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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SEATTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,090,378
Total expenses
$4,256,238
Contributions and grants received
$2,730,082
Grants paid
$3,618,088
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$360,296
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,905,710
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,089
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,863,621
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,112,447
Management and general expenses
$72,660
Fundraising expenses
$71,131
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,112,447

Program services were 96.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,223,999

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,506,083

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $22,195

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $141,778 · excluded $141,778

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,300,496

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,081,978

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $218,518

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $218,518 · excluded $218,518

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,618,088 · program services $3,618,088

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,602 · management and general $17,602

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $494,359 · program services $494,359

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,954 · management and general $29,954

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,467 · management and general $19,467

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,637 · management and general $5,637

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $71,131 · fundraising $71,131

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $90,939 · end of year $38,148

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $59,081 · end of year $154,627

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,942

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,824,387 · end of year $4,708,993

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $90,940 · end of year $42,089

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,883,467 · end of year $4,863,621

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION IS AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO SOLICITING FUNDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, INCORPORATED. THE FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY USED TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COMMITTED TO SOLICITING FUNDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, INCORPORATED.

  • THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, INCORPORATED. THE FOUNDATION'S PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, INCORPORATED, WHICH IS TO CREATE AND ENHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, DEAF-BLIND, AND BLIND WITH OTHER DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $4,112,447 · Grants $3,618,088

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Kidd

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jen Smitt

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melody Furze

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marieke Iwema

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirk Laughlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roya Fereidouni

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Hard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chelsea McLaughlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Sandberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Lwali

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Dubay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Jespersen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorna Walsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Bertsch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Brannon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fatima Naseem

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Amodt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Abbott

    CEO (THRU 07/25)

    Total calculated
    $318,946
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $285,320
    Other
    $33,626
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $285,320 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,426 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $318,946 related

  • Rabi Gupta

    CFO AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $215,936
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $191,473
    Other
    $24,463
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $191,473 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,963 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $215,936 related

  • Patrick O'Hara

    INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $234,095
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,841
    Other
    $23,254
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,841 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,654 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $234,095 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II
THE RELATED ORGANIZATION USES THIRD-PARTY COMPARABILITY DATA AND MUST HAVE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR EXECUTIVE AND OFFICER COMPENSATION. THE RELATED ORGANIZATION USES COMPARABILITY DATA PROVIDED BY THIRD-PARTIES AND APPROVAL BY APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS FOR KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611829349300501

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