FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

G41Z

Classification

1000

Street

1234 E NORTHERN AVE

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 · 2024

• FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN'S SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM SERVES STUDENTS FROM PRE-K TO 4TH GRADE, TEACHING SKILLS ALIGNED WITH THE EXPANDED CORE CURRICULUM. THIS ENABLES STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS TO ACCESS THE SAME CURRICULUM AS THEIR SIGHTED PEERS. OUR ABILITY-BASED CLASSROOMS INCLUDE RELATED SERVICES LIKE PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY.

  Expenses $4,445,845 · Revenue $3,703,181

• FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN'S ITINERANT VISION TEACHERS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE NAVAJO NATION IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO STUDENTS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS, INCLUDING PUBLIC, CHARTER, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY TEACH COMPENSATORY SKILLS LIKE BRAILLE, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY, PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION. SHARP (SPORTS, HABILITATION, ARTS, AND RECREATION PROGRAM) IS ALSO A SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE K-MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTING. SHARP PROGRAMMING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MEET OTHER PEERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, LEARN INDEPENDENCE AND ADVOCACY SKILLS, EXPERIENCE ADAPTIVE RECREATION ACTIVITIES, AND ATTEND FIELD TRIPS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. OUR SHARP PROGRAM OFFERS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8. OUR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM PROVIDES RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND GUIDANCE TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THREE WHO HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS. WE OFFER WEEKLY PARENT MEET-UPS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND SOCIAL EVENTS. OUR FAMILY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROGRAM EMPOWERS FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $1,937,899 · Revenue $1,315,930

• FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN'S MEDIA CENTER MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES BRAILLE, LARGE-PRINT AND E-TEXT VERSIONS OF TEXTBOOKS AND CLASSROOM WORKSHEETS NATIONWIDE. SERVING OVER 1,000 REGISTERED USERS, FBC'S MEDIA CENTER IS THE LARGEST ALTERNATIVE FORMAT PROVIDER IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

  Expenses $2,452,552 · Grants $191,005 · Revenue $901,239

• FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN'S ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES REHABILITATION AND TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AGES 14 AND UP, WHO ARE REGISTERED WITH ARIZONA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. WE SUPPORT TEENS TRANSITIONING TO WORK OR COLLEGE AND ADULTS SEEKING TO RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS ACHIEVE EMPLOYMENT. THE NEW HORIZONS PROGRAM SUPPORTS RETIREES EXPERIENCING VISION LOSS, OFFERING SUPPORT GROUPS, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING. THE SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING (CATT SW) IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND (APH) AND THE ALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF AND BLIND, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, AND FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN. CATT PROVIDES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING TO TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, UTILIZING A "TRAIN THE TRAINER" MODEL ON SPECIFIC APH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY. WE SUPPORT ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, COLORADO, AND NEVADA. FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN OFFERS SERVICES AT A LOW VISION CLINIC WHICH MAXIMIZES THE REMAINING VISION OF A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON. FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN CONTRACTS WITH A HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED OPTOMETRIST TO CONDUCT THOROUGH EXAMINATIONS OF OUR PATIENTS, RANGING IN VARIOUS AGE, AND RECOMMENDS MAGNIFICATION DEVICES NECESSARY TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES. FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN'S NEW RESEARCH TEAM PUBLISHES CONTENT TO INFORM AND IMPROVE THE FIELD, WHILE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY'S TVI PROGRAM PROVIDES EXPERT INSTRUCTION TO FUTURE TEACHERS AND HOSTS STUDENT TEACHING AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $2,853,133 · Grants $125,299 · Revenue $4,178,591

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

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $14,616,865

  Expenses

  $13,762,622

  Contributions

  $4,191,582

  Grants paid

  $316,304

• 2023

  Revenue

  $14,274,533

  Expenses

  $14,958,672

  Contributions

  $5,431,575

  Grants paid

  $135,899

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,160,600

  Expenses

  $12,595,499

  Contributions

  $3,138,481

  Grants paid

  $75,563

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

  $12,774,867

  Expenses

  $10,713,397

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,302,492

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,225,861

  Expenses

  $9,538,904

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,544,997

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,678,683

  Expenses

  $8,826,735

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,703,430

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,653,257

  Expenses

  $8,867,213

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,472,168

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,172,529

  Expenses

  $9,233,089

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,117,787

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,382,369

  Expenses

  $9,241,023

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,756,799

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,880,812

  Expenses

  $8,214,683

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,418,062

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,704,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,357,835

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,732,474

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,507,059

• 2009 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,388,596

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,600,582

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• A FOR ARIZONA

  $629,000

  2023 · INNOVATIVE K-12 TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND EDUCATION INNOVATION

• THE BOARD OF VISITORS

  $216,400

  2022 · PATHWAYS OF POSSIBILITIES PROGRAM

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $123,650

  2023 · HEALTH

• DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION

  $119,389

  2024 · AID FOR BLIND

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PHOENIX

  $76,000

  2022 · OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES

  $75,000

  2023 · IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY CHALLENGED

• THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES

  $61,000

  2022 · IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY CHALLENGED

• THE BOARD OF VISITORS

  $56,000

  2023 · EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM

• SAGUAROS CHILDRENS CHARITIES

  $50,000

  2024 · SUPPORT CHILDRENS PROGRAMS

• BHHS LEGACY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · New Horizons

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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