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BLUE GRASS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND

EIN 61-0971827 LEXINGTON, KY

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Revenue 2024
$323,074
Expenses 2024
$320,375

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2265 HARRODSBURG RD STE 102

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

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.

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.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $323,074
    Expenses
    $320,375
    Contributions
    $275,082
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $338,533
    Expenses
    $352,834
    Contributions
    $289,552
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $400,159
    Expenses
    $336,027
    Contributions
    $373,895
    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
    $218,886
    Expenses
    $209,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $259,580

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $192,643
    Expenses
    $117,587
    Assets (EOY)
    $245,582

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $171,003
    Expenses
    $168,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,526

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $162,701
    Expenses
    $173,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,865

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $150,607
    Expenses
    $155,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,575

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $177,970
    Expenses
    $173,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $186,498

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $177,970
    Expenses
    $173,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $186,498

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $164,588
    Expenses
    $124,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,187

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $111,259
    Expenses
    $127,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $143,510

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

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.