Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,978,247
- Total expenses
- $7,117,196
- Contributions and grants received
- $177,510
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $6,765,484
- Investment income
- $8,194
- Other revenue
- $27,059
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,889,954
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $916,178
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,973,776
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,312,832
- Management and general expenses
- $789,040
- Fundraising expenses
- $15,324
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,312,832
Program services were 88.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$156,206
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$21,304
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2a · Program service revenue: BEACON SALES
total $4,105,890 · related or exempt $4,105,890
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2b · Program service revenue: FT SILL SALES
total $1,723,227 · related or exempt $1,723,227
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2c · Program service revenue: SAFB SALES
total $936,367 · related or exempt $936,367
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3 · Investment income
total $8,194 · related or exempt $8,194
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $27,059 · related or exempt $27,059
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11e · Other revenue, total
$27,059
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $786,754 · program services $403,579 · management and general $383,175
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $10,835 · program services $4,229 · management and general $6,606
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $88,699 · program services $21,989 · management and general $66,710
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $60,189 · program services $30,875 · management and general $29,314
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $375 · management and general $375
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13 · Office expenses
total $160,783 · management and general $160,783
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17 · Travel
total $10 · program services $10
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20 · Interest
total $28,961 · management and general $28,961
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $121,731 · program services $121,731
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23 · Insurance
total $79,855 · management and general $79,855
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24a · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD
total $4,851,692 · program services $4,851,692
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24b · Other expenses: OTHER INDIRECT MFG COSTS
total $501,957 · program services $501,957
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24c · Other expenses: SELLING EXPENSES
total $376,770 · program services $376,770
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24d · Other expenses: BOOK LOSS ON EXPIRED SUPP
total $26,201 · management and general $26,201
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24e · All other expenses
total $22,384 · management and general $7,060 · fundraising $15,324
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $99,143 · end of year $114,480
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $199,006 · end of year $216,194
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $417,879 · end of year $307,312
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $1,684,131 · end of year $1,537,189
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $21,682 · end of year $23,596
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,721,930
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,030,912
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $752,193 · end of year $691,018
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $165 · end of year $165
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $638,046 · end of year $526,145
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $423,428 · end of year $390,033
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,112,725 · end of year $1,973,776
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENHANCE ECNOMIC AND PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, PRIMARILY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING AND SELLING OF QUALITY GOODS AND SERVICE.
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EMPLOYMENT, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENTS,RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, WORK EVALUATIONS, AND COUNSELING ARE PROVIDED TO BLIND EMPLOYEES AND BLIND SENIOR CITIZENTS. NO FEES WERE CHARGED FOR THESE SERVICES.
Expenses $6,262,815 · Revenue $6,765,484
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EMPLOYMENT, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENTS,RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, WORK EVALUATIONS, AND COUNSELING ARE PROVIDED TO BLIND EMPLOYEES AND BLIND SENIOR CITIZENTS. NO FEES WERE CHARGED FOR THESE SERVICES.
Expenses $50,017
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Blake AndrewsBLAKE ANDREWS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Calvin CarltonCALVIN CARLTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Noel FilerNOEL FILER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dr Robert ForresterDR ROBERT FORRESTER
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
-
Alan FreemanALAN FREEMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Chris HansardCHRIS HANSARD
DIIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dr Jenny KisnerDR JENNY KISNER
2ND VICE CHA
- Total calculated
- $0
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Joe KoszarekJOE KOSZAREK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Kimberley MinterKIMBERLEY MINTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dr Mike PattersonDR MIKE PATTERSON
SEC/TREAS
- Total calculated
- $0
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Billy RogersBILLY ROGERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Judy KoetterJUDY KOETTER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 19 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202610139349303051
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