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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,584,723
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,569,597
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$1,563,120
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$1,569,597
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total -$6,477 · related or exempt -$6,477
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $897 · related or exempt $897
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11e · Other revenue, total
$897
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $17,239 · management and general $17,239
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $511,526 · program services $491,925 · management and general $19,601
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $14,606 · program services $11,824 · management and general $2,782
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $50,969 · program services $49,672 · management and general $1,297
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,200 · program services $2,200
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11g · Fees: other
total $5,146 · program services $5,146
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,881 · program services $2,881
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13 · Office expenses
total $52,069 · program services $52,069
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14 · Information technology
total $3,210 · program services $3,210
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16 · Occupancy
total $335,163 · program services $333,570 · management and general $1,593
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17 · Travel
total $5,431 · program services $5,431
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,282 · program services $6,282
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23 · Insurance
total $13,635 · program services $13,635
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24a · Other expenses: TRUCK EXPENSES
total $33,461 · program services $30,975 · management and general $2,486
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $13,454 · program services $13,454
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24e · All other expenses
total $478 · program services $478
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $0 · end of year $42,790
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $92,304 · end of year $39,412
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,265 · end of year $57
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $37,763 · end of year $140,844
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$241,259
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$232,446
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $12,159 · end of year $8,813
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,189,994 · end of year $1,643,643
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $140,314 · end of year $152,976
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $265,003 · end of year $186,417
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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.
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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
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Michael GarrettMICHAEL GARRETT
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 5 related
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Jeff ThomJEFF THOM
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 5 related
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David TrottDAVID TROTT
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 10 related
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George HollidayGEORGE HOLLIDAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Terry PachecoTERRY PACHECO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 4 related
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Kim CharlsonKIM CHARLSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 4 related
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Nancy Marks BeckerNANCY 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
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Timothy Scott ThornhillTIMOTHY 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.
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AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OF BLIND PEOPLE · VA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 1 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611259349301416
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