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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$528,376
Total expenses
$532,363
Contributions and grants received
$421,663
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,934
Investment income
$51,779
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,317,886
Total liabilities, end of year
$63,157
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,254,729
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$447,523
Management and general expenses
$55,798
Fundraising expenses
$29,042
Program service expenses (Part III)
$447,523

Program services were 84.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $567

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $421,096

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES

    total $54,934 · related or exempt $54,934

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,541 · excluded $31,541

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,582

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

    securities $10,344

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $20,238

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $20,238 · excluded $20,238

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,572 · program services $60,478 · management and general $4,856 · fundraising $1,238

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $301,401 · program services $273,742 · management and general $22,059 · fundraising $5,600

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,006 · program services $5,532 · management and general $361 · fundraising $113

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,913 · program services $9,057 · management and general $1,419 · fundraising $437

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,074 · program services $26,520 · management and general $1,990 · fundraising $564

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,594 · program services $6,979 · management and general $15,279 · fundraising $336

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,354 · management and general $1,354

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,879 · program services $5,806 · management and general $3,755 · fundraising $18,318

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $728 · program services $692 · fundraising $36

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,591 · program services $17,794 · management and general $767 · fundraising $1,030

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,000 · program services $830 · management and general $130 · fundraising $40

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,211 · program services $3,857 · management and general $76 · fundraising $278

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,339 · program services $20,045 · management and general $990 · fundraising $304

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,298 · program services $3,484 · management and general $604 · fundraising $210

  • 24a · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION

    total $10,655 · program services $8,844 · management and general $1,385 · fundraising $426

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $2,663 · program services $2,549 · management and general $95 · fundraising $19

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,177 · program services $1,177

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $513 · program services $137 · management and general $376

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $395 · management and general $302 · fundraising $93

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,551 · end of year $118,377

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $623,607 · end of year $526,909

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $28,800 · end of year $28,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,835 · end of year $9,804

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,701 · end of year $2,705

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

    $387,351

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

    $276,148

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $130,963 · end of year $111,203

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $418,347 · end of year $513,530

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,587 · end of year $7,008

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,046 · end of year $57,265

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,951 · end of year $5,892

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,061,050 · end of year $1,094,530

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $175,344 · end of year $160,199

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ABLE PROVIDES AUDIO AND BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, OR PRINT DISABLED. MATERIALS CAN BE PRODUCED IN BRAILLE, TACTILE, OR AUDIO DIGITAL FORMATS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ABLE PROVIDES AUDIO AND BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR PRINT DISABLED. MATERIALS CAN BE PRODUCED IN BRAILLE, TACTILE OR AUDIO DIGITAL FORMATS.

  • AUDIO PROGRAM SERVICES: PRODUCE MATERIALS IN AUDIO FORMATS, BOTH SYNTHESIZED AND READ ALOUD, FOR BLIND AND PRINT DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE THIS POPULATION.BRAILLE PROGRAM SERVICES: PRODUCE MATERIALS IN BRAILLE OR TACTILE FORMATS FOR BLIND AND PRINT DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE THIS POPULATION.

    Expenses $447,523 · Revenue $54,934

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cheryl Orgas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $66,570
    From this org
    $65,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,305
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Gran

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dawn Koceja

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Watson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Wenzel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Reib

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Heesen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Xinyue Hippe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Holt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Johnston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Kerrigan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elliott King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Kuehn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guadalupe Torrijos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611349349301346

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