Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$62,400

Total expenses

$59,456

Contributions and grants received

$60,386

Grants paid

$11,269

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$614

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$1,400

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$21,861

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,861

Program service expenses (Part III)

$58,873

Program services were 99.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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, these activities potentially benefit more than half a million blind people in the country.

  Expenses $2,824 · Grants $635

• Program B: Specialized Programs and Services Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored NFB BELL Academy and other youth and young adult programs to support blind children and students to learn Braille and explore science subjects using fun interactive methods. 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 NFB-NEWSLINE(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone and app 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 $56,049 · Grants $10,634

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

5 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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