Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $65,498
- Total expenses
- $22,322
- Contributions and grants received
- $26,633
- Grants paid
- $10,590
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $38,865
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $889,533
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $889,533
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $10,590
- Management and general expenses
- $11,732
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,590
Program services were 47.4% 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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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$26,633
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $49,679 · related or exempt $49,679 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $684,474 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $695,288 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$10,814 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$10,814 · related or exempt -$10,814 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $10,590 · program services $10,590
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $113 · management and general $113
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $876 · program services $0 · management and general $876 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $9,889 · management and general $9,889 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $89 · program services $0 · management and general $89 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $765 · program services $0 · management and general $765 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $19,403 · end of year $33,913
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $26,426
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $789,443 · end of year $829,194
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $833,846 · end of year $889,533
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To fund social, recreational, and educational opportunities for students at the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as other visually impaired students throughout the state.
Activities or mission (Part I)
We fund social, recreational, and educational opportunities for visually impaired students at the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as throughout the entire state through outreach activities.
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Family Weekend. An annual weekend retreat for students and their parents to becme acquainted with the school facilities as well as teachers, also to have a bonding experience among parents of blind children.
Expenses $3,213
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School Garden. Constructed a garden area on the school grounds for students to have hands-on experience of working soil, planting and harvesting produce.
Expenses $1,898
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Christmas Program Luncheon. A social event for students, parents and community members to enjoy a meal together following the annual school Christmas program.
Expenses $1,800
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Other program service include: Artist-in-Residence who visits the school for 3 days, a goalball tournament, a visa card for student use, several items of classroom learning devices, public relation ( coffee and T shirts).
Expenses $3,679
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sari Merriman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Nicole Olson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Carol Ginsbach
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Curt Wischmeier
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Dawn Brusch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Carmen Meyer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Renae Rausch
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jane Ann Rayman
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Roland Pond
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lonald Gellhaus
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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SD School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
$8,590
Various grants: Visiting artist working with students in music or art. Family Weekend previously mentioned. Support athletic events at school. Funded a gift card students can use to have experience in buying with a credit card. Improving school facilities with a garden. Several different items of classroom technology and equipment to aid in teaching.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 2 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202501269349300445
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