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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND ENTERPRISES AND SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,579,143
Total expenses
$1,067,750
Contributions and grants received
$1,584,723
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$5,580
Total assets, end of year
$1,875,559
Total liabilities, end of year
$339,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,536,166
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,022,752
Management and general expenses
$44,998
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,022,752

Program services were 95.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,584,723

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,569,597

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,563,120

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,569,597

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$6,477 · related or exempt -$6,477

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $897 · related or exempt $897

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $897

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $17,239 · management and general $17,239

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $511,526 · program services $491,925 · management and general $19,601

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,606 · program services $11,824 · management and general $2,782

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,969 · program services $49,672 · management and general $1,297

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,200 · program services $2,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,146 · program services $5,146

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,881 · program services $2,881

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,069 · program services $52,069

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,210 · program services $3,210

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $335,163 · program services $333,570 · management and general $1,593

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,431 · program services $5,431

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,282 · program services $6,282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,635 · program services $13,635

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRUCK EXPENSES

    total $33,461 · program services $30,975 · management and general $2,486

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $13,454 · program services $13,454

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $478 · program services $478

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $42,790

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $92,304 · end of year $39,412

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,265 · end of year $57

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $37,763 · end of year $140,844

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

    $241,259

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

    $232,446

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,159 · end of year $8,813

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,189,994 · end of year $1,643,643

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,314 · end of year $152,976

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $265,003 · end of year $186,417

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $928,168 · end of year $1,536,166

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE BY SUPPORTING AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (ACB)

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE LIFE FOR ALL BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES RETAIL THRIFT STORES THAT SELL MERCHANDISE PRINCIPALLY DONATED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PROFITS GENERATED BY THE THRIFT STORES, IF ANY, CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS OF ACB.

    Expenses $1,022,752 · Revenue -$5,580

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Garrett

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 5 related
  • Jeff Thom

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • David Trott

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related
  • George Holliday

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Pacheco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • Kim Charlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related
  • Nancy Marks Becker

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $148,027
    From this org
    $13,916
    From related orgs
    $101,184
    Other
    $32,927
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Timothy Scott Thornhill

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,242
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,144
    Other
    $6,098
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,144 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,249 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $849 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $162,242 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 I, LINE 3
ALL COMPENSATION IS PAID BY AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC. (ACB), A RELATED ORGANIZATION. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND ENTERPRISES AND SERVICES, INC. (ACBES) REIMBURSES ACB FOR A PORTION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER'S COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CFO FOLLOW THE SAME BASIC APPROACH. ACB USES THE FOLLOWING WHEN ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION: - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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
1 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611259349301416

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