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LIGHTHOUSE OF THE BIG BEND INC

EIN 59-2288754 TALLAHASSEE, FL

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Revenue 2024
$1,067,160
Expenses 2024
$1,193,853

Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P80Z
Classification
2000
Street
3071 HIGHLAND OAKS TER

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

Mission

THE MISSION OF LIGHTHOUSE OF THE BIG BEND IS TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH VISION LOSS IN THE BIG BEND AREA THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION.

  • SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING 5 PROGRAMS: (A) EARLY INTERVENTION/BLIND BABIES PROGRAM FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE 6 TO FACILITATE THE ATTAINMENT OF CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, AT HOME, AND LATER IN LIFE; (B) TRANSITION PROGRAMS FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 14 UNTIL GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO TEACH VOCATIONAL AND INDEPENDENT LIVING GOALS EMPOWERING THEM TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; (C) VOCATIONAL REHABILIATION PROGRAM FOR ADULTS SEEKING TO OBTAIN, RETAIN, OR REGAIN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT; (D) INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AND SENIORS TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT IN THEIR HOMES, TRAVEL SAFELY AND INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, JOB READINESS TRAINING, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING, ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TRAINING INCLUDING COMPUTERS, SMART PHONES, AND TABLETS, PERSONAL/HOME MANAGEMENT, ADAPTIVE KITCHEN SKILLS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINING (INLUDES BRAILLE, KEYBOARDING, WRITING SKILLS), MAGNIFICATION, LIGHTING, ECCENTRIC VIEWING, ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS COUNSELING, AND SELF ADVOCACY TRAINING; (E) EXPANDED CORE CURRICULUM CHILDREN'S PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGED 6-12 TO TEACH COMPENSATORY OR FUNCTIONAL ACADEMIC SKILLS INCLUDING COMMUINICATION MODES, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY, SOCIAL INTERACTION SKILLS, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, RECREATION AND LEISURE SKILLS, CAREER EDUCATION, USE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND VISUAL EFFICIENCY SKILLS.

    Expenses $1,095,806 · Revenue $399

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.

  • Kristina Torrance

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $80,558
    From this org
    $80,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yolanda Carlson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jade Christie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jackie Eichhoefer

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Doug Ingram

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Owen McCaul

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Milles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Thomas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Tison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debi Tucker

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,067,160
    Expenses
    $1,193,853
    Contributions
    $964,148
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $977,647
    Expenses
    $967,657
    Contributions
    $918,696
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $803,094
    Expenses
    $887,479
    Contributions
    $787,157
    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
    $864,928
    Expenses
    $847,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,556,496
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,034,365
    Expenses
    $846,804
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,637,956
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $793,337
    Expenses
    $828,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,549,594
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,640
    Expenses
    $783,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,553,626
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $799,550
    Expenses
    $777,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,473,172
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $912,634
    Expenses
    $827,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,478,161
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $887,014
    Expenses
    $903,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,376,813
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $886,711
    Expenses
    $977,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,434,883
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $978,898
    Expenses
    $950,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,527,538
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $870,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,522,283

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.