Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$338,533

Total expenses

$352,834

Contributions and grants received

$289,552

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$41,847

Investment income

$7,124

Other revenue

$10

Total assets, end of year

$289,477

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,555

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$282,922

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$321,522

Management and general expenses

$10,771

Fundraising expenses

$20,541

Program service expenses (Part III)

$321,522

Program services were 91.1% 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 · 2023

• PEER SUPPORT & COMMUNITY CONNECTION: THROUGH NEARLY 50 TOTAL PEER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT GROUPS, WORKSHOPS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED BUILT LASTING FRIENDSHIPS, GAINED CONFIDENCE, AND REDUCED SOCIAL ISOLATION. MOBILE MARKET & INDEPENDENT LIVING: OUR TWICE MONTHLY MOBILE MARKET PROGRAM PROVIDED FRESH FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS TO 294 HOUSEHOLDS. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES, THE PROGRAM GAVE CLIENTS THE ABILITY TO SHOP WITH DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING SIGHTED VOLUNTEERS FOR IN-STORE ASSISTANCE AND TRANSPORTATION PASSES TO ACCESS THE MARKET. THIS REDUCED BARRIERS AROUND BOTH ACCESS TO FOOD AND THE NEED FOR CONSTANT RELIANCE ON FAMILY OR FRIENDS FOR BASIC ERRANDS. IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 3318 POUNDS OF FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION. ADVOCACY & RESOURCE NAVIGATION: STAFF GUIDED CLIENTS THROUGH CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL RIGHTS, AND TRANSPORTATION, ENSURING THEY COULD LIVE SAFELY AND INDEPENDENTLY. OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS REACHED 480 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS, EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE RIGHTS, NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH LOW TO NO VISION, ALONG WITH USEFUL TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN A FRIENDLY AND DIGNIFIED MANNER.

  Expenses $160,761

• THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING PROGRAM INTRODUCES PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT TO DEVICES, ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES, TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS FOR ACHIEVING TASKS THAT BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WITH LOW OR NO VISION, SUCH AS READING, USING DIGITAL COMMUNICATION, PERSONAL CARE, AND DOZENS OF OTHER TASKS PEOPLE WITH FULL SIGHT TAKE FOR GRANTED. BCB OFFERS THE ONLY ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER IN KENTUCKY WITH STATE-OF-THE- ART DEVICES FOR HANDS-ON TRIALS, LENDING, DISTRIBUTION AND PERSONAL TRAINING. TRAINING INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR SPECIALIZED AND "EVERYDAY" DEVICES THAT CAN BE ADAPTED FOR PERSONS WITH LOW TO NO VISION, GIVING THEM THE PERSONAL INSTRUCTION NEEDED TO MAXIMIZE THEIR LITERACY, INDEPENDENCE, EMPLOYABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY. TECHNOLOGY FOR INDEPENDENCE: THIS YEAR, BCB DEMONSTRATED 1106 AND DISTRIBUTED OR LOANED 477 ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND PROVIDED 455.75 HOURS OF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING TO HELP CLIENTS MASTER SCREEN READERS, SMARTPHONES, ADAPTIVE DEVICES AND APPS: TOOLS THAT SUPPORT EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND DAILY LIVING. THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM OFFERS PEER MENTORING AND SUPPORT BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY TO SHIFT THE FEAR, ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION THAT CAN ACCOMPANY VISION LOSS TO A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION WITH OTHERS WHO CAN SHARE HOW THEY HAVE OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF VISION IMPAIRMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE RESOURCE REFERRALS, MENTORING SMALL GROUPS, LUNCH & LEARN MEETINGS, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND COMMUNITY OUTINGS TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE AND ABILITIES IN ORIENTATION, MOBILITY AND PROMOTE INCLUSION

  Expenses $160,761

As filed on the 2023 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 October 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202523039349300232

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