Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,214,698

Total expenses

$1,144,177

Contributions and grants received

$46,314

Grants paid

$242,094

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$832,663

Other revenue

$335,721

Total assets, end of year

$13,100,027

Total liabilities, end of year

$671,765

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,428,262

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$870,267

Management and general expenses

$273,910

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$870,267

Program services were 76.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE READER'S DIGEST PARTNERS FOR SIGHT FOUNDATION PROVIDES VALUABLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THIS CRUCIAL AID EMPOWERS THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CATER TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND DIVERSE STAGES OF VISION LOSS BY OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN ESSENTIAL SKILLS LIKE DAILY ACTIVITIES, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, GUIDE DOG USAGE, LOW VISION REHABILITATION, LITERACY, AND BRAILLE. MOREOVER, THE FOUNDATION EXTENDS ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING CAREER DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND YOUTH TRANSITIONING PROGRAMS FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. WE ALSO LEND A HELPING HAND BY PROVIDING AN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES LIST AND ENGAGING IN OUTREACH TO LOW VISION ORGANIZATIONS. RDPFS HAS A THOROUGH GRANT PROPOSAL AND OUTCOME EVALUATION PROCESS WHICH HELPS ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE FUNDED PROGRAMS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, RDPFS MADE 12 GRANTS TO 12 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. GRANT MONIES WERE DESIGNATED FOR:*OUTREACH PROJECT TO VARIOUS OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRIC DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS LOW VISION ORGANIZATIONS. *COUNTY-BY-COUNTY COUNT OF ALL SENIORS LIVING WITH VISION LOSS IN NEW JERSEY.*PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN THE USE OF ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.*LAUNCH AN ONLINE ACCESSIBLE MUSIC LIBRARY DATABASE TO TRANSFORM THE LANDSCAPE OF HOW PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS ACCESS MUSIC SCORES AND MATERIALS.*SUPPORT FOR PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VISION REHABILITATION HOURS TO SENIORS WITH VISION LOSS.*CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS, GENETIC AND BREEDING TEAMS, VETERINARIANS, AND RELATED STAFF AT GUIDE DOG SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVE THE GENETIC DIVERSITY, HEALTH, BEHAVIOR, AND LONGEVITY OF THE GUIDE DOGS THEY BREED.*IMPLEMENT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING AND ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS WITH VISION LOSS OR BLINDNESS AND THEIR ALLIES AS LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED CARE, POLICIES, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.*SUPPORT FOR A THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ADAPTIVE SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA.*PURCHASE BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINT MATERIALS FOR OLDER ADULT CENTER EVENT. IN AGGREGATE, THESE PROGRAMS SERVE THOUSANDS OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON A YEARLY BASIS.

  Expenses $406,248 · Grants $242,094

• THE RDPFS LARGE PRINT PUBLISHING PROGRAM MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF 40,055 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ITS SELECT EDITIONS" LARGE TYPE PERIODICAL. A TOTAL OF 200,274 VOLUMES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SUBSCRIBERS, ENSURING THAT THEY HAD ACCESS TO ENGAGING READING MATERIAL IN A FORMAT TAILORED FOR EASE OF READING FOR THOSE WITH LOW VISION. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE PRINT PERIODICAL, SUBSCRIBERS ALSO RECEIVED A LARGE PRINT CALENDAR WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ON ACCESSING LOW-VISION SERVICES. BY OFFERING CONTENT FORMATTED AND PRINTED TO SPECIFIC ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, THE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW VISION, ENSURING THEY CAN ENJOY READING AND STAY INFORMED IN A WAY THAT FULFILLS THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS.

  Expenses $464,019 · Revenue $334,986

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND DBA FUTURE IN SIGHT

  $50,000

  SUPPORT FOR PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREAS THE NUMBER OF VISION REHABILITATION SERVICE HOURS TO SENIORS WITH VISION LOSS

• GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND

  $40,000

  CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ALL RELATED STAFF AT GUIDE DOG SCHOOLS TO SYSTEMICALLY IMPROVE THE GENETIC DIVERSITY, HEALTHY, BEHAVIOR, AND LONGEVITY OF THE GUIDE DOGS THEY BREED

• FILOMEN M D'AGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL

  $35,000

  LAUNCH AN ONLINE ACCESSIBLE MUSIC LIBRARY DATABASE TO TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS AND EDUCATORS ACCESS MUSIC SCORES AND MATERIALS.

• UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF BLIND ATHLETES INC

  $32,750

  SUPPORT FOR THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ADAPTIVE SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA

• NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS (PREVENT BLINDNESS)

  $26,844

  IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICE METHODS FOR SUPPORTING AND ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS WITH VISION LOSS ON BLINDNESS AND THEIR ALLIES AS LEADERS AND ADVOATES FOR IMPROVED CARE, POLICIES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

• THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND

  $25,000

  PREPARE PARTICIPANTS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP W/COLLABORATING TECH COMPANIES AS SCREEN READER USERS WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THAT ROLE

• A CLOSER LOOK FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  OUTREACH PROJECT TO VARIOUS OPTHAMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRIC DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS LOW VISION ORGANIZATIONS

• COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR VISION REHABILITATION

  $10,000

  PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN THE USE OF ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

7 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343119349302549

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