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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF TEXAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$761,514
Total expenses
$733,049
Contributions and grants received
$715,785
Grants paid
$52,977
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,589
Other revenue
$140
Total assets, end of year
$981,698
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,478
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$970,220
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$652,833
Management and general expenses
$80,216
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$652,833

Program services were 89.1% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $316

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $553

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $632,331

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,585

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,589 · related or exempt $45,589 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $553

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $140

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $140 · related or exempt $140 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,800 · program services $21,800

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,177 · program services $31,177

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $231,176 · program services $184,941 · management and general $46,235 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,570 · program services $37,256 · management and general $9,314 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,126 · program services $3,713 · management and general $413 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,325 · program services $0 · management and general $5,325 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,606 · program services $72,606 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $127,667 · program services $126,650 · management and general $1,017 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,698 · program services $6,928 · management and general $770 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,439 · program services $22,895 · management and general $2,544 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,465 · program services $55,465 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $86,852 · program services $86,852 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,578 · program services $2,320 · management and general $258 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,570 · program services $230 · management and general $14,340

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $358,337 · end of year $243,296

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $446,971 · end of year $638,233

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $67,387 · end of year $95,658

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $74,928

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

    $70,417

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,089 · end of year $4,511

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,023 · end of year $11,478

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $859,761 · end of year $970,220

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

self-help for the blind

Activities or mission (Part I)

The NFB of Texas is an organization made up of blind and sighted people working to improve the lives of blind Texans by providing assistance and services to parents, blind workers, and consumers of rehabilitation services.

  • Program A: Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Organization: Operated community outreach offices to provide information to the public about blindness and how to help blind people and to locate blind persons in need of assistance. Provided assistance to blind people to attend seminars and workshops designed to assist the blind in learning methods and techniques of organizing local groups of blind people for self-help and in learning about library services, rehabilitation services, new technology, aids, devices, and other resources and materials. Developed, produced, or distributed in print, Braille, and/or recorded media materials relating to blindness. Provided information to individuals, employers, governmental agencies, and the general public through written, telephone, personal, and media contacts. Developed and strengthened state and local organizations of the blind (self-help and support groups) and provided legal assistance, encouragement, information, or advocacy assistance to blind persons. Worked to improve services of governmental and private agencies established to give services to the blind through consumer input, technical assistance, and monitoring. It is estimated that educational activities in one way or another impact upon at least one million individuals in this state annually. Such services are available to and benefit all of the blind of this state. Additionally, since improvements for blind persons in this state affect all blind persons in the country, these activities potentially benefit in excess of half a million blind people.

    Expenses $139,232 · Grants $5,513

  • Program B: Specialized Programs and Services: Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored seminars and other activities to assist parents of blind children. Sponsored seminars and other activities to create better employment opportunities for blind persons. Helped to make available specialized aids, devices, tools, and materials for the blind-Braille writing equipment, measuring devices, white canes, clocks, watches, talking calculators, etc. Operated NEWSLINE for the Blind(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone for the blind. Provided Braille materials to the blind. Made grants to provide services of the kind described herein and to improve educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities for the blind. The activities described herein potentially benefit all blind persons in this state, and improvements in opportunities here expand opportunities for the half million blind persons in the country as well as creating more opportunities for the blind adults of tomorrow.

    Expenses $513,601 · Grants $47,465

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Norma Crosby

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Raul Gallegos

    1st Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wendy Walker

    2nd Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louis Maher

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lara Sowell

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pamela Chesser

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Martinez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Al Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521849349301617

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