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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,592,974
Total expenses
$38,000,641
Contributions and grants received
$35,988
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$456,958
Other revenue
$36,100,028
Total assets, end of year
$88,894,537
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,662,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$58,232,092
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$29,289,689
Management and general expenses
$8,710,952
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,289,689

Program services were 77.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $35,988

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $264,315 · excluded $264,315

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,731,274

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

    securities $10,538,631

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $192,643

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $192,643 · excluded $192,643

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $57,411,650

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $21,316,991

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $36,094,659 · related or exempt $36,094,659

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,369 · related or exempt $5,369

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,369

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $922,529 · program services $276,759 · management and general $645,770

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,010,341 · program services $11,979,901 · management and general $3,030,440

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $442,896 · program services $341,370 · management and general $101,526

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,754,868 · program services $2,918,023 · management and general $836,845

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,338,595 · program services $1,031,747 · management and general $306,848

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $85,311 · program services $65,755 · management and general $19,556

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $127,030 · program services $97,911 · management and general $29,119

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $8,735 · program services $6,733 · management and general $2,002

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,701,196 · program services $1,311,228 · management and general $389,968

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,092 · program services $57,108 · management and general $16,984

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $885,146 · program services $682,242 · management and general $202,904

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,546,887 · program services $1,192,291 · management and general $354,596

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,961,280 · program services $4,594,766 · management and general $1,366,514

  • 17 · Travel

    total $158,421 · program services $122,106 · management and general $36,315

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,628 · program services $3,567 · management and general $1,061

  • 20 · Interest

    total $530,815 · program services $409,135 · management and general $121,680

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,489,607 · program services $1,918,910 · management and general $570,697

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,077,608 · program services $830,586 · management and general $247,022

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAXES

    total $5,992 · program services $4,618 · management and general $1,374

  • 24b · Other expenses: NIB & TIBH FEES

    total $1,647,955 · program services $1,270,191 · management and general $377,764

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $158,483 · program services $122,154 · management and general $36,329

  • 24d · Other expenses: INVENTORY OBSOLENCENSE

    total $46,212 · program services $35,619 · management and general $10,593

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,014 · program services $16,969 · management and general $5,045

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,840,203 · end of year $2,300,735

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,366,596 · end of year $4,677,612

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,605,467 · end of year $5,915,487

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,923,408 · end of year $9,707,272

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,817,537 · end of year $2,710,356

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

    $55,195,243

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

    $17,999,325

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,045,689 · end of year $37,195,918

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $14,447,506

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,939,651

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,903,126 · end of year $4,438,109

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $15,550,284 · end of year $14,132,210

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,092,126

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,145,490 · end of year $58,232,092

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED BY CREATING, SUSTAINING, AND IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT.

  • THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SOCIAL SERVICES AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BY ASSISTING THE BLIND IN SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOUSING, AIDS, SSI, SSDI BENEFITS, MEDICAL REFERRAL AND REFERRALS TO OTHER AGENCIES. THE ASSOCIATION ASSISTS THOSE IN NEED BY PURCHASING GLASSES AND READING AIDS. COMPUTER CLASSES ARE CONDUCTED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES HIGHLY QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH MOBILITY TRAINING AND LONG CANE TRAVEL AND FUNCTIONS. THE ASSOCIATION OPERATES MANUFACTURING FACILITIES THAT PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL AND EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT FOR THE BLIND. THE BLIND WORKERS MANUFACTURE BELTS, KEY CASES, AWARD PLAQUES AND HAND SOAP AND HAND SANITIZERS WHICH IT SELLS TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL. BLIND WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED IN OUR WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPERATIONS, FULFILLING CUSTOMER ORDERS WHICH ARE SHIPPED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THESE WORKERS USE A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE THEM TO PICK AND PACK ORDERS, OPERATE FORKLIFTS AND OTHER MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT.

    Expenses $29,289,689 · Revenue $36,100,028

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

Listed in Part VII

  • James Meehan

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $297,460
    From this org
    $270,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,603
    Bonus
    $51,385
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,728
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,744
    Filer's total
    $297,460

  • Yating Lai

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty Huffman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Mangan

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bobbi Dangerfield

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William O Cromwell III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Portner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Allison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Seekatz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • E Joe Berger III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elsa Zambrano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gene Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee Rigby

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 4/26/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry A Mayfield

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 1/18/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bonna Williamson

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 1/18/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Ramirez

    COO (UNTIL 5/1/23)

    Total calculated
    $214,557
    From this org
    $205,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,218
    Bonus
    $31,067
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,087
    Filer's total
    $214,557

  • Margaret Morreale

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $231,573
    From this org
    $204,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,703
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,659
    Bonus
    $31,211
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,029
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,674
    Filer's total
    $231,573

  • Donald Harcum

    FORMER CFO (RETIRED 3/17/22)

    Total calculated
    $53,726
    From this org
    $49,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,232
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alonso M Perales

    VP BUSINESS INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $191,619
    From this org
    $163,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,906
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,713
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,225
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,681
    Filer's total
    $191,619

  • Rachel Aldaz

    VP HR

    Total calculated
    $181,846
    From this org
    $175,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,697
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,149
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $181,846

  • Carlos Merla

    VP OF CLIENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $171,853
    From this org
    $144,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,616
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,556
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,681
    Filer's total
    $171,853

  • Kathryn Johnson

    DIRECTOR SALES OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $161,414
    From this org
    $148,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,624
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,790
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,291
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,333
    Filer's total
    $161,414

  • Vinston Boyd

    VP OF MISSION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $157,357
    From this org
    $152,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,996
    Bonus
    $23,040
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,321
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,357

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 · 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
2022
Filed
5 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410379349300236

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