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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MINNESOTA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,895
Total expenses
$59,896
Contributions and grants received
$33,330
Grants paid
$20,539
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,565
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$489,569
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$489,569
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$55,894
Management and general expenses
$3,563
Fundraising expenses
$439
Program service expenses (Part III)
$55,894

Program services were 93.3% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $33,330

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,565 · related or exempt $8,565 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,980 · program services $15,980

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,559 · program services $4,559

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $6,030 · program services $5,520 · management and general $510 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,255 · program services $1,728 · management and general $1,088 · fundraising $439

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $775 · program services $0 · management and general $775 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,900 · program services $6,600 · management and general $300 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,233 · program services $3,951 · management and general $282 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,656 · program services $17,556 · management and general $100 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $508 · program services $0 · management and general $508 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,596 · end of year $4,540

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $596,100 · end of year $485,029

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $848 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $604,544 · end of year $489,569

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Self-help for the blind

Activities or mission (Part I)

The NFB of Minnesota is an organization made up of blind and sighted people working to improve the lives of blind Minnesota residents by providing assistance and services to parents, blind workers, and consumers of rehabilitation services.

  • Program A: Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Organization - Operated community outreach offices to provide information to the public about blindness and how to help blind people and to locate blind persons in need of assistance. Provided assistance to blind people to attend seminars and workshops designed to assist the blind in learning methods and techniques of organizing local groups of blind people for self-help and in learning about library services, rehabilitation services, new technology, aids, devices, and other resources and materials. Developed, produced, or distributed in print, Braille, and/or recorded media materials relating to blindness. Provided information to individuals, employers, governmental agencies, and the general public through written, telephone, personal, and media contacts. Developed and strengthened state and local organizations of the blind (self-help and support groups) and provided legal assistance, encouragement, information, or advocacy assistance to blind persons. Worked to improve services of governmental and private agencies established to give services to the blind through consumer input, technical assistance, and monitoring. It is estimated that educational activities in one way or another impact upon at least one million individuals in this state annually. Such services are available to and benefit all of the blind of this state. Additionally, since improvements for blind persons in this state affect all blind persons in the country, these activities potentially benefit in excess of half a million blind people.

    Expenses $12,037

  • Program B: Specialized Programs and Services - Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored seminars and other activities to assist parents of blind children. Sponsored seminars and other activities to create better employment opportunities for blind persons. Helped to make available specialized aids, devices, tools, and materials for the blind-Braille writing equipment, measuring devices, white canes, clocks, watches, talking calculators, etc. Operated NEWSLINE for the Blind(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone for the blind. Provided Braille materials to the blind. Made grants to provide services of the kind described herein and to improve educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities for the blind. The activities described herein potentially benefit all blind persons in this state, and improvements in opportunities here expand opportunities for the half million blind persons in the country as well as creating more opportunities for the blind adults of tomorrow.

    Expenses $43,857 · Grants $20,539

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Jacobsen

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Corbb O'Connor

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Briley O'Connor

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Dunnam

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dave Andrews

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kotumu Kamara

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Colbrunn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jan Bailey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yadiel Sotomayor

    Board Member

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302689349300810

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