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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NORTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND AT ALBANY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,264,675
Total expenses
$6,624,437
Contributions and grants received
$540,377
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,764,796
Investment income
$31,845
Other revenue
-$72,343
Total assets, end of year
$5,860,835
Total liabilities, end of year
$981,974
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,878,861
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,594,681
Management and general expenses
$862,406
Fundraising expenses
$167,350
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,594,681

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $202

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $80,730

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $235,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $224,445

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANUFACTURING SALES

    total $4,943,170 · related or exempt $4,943,170

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REHABILITATION SERVICE

    total $818,090 · related or exempt $818,090

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,536 · related or exempt $3,536

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,684 · excluded $10,684

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $165,271

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $237,614

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$72,343

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$72,343 · excluded -$72,343

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $642,050

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

    securities $620,889

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $21,161

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,161 · excluded $21,161

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,618

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $80,730

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,618

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $182,887 · program services $133,508 · management and general $43,893 · fundraising $5,486

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,272,923 · program services $1,585,395 · management and general $620,854 · fundraising $66,674

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $78,912 · program services $64,644 · management and general $12,034 · fundraising $2,234

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,179 · program services $73,128 · management and general $14,552 · fundraising $8,499

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $181,889 · program services $127,929 · management and general $48,857 · fundraising $5,103

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,679 · management and general $2,679

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,500 · management and general $14,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $135,228 · program services $80,830 · management and general $13,823 · fundraising $40,575

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,464 · management and general $357 · fundraising $10,107

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $223,516 · program services $180,786 · management and general $32,869 · fundraising $9,861

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,635 · program services $43,037 · management and general $1,595 · fundraising $2,003

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $76,055 · program services $59,190 · management and general $10,141 · fundraising $6,724

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASES

    total $2,785,926 · program services $2,785,926

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $214,343 · program services $189,355 · management and general $14,904 · fundraising $10,084

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS

    total $197,814 · program services $197,814

  • 24d · Other expenses: FREIGHT

    total $63,927 · program services $63,927

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,560 · program services $9,212 · management and general $31,348

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $243,062 · end of year $488,589

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,048 · end of year $10,784

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $753,750 · end of year $615,153

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $584,345 · end of year $384,395

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $171,580 · end of year $11,744

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,025,765

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,066,322

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,716,277 · end of year $2,959,443

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $356,754 · end of year $322,767

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $972,290 · end of year $1,067,960

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $428,285 · end of year $897,140

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,200 · end of year $37,421

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $122,465 · end of year $47,413

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $130,956 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,725,911 · end of year $3,337,126

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,398,289 · end of year $1,541,735

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE AND GROWTH.

  • COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDES ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY INSTRUCTION, LOW VISION EXAMINATIONS, REHABILITATION TEACHING AND SOCIAL WORK TO INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR BLINDNESS. REHABILIATION SERVICES PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION ON PERSONAL, HOME, MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION TASKS WITH THE USE OF ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT. LOW VISION SERVICES PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL'S VISUAL AND PERSONAL NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED, AND FOR LOW VISION AIDS AND/OR TRAINING TO BE PRESCRIBED.

    Expenses $1,198,987 · Revenue $818,090

  • TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS. MANUFACTURING JOBS INCLUDE SEWING, QUALITY CONTROL, SHIPPING AND RECEIVING. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON APPLYING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE JOBS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

    Expenses $4,395,694 · Revenue $4,943,170

  • OTHER

    Revenue $3,536

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven A Smith Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Glenn Thompson MD

    VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jack Castle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kenya James

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carl V Benevento

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Phillip Caruso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melissa Jamison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shawn Lemieux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Aren Paster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Zach Sicard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Stacy Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Bohne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laura E Zeliger

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,350
    From this org
    $177,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,460
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $182,350

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2025
Filed
18 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602309349303260

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