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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND INC

EIN 02-0259978 BALTIMORE, MD

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Revenue 2024
$21,510,593
Expenses 2024
$19,570,355

Program services were 90.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G41Z
Classification
1200
Street
1800 JOHNSON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

INTEGRATING THE BLIND INTO SOCIETY

  • BLINDNESS INTEGRATION - SEEK TO INTEGRATE THE BLIND INTO SOCIETY ON A BASIS OF EQUALITY THROUGH BROAD BASED INTERACTION WITH BLIND PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC UTILIZING MULTIPLE VENUES, MEDIA AND ACTIVITIES. ALL BLIND PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION AS REPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS DEPARTMENT) ARE POTENTIALLY BENEFITED BY THESE ACTIVITIES (SEE SCHEDULE O).

    Expenses $5,802,386 · Grants $13,603

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $7,021,355 · Grants $275,599

  • NONVISUAL ACCESS SYSTEMS - DEVELOP, PROMOTE, EVALUATE AND DISTRIBUTE NONVISUAL ACCESS TECHNOLOGY, DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT REMOVE VISION BASED BARRIERS PREVENTING FULL PARTICIPATION BY THE BLIND IN SOCIETY. ALL BLIND PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION AS REPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS DEPARTMENT) ARE POTENTIALLY BENEFITED BY THESE ACTIVITIES (SEE SCHEDULE O).

    Expenses $4,820,680 · Grants $449,823

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark A Riccobono

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Allen

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Dallin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Everette Bacon

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norma Crosby

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Beecham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Callaway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marci Carpenter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marilyn Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Manuel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Marks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Graciela Pires

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donald Porterfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Soforenko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Page

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Richey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Wright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John G Pare Jr

    EXECUTIVE DIR OF ADVOCACY & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $162,325
    From this org
    $152,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,444
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,881
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,444
    Filer's total
    $162,325

  • John Berggren

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $156,537
    From this org
    $147,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,444
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,093
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,444
    Filer's total
    $156,537

  • Patti S Gregory

    DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $132,559
    From this org
    $132,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Anil Lewis

    EXEC DIR OF BLINDNESS INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $130,038
    From this org
    $120,594
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,444
    Hours/week
    50

  • Bridgid M Burke

    EXECUTIVE DIR OF FISCAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $128,355
    From this org
    $118,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,444
    Hours/week
    50

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $21,510,593
    Expenses
    $19,570,355
    Contributions
    $19,949,755
    Grants paid
    $739,025
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,550,174
    Expenses
    $19,544,625
    Contributions
    $16,460,674
    Grants paid
    $768,147
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,374,697
    Expenses
    $17,360,703
    Contributions
    $18,653,603
    Grants paid
    $947,693

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,045,026
    Expenses
    $19,140,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,001,742

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,778,511
    Expenses
    $19,056,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,833,729

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.