TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

1106 W PLATT 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).

Mission and programs · 2025

• TRANSITION PROGRAM: PROVIDES INSTRUCTION TO BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS IN DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES. 184 OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS UNDER THE AGE OF 55 RECEIVED LIVING INDEPENDENT TRAINING THAT ENABLED THEM TO REMAIN SAFE AND INDEPENDENT IN THEIR OWN HOME. ADDITIONALLY, OVER 3,900 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED INFORMATION OR REFERRAL, ATTENDED OR PARTICIPATED IN AN EVENT, TOUR OR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, OR VISITED OUR ON-SITE STORE.

  Expenses $664,376

• SERVICE CONTRACTS: PROVIDED REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY TO 625 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED. 158 VISUALLY IMPARIED VETERANS RECEIVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE IN THEIR HOME TO USE THEIR COMPUTER OR IPAD.

  Expenses $678,937

• VOCATIONAL SERVICES: PROVIDES JOB PLACEMENT AND COMPUTER TRAINING TO BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPARIED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. 66 ADULTS RECEIVED TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR EMPLOYMENT.

  Expenses $650,041

• EXPENSES 332,273 EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR SCHOOL READINESS, IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 43 CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS, RECEIVED TRAINING AT HOME, PRESCHOOL OR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO PREPARE THEM WITH SKILLS NEEDED FOR KINDERGARTEN. 15 CHILDREN, FROM 5 TO 13, IN THE CHILDRENS PROGRAM. EXPENSES 52,656 LOW VISION AIDS AND APPLIANCES PROVIDES A DIRECT SOURCE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CLIENTS TO PURCHASE ADAPTIVE AIDS THAT WILL HELP ENABLE THEM TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. EXPENSES 664,376 THE TRANSITION PROGRAM ASSISTS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH TO BE READY TO WORK, GO TO COLLEGE OR ATTEND A TECHNICAL SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL. 48 TEENS RECEIVED TRAINING IN CAREER EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR WORK UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. EXPENSES 10,817 THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS BY OFFERING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO VISION LOSS. THE COUNSELOR, WHOM IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING FORWARD IN THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY. TRANSITION PROGRAM SUCCESS STORY: WHEN CHRIS LOST HIS SIGHT HE WAS EXTREMELY AFRAID. HOWEVER, WITH THE HELP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE HE IS NOW ABLE TO UTILIZE A WHITE CANE TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ESPECIALLY LIKES GOING TO THE GYM WHENEVER HE WANTS. HE SAID THAT HE HAS GONE FROM "FEAR TO EXCITEMENT." THIS STATEMENT REPRESENTS HOW SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR SIGHT AND HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS. THE LIGHTHOUSE ALLEVIATED THE FEAR AND CREATES PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE WITH NEW SKILLS AND ENHANCES CONFIDENCE. ONE TIME HE WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND WE ASKED HIM, "DO YOU FEEL SAFE?" HE RESPONDED, "I FEEL SAFER NOW THAN I DID BEFORE." HE UTILITZES HIS WHITE CANE AND HAS LEARNED TO USE ALL HIS SENSES TO TAKE BACK COMMAND OF HIS WORLD. HE ALSO NOW HAS A SERVICE DOG THAT ASSISTS HIM IN HELPING HIM NAVIGATE HIS COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $1,104,180

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,598,207

  Expenses

  $3,656,206

  Contributions

  $3,190,281

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,789,414

  Expenses

  $3,232,395

  Contributions

  $2,452,142

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,024,440

  Expenses

  $3,285,533

  Contributions

  $2,660,217

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $3,320,229

  Expenses

  $3,070,393

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,196,265

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,995,125

  Expenses

  $2,977,692

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,619,428

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,025,528

  Expenses

  $3,166,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,304,379

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,183,619

  Expenses

  $3,226,470

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,104,660

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,920,600

  Expenses

  $3,040,814

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,401,808

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,269,890

  Expenses

  $3,067,365

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,232,550

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,176,045

  Expenses

  $3,094,961

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,993,280

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,116,486

  Expenses

  $2,914,651

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,161,938

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $103,364

  2023 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $100,183

  2022 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $99,224

  2024 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC

  $33,516

  2024 · SUPPORT OF MISSION

• DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

  $20,000

  2024 · Rehabilitation / Therapeutic

• LIBERTORE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC

  $15,000

  2023 · READING EQUIPMENT FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM

• DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · AID FOR BLIND

• GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $7,779

  2024 · HEALTH

• FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF AGENCIES SERVING THE BLIND INC

  $5,625

  2023 · CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $5,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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