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← AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,004,124
Total expenses
$3,206,402
Contributions and grants received
$1,743,038
Grants paid
$77,450
Program service revenue
$586,086
Investment income
$305,621
Other revenue
$369,379
Total assets, end of year
$6,331,309
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,886,673
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,444,636
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,747,190
Management and general expenses
$233,442
Fundraising expenses
$225,770
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,747,190

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $1,026

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $59,172

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $217,265

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,465,575

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $786,875

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONVENTION

    total $488,531 · related or exempt $487,205 · unrelated business $1,326

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM FEES

    total $61,070 · related or exempt $61,070

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVOCACY

    total $36,485 · related or exempt $36,485

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $121,376 · excluded $121,376

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $318,125

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

    securities $133,804 · other assets $76

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $184,321 · other assets -$76

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $184,245 · excluded $184,245

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,320

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

    $217,265

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,298

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$36,978 · excluded -$36,978

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $27,500

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $6,675

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $20,825 · excluded $20,825

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,639

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,095

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,544 · unrelated business $1,544

  • 11a · Other revenue: EQUITY IN ACBES

    total $383,490 · excluded $383,490

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $498 · related or exempt $498

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $383,988

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $77,450 · program services $77,450

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $312,363 · program services $215,018 · management and general $73,460 · fundraising $23,885

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $766,254 · program services $648,939 · management and general $54,572 · fundraising $62,743

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,415 · program services $12,786 · management and general $1,496 · fundraising $1,133

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,049 · program services $57,492 · management and general $8,771 · fundraising $4,786

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,928 · program services $63,370 · management and general $9,219 · fundraising $6,339

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $369 · program services $298 · management and general $41 · fundraising $30

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,652 · program services $53,930 · management and general $7,986 · fundraising $5,736

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $22,891 · program services $19,000 · management and general $2,863 · fundraising $1,028

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $81,829 · fundraising $81,829

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $28,326 · program services $26,911 · management and general $1,415

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,446 · program services $63,009 · management and general $11,785 · fundraising $1,652

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,598 · program services $4,504 · management and general $636 · fundraising $458

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $137,629 · program services $127,619 · management and general $5,871 · fundraising $4,139

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $185,318 · program services $164,930 · management and general $11,196 · fundraising $9,192

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $123,741 · program services $91,778 · management and general $22,714 · fundraising $9,249

  • 17 · Travel

    total $123,244 · program services $113,300 · management and general $7,092 · fundraising $2,852

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $161,535 · program services $159,195 · management and general $1,362 · fundraising $978

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,186 · program services $12,193 · management and general $2,018 · fundraising $975

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,220 · program services $19,619 · management and general $2,711 · fundraising $1,890

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $744,839 · program services $738,762 · management and general $3,650 · fundraising $2,427

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

    total $21,084 · program services $16,962 · management and general $2,399 · fundraising $1,723

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADP GRANT - SITE VISITS

    total $3,583 · program services $3,583

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,453 · program services $56,542 · management and general $2,185 · fundraising $2,726

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $105,795 · end of year $193,876

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $29,431 · end of year $31,426

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,857 · end of year $18,770

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,725 · end of year $54,163

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

    $306,055

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

    $266,502

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $33,784 · end of year $39,553

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,400,020 · end of year $4,420,869

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $586,013 · end of year $1,572,652

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $209,341 · end of year $272,377

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $32,000 · end of year $49,700

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $395,976 · end of year $1,564,596

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,231,700 · end of year $3,013,151

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,353,608 · end of year $1,431,485

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INCREASE THE INDEPENDENCE, SECURITY, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

  • MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION SERVICES STRENGTHENED AFFILIATES THROUGH WEEKLY CALLS FOR THE PRESIDENTS, FORMALIZED AND INDIVIDUALIZED LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND PROVIDED AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (ACB) BOARD LIAISONS TO AFFILIATES TO PROMOTE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT. ACB'S COMMUNITY PLATFORM HELD 5,000 EVENTS WITH 182 INDIVIDUALS ACCUMULATING 16,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS. THE COMMUNITY EVENTS WERE SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, TOPIC-DRIVEN, TEACHING BRAILLE, CRAFTS, LANGUAGES, EXERCISE CLASSES, MEDITATION, DISCUSSIONS, SEMINARS ON DIABETES, PEER SUPPORT, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, AND SO MUCH MORE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2020, THIS PLATFORM HAS HELD MORE THAN 22,000 EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,135,664

  • CONFERENCE AND CONVENTIONTHE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND'S 63RD ANNUAL CONVENTION WAS A HYBRID EVENT, FEATURING VIRTUAL SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION, AND AN IN-PERSON PORTION WITH 200 WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND BUSINESS MEETINGS, EXHIBITORS, AND TOURS. ALL ELIGIBLE ACB MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS, THEN COULD VOTE ON THE RESOLUTIONS AND ELECT BOARD MEMBERS DURING ACB'S BUSINESS MEETINGS. THE CONVENTION INCLUDED INFORMATIVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY. INDIVIDUALS COULD ATTEND LIVE SESSIONS OR LISTEN TO THE PODCASTED SESSIONS.

    Expenses $446,111 · Revenue $487,205

  • ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HELD THE ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WITH BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COMPONENTS. ACB PARTICIPATED IN ADVOCACY TO MOVE TIMELY LEGISLATION ALONG, INCLUDING THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT. WORKED IN COALITION WITH OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS TO MOVE KEY LEGISLATION, SUCH AS THE WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY ACT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO, AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY ACT, FURTHER ALONG THE PROCESS IN THE 118TH CONGRESS.

    Expenses $363,198

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $802,217 · Grants $77,450 · Revenue $98,053

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deb Cook Lewis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • David Trott

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Ray Campbell

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Denise Colley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael Garrett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 4 related

  • Kim Charlson

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Doug Powell

    DIRECTOR (THRU 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Thom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Donna Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Koni Sims

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kenneth Semien Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christopher Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gabriel Lopez Kafati

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terry Pacheco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Rachel Schroeder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cecily Laney Nipper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Peter Heide

    DIRECTOR (BEG 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Timothy Scott Thornhill

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $128,846
    From this org
    $128,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

  • Nancy Marks Becker

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,356
    From this org
    $98,649
    From related orgs
    $12,517
    Other
    $30,190
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • Thomas Dan Spoone

    INTERIM EXEC DIRECTOR (THRU 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $33,168
    From this org
    $33,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $124
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521219349300007

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