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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$773,662
Total expenses
$691,488
Contributions and grants received
$745,493
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$23,362
Other revenue
$4,807
Total assets, end of year
$6,169,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,918
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,114,856
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$575,875
Management and general expenses
$81,611
Fundraising expenses
$34,002
Program service expenses (Part III)
$575,875

Program services were 83.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $666,297

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $79,196

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,246 · excluded $13,246

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,116

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,116

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,116 · excluded $10,116

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,807

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,807 · related or exempt $4,807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,205 · program services $98,940 · management and general $14,305 · fundraising $5,960

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $240,487 · program services $199,604 · management and general $28,859 · fundraising $12,024

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,929 · program services $2,431 · management and general $352 · fundraising $146

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,097 · program services $23,320 · management and general $3,372 · fundraising $1,405

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,141 · program services $21,697 · management and general $3,137 · fundraising $1,307

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,250 · program services $11,828 · management and general $1,710 · fundraising $712

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,369 · program services $12,717 · management and general $3,284 · fundraising $1,368

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $660 · program services $548 · management and general $79 · fundraising $33

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,853 · program services $27,267 · management and general $3,943 · fundraising $1,643

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,495 · program services $19,500 · management and general $2,820 · fundraising $1,175

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,616 · program services $22,091 · management and general $3,194 · fundraising $1,331

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,949 · program services $5,768 · management and general $834 · fundraising $347

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,699 · program services $42,910 · management and general $6,204 · fundraising $2,585

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,289 · program services $36,760 · management and general $5,315 · fundraising $2,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND CURRICULU

    total $18,051 · program services $14,982 · management and general $2,166 · fundraising $903

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $16,282 · program services $13,514 · management and general $1,954 · fundraising $814

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLIENT SERVICES

    total $11,424 · program services $11,424

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $692 · program services $574 · management and general $83 · fundraising $35

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $401,440 · end of year $338,394

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $292,583 · end of year $425,499

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $112,631 · end of year $131,884

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $32,117 · end of year $41,462

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,411 · end of year $9,542

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

    $2,114,222

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

    $646,598

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,513,955 · end of year $1,467,624

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,526 · end of year $60,641

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,933,494 · end of year $3,694,728

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,643 · end of year $54,918

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,368,246 · end of year $4,077,241

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,954,268 · end of year $2,037,615

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE BLIND IS TO FOSTER HOPE, CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; AND TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PREVENTING VISION LOSS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE BLIND INSTRUCTS INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS IN THE USE OF THOSE COMPENSATORY SKILLS AND AIDS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO LIVE SAFELY, PRODUCTIVELY, INDEPENDENTLY AND INTERDEPENDENTLY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FREE VISION REHABILITATION TO THOSE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: BLIND BABIES, CHILDREN, TRANSITION FOR TEENS, INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR ADULTS AND OLDER BLIND, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITIATION. SERVICE PROVIDED INCLUDE: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY, JOB READINESS, ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, BRAILLE, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, SUPPORT GROUPS AND ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS COUNSELING. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ALACHUA, BRADFORD, COLUMBIA, DIXIE, GILCHRIST, LEVY, MARION AND UNION COUNTIES. THE ORGANIZATION SERVED A TOTAL OF 244 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS (7,239 HOURS). OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED, 59 PERCENT WERE NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE CONTRACTS EITHER DUE TO NOT QUALIFYING FOR SERVICES THROUGH THE DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES OR BECAUSE OF EXCEEDING THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WE ARE CONTRACTED TO SEE. IT IS THROUGH PRIVATE DONORS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SERVICE THIS "UNFUNDED" GROUP. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED 13,115 FREE VISION SCREENINGS FOR THE CHILDREN OF MARION COUNTY.

    Expenses $575,875 · Revenue $4,807

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alan Altany

    CHAIRMAN/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pravina Patel

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Tyler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anissa Pieriboni

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $119,205
    From this org
    $106,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,528
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349309847

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