Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,389,910
- Total expenses
- $2,193,262
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $2,389,910
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,016,427
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,630,403
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,386,024
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,062,921
- Management and general expenses
- $130,341
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,062,921
Program services were 94.1% 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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2a · Program service revenue: NYSPSP PROGRAM FEES
total $2,255,137 · related or exempt $2,255,137
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2b · Program service revenue: COMMERCIAL FEE REVENUE
total $134,773 · related or exempt $134,773
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $255,761 · program services $255,761
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,280,676 · program services $1,172,026 · management and general $108,650
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $90,731 · program services $90,731
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $139,761 · program services $139,761
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $91,796 · program services $91,796
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,040 · management and general $8,040
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $25,000 · program services $25,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $36,000 · program services $36,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,463 · program services $3,463
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13 · Office expenses
total $26,778 · program services $26,778
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16 · Occupancy
total $100,183 · program services $100,183
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17 · Travel
total $26,693 · program services $25,862 · management and general $831
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $17,280 · program services $16,415 · management and general $865
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $66,730 · program services $66,730
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23 · Insurance
total $2,400 · program services $2,400
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $11,955 · management and general $11,955
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24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES
total $9,015 · program services $9,015
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24c · Other expenses: TRAINING
total $1,000 · program services $1,000
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,197,484 · end of year $4,154,939
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $5,366,745 · end of year $4,892,488
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $7,848 · end of year $7,951
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$631,699
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$258,482
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $439,947 · end of year $373,217
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $634,118 · end of year $587,832
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,812,941 · end of year $7,031,387
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $643,825 · end of year $599,016
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,189,376 · end of year $2,386,024
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND UPWARD MOBILITY FOR NEW YORKERS WHO ARE BLIND.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CREATING DIVERSE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND UPWARD MOBILITY FOR NEW YORKERS WHO ARE BLIND.
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THE NEW YORK STATE PREFERRED SOURCE PROGRAM FOR NEW YORKERS WHO ARE BLIND (NYSPSP) IS A STATE-MANDATED INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND. THROUGH A NETWORK OF NINE AFFILIATED NONPROFIT AGENCIES, THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY EMPLOYS 395 BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED NEW YORKERS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE PROCUREMENT LAW, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE DESIGNATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE NONPROFITS. IN 2025, SIX INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED THROUGH THE PROGRAM WERE PROMOTED, AND 51 NEW PROJECTS WERE ADDED TO THE NYSPSP PORTFOLIO, EXPANDING ITS REACH AND IMPACT.
Expenses $2,062,921 · Revenue $2,389,910
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Susan C RobinsonSUSAN C ROBINSON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenny J FernaldKENNY J FERNALD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Daniel SpenceDANIEL SPENCE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter SlatinPETER SLATIN
CHAIR (AS OF 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John J CalabreseJOHN J CALABRESE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer LakeJENNIFER LAKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Soraya CorreaSORAYA CORREA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $358,443
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $358,443
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $358,443 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $0 + $358,443 related
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Jason EckertJASON ECKERT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lisa RafalsonLISA RAFALSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maria DimeglioMARIA DIMEGLIO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher T BurkeCHRISTOPHER T BURKE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $240,251
- From this org
- $198,267
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,984
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,391
- Bonus
- $25,876
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $23,137
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,847
- Filer's total
- $240,251
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Timothy FioriTIMOTHY FIORI
SENIOR DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $218,586
- From this org
- $176,911
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,675
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,721
- Bonus
- $11,190
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,311
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,364
- Filer's total
- $218,586
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Andrew H Placito IIIANDREW H PLACITO III
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS AND ACCOUNTING
- Total calculated
- $130,914
- From this org
- $105,995
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,919
- Hours/week
- 40
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Lawrence MirroLAWRENCE MIRRO
SALES MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $116,369
- From this org
- $104,261
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,108
- Hours/week
- 40
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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ESERB BOARD FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FOR OTHER STAFF, THE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE IS AN PERCENTAGE OF SALARY BASED ON PERSONAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES PLUS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AS SPECIFIED IN THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN.
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.
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NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND
501(C)(3) · ENHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND · NY
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501(C)(3) · PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT RELATED SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED · VA
Directly controlled by NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 28 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202612179349300626
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