Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,619,997

Total expenses

$932,284

Contributions and grants received

$288,472

Grants paid

$282,500

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,082,516

Other revenue

$249,009

Total assets, end of year

$14,842,454

Total liabilities, end of year

$498,596

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$14,343,858

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$700,583

Management and general expenses

$231,701

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$700,583

Program services were 75.1% 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 · 2024

• READER'S DIGEST PARTNERS FOR SIGHT FOUNDATION PROVIDES VALUABLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THIS CRUCIAL AID EMPOWERS THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CATER TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND DIVERSE STAGES OF VISION LOSS BY OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN ESSENTIAL SKILLS LIKE DAILY ACTIVITIES, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, GUIDE DOG USAGE, LOW VISION REHABILITATION, LITERACY, AND BRAILLE. MOREOVER, THE FOUNDATION EXTENDS ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING CAREER DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND YOUTH TRANSITIONING PROGRAMS FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. RDPFS ALSO LENDS A HELPING HAND BY ENGAGING IN OUTREACH TO LOW-VISION ORGANIZATIONS.RDPFS HAS A THOROUGH GRANT PROPOSAL AND OUTCOME EVALUATION PROCESS, WHICH HELPS ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE FUNDED PROGRAMS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, RDPFS APPROVED 6 GRANTS TO KEY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR BEFORE PAUSING TO RE-EVALUATE GRANTMAKING STRATEGY. GRANT MONIES WERE DESIGNATED FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: LAUNCH AN ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL FOR CEREBRAL CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, PROVIDE TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON CVI. SUPPORT A NATIONAL RECRUITMENT EFFORT TO CONNECT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES TO SCHOOLS OFFERING DEGREES/ CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR NEW TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. CREATE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR UTILIZING THE MICROSOFT SEEING AI APPLICATION FOR BOTH BLIND AND LOW VISION USERS ON BOTH APPLE AND ANDROID PHONES. LAUNCH AN INNOVATIVE GROUP ADAPTIVE LIVING RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERSERVED 55+ ADULT POPULATION TO ADDRESS LONG WAITLISTS FOR INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION SERVICES IN THIS FAST GROWING SEGMENT. DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A CLEAR PATH FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT WITHIN IN THE IT SERVICE INDUSTRY THROUGH ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION. MODERNIZATION OF A RECORDING STUDIO TO PRODUCE HIGHER-QUALITY MATERIALS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND, HAVE LOW VISION, OR ARE PRINT-DISABLED. COLLECTIVELY, THESE PROGRAMS REACH THOUSANDS OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE EACH YEAR.

  Expenses $414,384 · Grants $282,500

• IN FY 2025, THE RDPFS EXTENSIVE PRINT PUBLISHING PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY CATERED TO THE NEEDS OF 30,944 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ITS "FICTION FAVORITES LARGE PRINT (FORMERLY SELECT EDITIONS LARGE TYPE) PERIODICAL. A TOTAL OF 141,774 VOLUMES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SUBSCRIBERS, ENSURING THEY HAD ACCESS TO ENGAGING READING MATERIAL TAILORED FOR EASE OF READING FOR THOSE WITH LOW VISION. IN ADDITION TO THE PROMINENT PRINT PERIODICAL, SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED A LARGE PRINT CALENDAR WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ON ACCESSING LOW-VISION SERVICES. BY OFFERING CONTENT FORMATTED AND PRINTED TO SPECIFIC ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, THE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW VISION, ENSURING THEY CAN ENJOY READING AND STAY INFORMED IN A WAY THAT FULFILLS THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS.

  Expenses $286,199 · Revenue $247,017

As filed on the 2024 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

• HADLEY

  $72,500

  TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR MICROSOFT SEEING AI APPLICATION FOR BOTH BLIND AND LOW VISION USERS.

• PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

  $50,000

  ADDRESS CEREBRAL CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL, TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

• SUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT

  $50,000

  SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL TVI RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

• VISIONS SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

  $50,000

  SUPPORT FOR GROUP ADAPTIVE LIVING PROGRAM

• THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE

  $50,000

  TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN IT SUPPORT SERVICES WITH ADVANCED CERTIFICATION

• JBI INTERNATIONAL INC

  $10,000

  MODERNIZE RECORDING STUDIO FOR HIGHER-QUALITY AUDIO FOR PRINT-DISABLED BLIND AND LOW VISION USERS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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