and promotionLn 12$102K$4K$67K$31K
Office expensesLn 13$54K$16K$18K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$29K$5K$17K
OccupancyLn 16$123K$90K$21K$12K
TravelLn 17$28K$27K$214$225
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$874$596$278
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$59K$20K$20K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$32K$26K$4K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$112K$74K$29K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$125K$11K$64K$50K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$1.7M$672K$301K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.9M$5.2M−$366K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.2M$4.6M−$361K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.1M$3.9M$136K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.2M$3.3M−$149K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $2.9M$2.7M$218K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.0M$2.8M$209K$2.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,887,301 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,811,422$1,913,797
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,228,234$965,526
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28,909$17,686
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$77,085−$9,708
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,991,480$2,887,301
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,184,057$1,856,497
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $598,159$812,429
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,782,216$2,668,926
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $209,264$218,375
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $2,887,301 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$251,945
VIII-1e Government grants$395,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,266,652
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,913,797
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $965,526$965,526
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17,686$17,686
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$9,708−$9,708
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $965,526 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,978$2,887,301
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,668,926 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,200 · Management $26,400 · Fundraising $26,400$132,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,105,074 · Management $214,387 · Fundraising $94,372$1,413,833
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $111,134 · Management $38,037 · Fundraising $11,327$160,498
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $82,169 · Management $59,212 · Fundraising $8,785$150,166
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $40 · Management $6,710$6,750
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $92,582$92,582
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $21,391 · Management $442$21,833
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,083 · Management $67,171 · Fundraising $30,941$102,195
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,624 · Management $17,901 · Fundraising $19,992$53,517
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $29,005 · Management $5,204 · Fundraising $16,997$51,206
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $89,881 · Management $21,226 · Fundraising $12,046$123,153
IX-17 TravelPrograms $27,141 · Management $214 · Fundraising $225$27,580
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $596 · Fundraising $278$874
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,894$4,894
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $19,762 · Management $19,762 · Fundraising $19,762$59,286
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,217 · Management $4,083 · Fundraising $1,904$32,204
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,486 · Management $28,920 · Fundraising $8,166$111,572
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,686 · Management $63,869 · Fundraising $50,228$124,783
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,695,893 · Management $671,610 · Fundraising $301,423$2,668,926
Part X · Balance sheet $3,589,765 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $821,943$412,750
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,120,247$2,562,253
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $74,825$158,138
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $148,643$114,703
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $29,900$48,542
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $325,564$293,379
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,521,122$3,589,765
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $185,503$192,341
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,400$29,471
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $396,025$155,618
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $585,928$377,430
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,838,405$3,052,029
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $96,789$160,306
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,935,194$3,212,335
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,521,122$3,589,765
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,212,335 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,887,301
XI-2 Total expenses$2,668,926
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$218,375
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,935,194
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$58,766
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,212,335

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