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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLUE GRASS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND.

Totals

Total revenue
$323,074
Total expenses
$320,375
Contributions and grants received
$275,082
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$41,057
Investment income
$6,935
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$306,909
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,289
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$301,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$291,635
Management and general expenses
$11,495
Fundraising expenses
$17,245
Program service expenses (Part III)
$291,635

Program services were 91.0% 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

    $11,825

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $995

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $262,262

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,810

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICES

    total $41,057 · related or exempt $41,057

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,935 · excluded $6,935

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $142,777 · program services $142,777

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,785 · program services $1,785

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,442 · program services $42,442

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,270 · management and general $7,270

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,217 · management and general $2,217

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,751 · program services $3,751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,864 · program services $43,864

  • 17 · Travel

    total $794 · program services $794

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,713 · program services $5,713

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,930 · program services $1,930

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $30,634 · program services $30,634

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $17,245 · fundraising $17,245

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $16,859 · program services $16,859

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,008 · management and general $2,008

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,086 · program services $1,086

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,256 · end of year $57,989

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $216,845 · end of year $230,496

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

    $143,345

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

    $125,634

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,663 · end of year $17,711

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $713 · end of year $713

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,289 · end of year $5,289

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,266

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $282,922 · end of year $301,620

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BCB'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE INDEPENDENCE, SECURITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR KENTUCKIANS AFFECTED BY VISION LOSS THROUGH PEER SUPPORT, TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

  • THROUGH NEARLY 50 TOTAL PEER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT GROUPS, WORKSHOPS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED BUILT LASTING FRIENDSHIPS, GAINED CONFIDENCE, AND REDUCED SOCIAL ISOLATION. MOBILE MARKET & INDEPENDENT LIVING: OUR TWICE MONTHLY MOBILE MARKET PROGRAM PROVIDED FRESH FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS TO 294 HOUSEHOLDS. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES, THE PROGRAM GAVE CLIENTS THE ABILITY TO SHOP WITH DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING SIGHTED VOLUNTEERS FOR IN- STORE ASSISTANCE AND TRANSPORTATION PASSES TO ACCESS THE MARKET. THIS REDUCED BARRIERS AROUND BOTH ACCESS TO FOOD AND THE NEED FOR CONSTANT RELIANCE ON FAMILY OR FRIENDS FOR BASIC ERRANDS. IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 3318 POUNDS OF FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION. STAFF GUIDED CLIENTS THROUGH CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL RIGHTS, AND TRANSPORTATION, ENSURING THEY COULD LIVE SAFELY AND INDEPENDENTLY. OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS REACHED 480 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS, EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE RIGHTS, NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH LOW TO NO VISION, ALONG WITH USEFUL TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN A FRIENDLY AND DIGNIFIED MANNER.

    Expenses $145,818

  • TECHNOLOGY FOR INDEPENDENCE: THIS YEAR, BCB DEMONSTRATED 1106 AND DISTRIBUTED OR LOANED 477 ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND PROVIDED 455.75 HOURS OF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING TO HELP CLIENTS MASTER SCREEN READERS, SMARTPHONES, ADAPTIVE DEVICES AND APPS: TOOLS THAT SUPPORT EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND DAILY LIVING.

    Expenses $145,817

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Arthur Abshire

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Len Cox

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Laura Dake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mac Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Janice Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kimberly May

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rebecca Parmley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Judy Potter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Marty Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dwayne Stephenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202611349349312346

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