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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,483
Total expenses
$31,749
Contributions and grants received
$50,059
Grants paid
$11,787
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$2,840
Investment income (line 4)
$4
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$580
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$153,228
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$153,228
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,449

Program services were 99.1% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

Self help for the blind.

  • Program A: 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 $4,389 · Grants $3,166

  • Program B: 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 $27,060 · Grants $8,622

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Sharon Weddington

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Larry Herring

    First Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marlon Stover

    Second Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Seth Lamkin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Liz Arcabascio

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allen Grant

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gloria Thomas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Haynes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerry Moreno

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Parrish

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donna Permar

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vernon Richmond

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
24 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601769349201140

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