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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,158,033
Total expenses
$12,832,828
Contributions and grants received
$2,275,186
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,031,234
Investment income
$4,743,800
Other revenue
$107,813
Total assets, end of year
$148,418,337
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,001,046
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$147,417,291
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,506,544
Management and general expenses
$1,500,824
Fundraising expenses
$825,460
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,506,544

Program services were 81.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $84,323

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,190,863

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FROM GOVERNMENT

    total $4,985,664 · related or exempt $4,985,664

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES FROM INDIVIDUALS

    total $45,570 · related or exempt $45,570

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,640,393 · excluded $4,640,393

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,268,904 · other assets $4,100

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,132,470 · other assets $37,127

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $136,434 · other assets -$33,027

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $103,407 · excluded $103,407

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $7,013

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $84,323

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,335

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,322 · excluded -$24,322

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $512,773

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $393,876

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $118,898 · related or exempt $118,898

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING LOT INCOME

    total $8,750 · excluded $8,750

  • 11b · Other revenue: REBATES

    total $4,137 · related or exempt $4,137

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $350 · related or exempt $350

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,237

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $596,557 · program services $481,600 · management and general $70,573 · fundraising $44,384

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,062,586 · program services $5,701,626 · management and general $835,504 · fundraising $525,456

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $332,429 · program services $268,370 · management and general $39,326 · fundraising $24,733

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,063,133 · program services $858,267 · management and general $125,769 · fundraising $79,097

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $571,960 · program services $461,743 · management and general $67,663 · fundraising $42,554

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $33,159 · program services $29,389 · management and general $2,596 · fundraising $1,174

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $48,001 · program services $42,542 · management and general $3,757 · fundraising $1,702

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $120,374 · management and general $120,374

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,492,828 · program services $1,323,095 · management and general $116,890 · fundraising $52,843

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $145,797 · program services $129,222 · management and general $11,414 · fundraising $5,161

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $566,528 · program services $502,114 · management and general $44,359 · fundraising $20,055

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,111 · program services $53,276 · management and general $4,707 · fundraising $2,128

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $480,587 · program services $425,944 · management and general $37,630 · fundraising $17,013

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,004 · program services $148,016 · management and general $13,076 · fundraising $5,912

  • 24a · Other expenses: PHONE, SVC FEE, OTHER

    total $88,174 · program services $78,149 · management and general $6,904 · fundraising $3,121

  • 24b · Other expenses: UNCOLLECTABLE ACCTS

    total $3,600 · program services $3,191 · management and general $282 · fundraising $127

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,333,117 · end of year $2,245,830

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,144,166 · end of year $820,741

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $672,311 · end of year $997,325

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $84,270 · end of year $106,836

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $77,423 · end of year $48,411

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

    $18,946,649

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

    $8,624,666

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,871,935 · end of year $10,321,983

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $99,454,848 · end of year $133,877,211

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $957,570 · end of year $789,358

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,537 · end of year $11,973

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $215,922 · end of year $199,715

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,635,719 · end of year $66,951,601

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $73,815,322 · end of year $80,465,690

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT AND TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THE VISUAL WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CSC IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN NORTHEAST OHIO THAT SERVES THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND.

  • CSC PROVIDES EARLY INTERVENTION & OTHER SCHOOL SERVICES: PARENTS OF 0-3 YEAR OLDS LEARN COMPENSATORY TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN COMMUNICATION, INDEPENDENCE & MOVEMENT. CHILDREN AGED 3-5 ATTEND OUR IN-HOUSE PRESCHOOL. FAMILIES OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. CSC STAFF INSTRUCT SCHOOL TEACHERS HOW TO ADAPT THEIR CLASSROOM FOR A CHILD WITH A VISION DISABILITY. YOUNG ADULTS UP TO AGE 23 ARE ENGAGED IN PRE-EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING. (252 CLIENTS SERVED)

    Expenses $1,932,859 · Revenue $819,713

  • CSC PROVIDES CASEWORK & SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTING CLIENTS IN NAVIGATING NETWORKS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. ONCE NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED, TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES ARE TAUGHT TO IMPROVE DAILY LIVING AND MOBILITY TO INCREASE INDEPENDENCE. COMPUTER TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO TEACH PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND TO USE A COMPUTER USING ASSISTIVE SOFTWARE (152 CLIENTS SERVED). CSC OPERATES A LOW VISION CLINIC EVALUATING AND EDUCATING CLIENTS ABOUT THE OPTICAL AIDS NECESSARY TO UTILIZE REMAINING VISION MORE EFFECTIVELY, STAFFED BY LICENSED OPTOMETRISTS WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON LOW VISION EXAMS (550 CLIENTS SERVED).

    Expenses $3,282,478 · Revenue $443,435

  • EMPLOYMENT OPERATIONS AND PLACEMENT, INCLUDING: ASSISTANCE IN JOB READINESS, JOB SEARCH, AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS. (144 CLIENTS SERVED) CALL CENTER PRODUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING MANAGEMENT OF A FULLY-FUNCTIONING CALL CENTER WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR HAVE OTHER WORK-LIMITING DISABILITIES (EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 60 INDIVIDUALS).

    Expenses $4,590,409 · Revenue $3,831,756

  • HIGHBROOK & OTHER REC

    Expenses $400,576 · Revenue $7,844

  • ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & OTHER SERVICES

    Expenses $300,222 · Revenue $112,835

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • LARRY BENDERS

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $386,720
    From this org
    $357,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,758
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $357,962
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,519
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,239
    Filer's total
    $386,720

  • KEVIN KRENCISZ

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $209,835
    From this org
    $201,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,695
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,140
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,695
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $209,835

  • JASSEN TAWIL

    VP STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $186,051
    From this org
    $163,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,739
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,199
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,113
    Filer's total
    $186,051

  • JUDITH WEYBURNE

    VP CLIENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $184,710
    From this org
    $152,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,571
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,139
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,667
    Filer's total
    $184,710

  • SUSANNA MELES

    VP REHABILITATION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $174,134
    From this org
    $151,622
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,622
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,737
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,775
    Filer's total
    $174,134

  • ANNALISA KATZ-SCHLOSS

    OPTOMETRIST

    Total calculated
    $151,559
    From this org
    $128,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,767
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,792
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,125
    Filer's total
    $151,559

  • CHARLOTTE FORNAL

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $140,804
    From this org
    $121,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,423
    Hours/week
    40

  • WALLY ANDERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOAN U ALLGOOD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KAREN P ASSINK

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NATHAN KELLY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN C PLOUCHA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAITLIN BECK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERYL KING BENFORD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY H BOOKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRENT BUCKLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN N CHELUNE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT L ENGLANDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYL E FIELDS

    CHAIR, CLIENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS P FURNAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL H GREENBERG OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT L HARTFORD III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYNN HEILIGENTHAL-SHOWALTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUBER S HUANG MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER IGEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FREDERICK KUPER JONES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE LOESSIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN R MCKINNIS

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEEJADI N MUKUNDA MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWARD OBERNDORF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS P O'MALLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUGLAS A PIPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RONALD E POSNER MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEVERLY J ROACH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES P SACHER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH SCHAFER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW L SIKOROVSKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETH W SMITH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WILLIAM L SPRING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZACHARY J STANLEY

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • G MAXWELL TOOLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MYRON MIKE WEISSMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STANLEY E WERTHEIM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN WILLENSKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHY WALTERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HOWARD A LICHTIG

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bonita G Teeuwen

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401989349300820

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