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.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$372K 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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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
79%
of spending
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Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$372K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$2.1M
44% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 44% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.2M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$4.6M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.2M
FY2024▲ +4%
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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
$4.6M
FY2024▲ +17%
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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
$2.8M
FY2024▼ -10%
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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 FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $3.6M Management & general 7% · $344K Fundraising 14% · $622K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $372K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
President/CEO
$159,542Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$120,000Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$92,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary and Governance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer and Finance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ophthalmic Advisory Board Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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 · $3.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Early Intervention

Early intervention services provide comprehensive support and resources to children ages 0 to 5 to overcome early obstacles, meet key milestones, and establish a foundation for each child to reach their fullest POTENTIAL.HOME-BASED and center-based services offer vision stimulation and therapy services that help to minimize developmental…

$2.4Mprogram 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.

$680Kprogram 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…

$556Kprogram 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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$108K
Money outPt IX
$4.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.6M
Managementcol C$344K
Fundraisingcol D$622K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$959K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$8K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$580
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$454K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$108K
Gains on assetsLn 7$47K
Total revenueLn 12$4.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$430K
SavingsLn 2$529K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$959K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$452K
Other assetsLn 15$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$349K$959K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$521K$452K
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$381K$214K$88K$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.4M$2.1M$24K$222K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$8K$2K$457
Other employee benefitsLn 9$112K$90K$17K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$215K$183K$8K$24K
Legal feesLn 11b$55K$54K$348$80
Accounting feesLn 11c$79K$79K
Investment management feesLn 11f$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$167K$91K$13K$63K
Office expensesLn 13$245K$197K$15K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$94K$56K$11K$27K
OccupancyLn 16$203K$161K$23K$18K
TravelLn 17$64K$62K$1K$328
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$4K$854$1K
InterestLn 20$17K$11K$5K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$115K$95K$10K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$39K$29K$7K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$311K$171K$12K$129K
All other expensesLn 24e$96K$82K$8K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.6M$3.6M$344K$622K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.9M$5.2M−$366K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $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 $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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,241,927 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,616,815$2,287,161
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,607,366$1,949,197
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$14,292$108,055
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$138,387−$102,486
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,071,502$4,241,927
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 $2,593,533$3,069,338
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,342,107$1,533,771
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,935,640$4,603,109
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $135,862−$361,182
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $4,241,927 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$454,124
VIII-1e Government grants$8,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,825,037
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$580
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,287,161
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,949,197$1,949,197
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $60,844$60,844
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $47,211$47,211
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$102,486−$102,486
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,949,197 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,569$4,241,927
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,603,109 across 20 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $213,878 · Management $87,553 · Fundraising $80,012$381,443
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,104,192 · Management $24,127 · Fundraising $221,800$2,350,119
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,055 · Management $2,117 · Fundraising $457$10,629
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $90,179 · Management $17,150 · Fundraising $5,018$112,347
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $182,753 · Management $8,246 · Fundraising $23,801$214,800
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $54,420 · Management $348 · Fundraising $80$54,848
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $78,664$78,664
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $19,603$19,603
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $24,322$24,322
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $91,373 · Management $12,933 · Fundraising $63,143$167,449
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $197,080 · Management $14,888 · Fundraising $33,242$245,210
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $56,081 · Management $10,990 · Fundraising $26,577$93,648
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $161,426 · Management $23,405 · Fundraising $17,826$202,657
IX-17 TravelPrograms $62,296 · Management $1,063 · Fundraising $328$63,687
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,130 · Management $854 · Fundraising $1,252$6,236
IX-20 InterestPrograms $11,125 · Management $4,797 · Fundraising $1,072$16,994
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $95,284 · Management $10,332 · Fundraising $9,164$114,780
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $28,545 · Management $7,298 · Fundraising $2,751$38,594
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $170,520 · Management $11,596 · Fundraising $129,380$311,496
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $81,768 · Management $7,853 · Fundraising $5,962$95,583
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,637,427 · Management $343,817 · Fundraising $621,865$4,603,109
Part X · Balance sheet $4,892,365 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $170,936$429,590
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $177,594$529,394
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $740,444$422,057
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $154,198$303,265
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $38,941$47,819
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $521,239$451,591
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,021,010$1,429,981
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,441,211$1,278,668
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,265,573$4,892,365
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $184,580$239,884
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,680$39,280
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,012,739$1,850,524
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,204,999$2,129,688
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,571,713$2,422,734
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $488,861$339,943
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,060,574$2,762,677
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,265,573$4,892,365
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,762,677 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,241,927
XI-2 Total expenses$4,603,109
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$361,182
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,060,574
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$63,285
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,762,677

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