CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

G41Z

Classification

1200

Street

507 KENT 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

4 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.

• 507 KENT ST CORPORATION

  EIN 33-2744829

• C A B FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 16-1274075

• CNY VISION FOUNDATION

  EIN 20-2634047

• MOHAWK VALLEY BRAILLE TRANSCRIBERS INC

  EIN 06-1363073

Mission and programs · 2025

• CENTRAL INDUSTRIES (CI) IS THE EMPLOYMENT DIVISION OF THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (CABVI). CI EMPLOYS 190 PEOPLE IN AN INTEGRATED AND DIVERSE COMPETITIVE WORK SETTING COMPRISED OF 109 LEGALLY BLIND AND 81 SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS. TASKS INCLUDE PACKAGING, MACHINE OPERATION, CALL CENTER SERVICES, DATA ENTRY, WAREHOUSING SERVICES, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEES EARN COMPETITIVE WAGES AND ENJOY BENEFITS SUCH AS PAID TIME OFF, HEALTH INSURANCE AND A VALUABLE RETIREMENT PLAN WITH UP TO 6% IN COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS. THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ARE SOLD TO NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH THE PREFERRED SOURCE STATE PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL ABILITY ONE PROGRAM. CABVI ALSO PURSUES COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS.

  Expenses $7,482,570 · Revenue $20,948,482

• THE REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION OF CABVI SERVED 2,185 INDIVIDUALS, ASSISTING PEOPLE ALL OVER NEW YORK STATE, LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND SAFELY. SERVICES PROVIDED ARE:-ORIENTATION & MOBILITY TRAINING TO HELP INDIVIDUALS MOVE SAFELY THROUGH THEIR ENVIRONMENT,-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND UTILIZE COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE,-SOCIAL CASEWORK HELPS INDIVIDUALS DEAL WITH AND ACCEPT BLINDNESS,-LOW VISION EXAMS HELP TO DETERMINE WHAT ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT CAN BE HELPFUL,-VOCATIONAL TRAINING HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT,-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TO HELP CHILDREN WITH OCULAR MUSCLE IMBALANCE TO STRENGTHEN THEIR WEAK EYE; TO HELP ADULTS ADJUST TO THE OCULAR IMPLICATIONS FROM STROKE OR CONCUSSION,-VISION REHABILITATION THERAPY TO ASSIST ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN BUILDING INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS,-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WITH TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WORKING CLOSELY WITH CHILDREN WITH VISION LOSS TO ENSURE THEY ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS ALONGSIDE THEIR SIGHTED PEERS, -CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT IN CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS OF VISION LOSS THAT COULD LEAD TO SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATMENT,-ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION SERVICES THAT ALLOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE, ENHANCE FEELINGS OF SELF-WORTH, REDUCE ISOLATION AND CREATE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND-PRESCHOOL VISION SCREEENINGS THAT HELP US TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN IN NEED OF EYEGLASSES OR ADDITIONAL VISION REMEDIATION.

  Expenses $4,840,046 · Revenue $575,136

• CABVI'S THIRD LARGEST DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF SIX BASE SUPPLY CENTERS, WHICH ARE OFFICE SUPPLY STORES ON MILITARY BASES LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST. MANY OF THE PRODUCTS SOLD IN THESE STORES ARE PRODUCTS MADE BY CABVI AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE DISABLED. THESE STORES EMPLOY LEGALLY BLIND EMPLOYEES THAT SERVE CUSTOMERS.

  Expenses $1,686,322 · Revenue $1,733,538

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. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $28,237,903

  Expenses

  $19,475,697

  Contributions

  $2,202,461

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $29,950,114

  Expenses

  $18,862,043

  Contributions

  $1,236,526

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $23,619,358

  Expenses

  $16,834,213

  Contributions

  $2,328,117

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $21,880,394

  Expenses

  $15,167,808

  Contributions

  $1,187,682

  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

  $29,734,150

  Expenses

  $13,714,895

  Assets (EOY)

  $109,170,090

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $24,915,979

  Expenses

  $12,880,785

  Assets (EOY)

  $80,010,438

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,643,304

  Expenses

  $11,920,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $64,735,503

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,038,036

  Expenses

  $10,880,769

  Assets (EOY)

  $58,292,411

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,298,139

  Expenses

  $10,660,453

  Assets (EOY)

  $51,657,589

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,941,877

  Expenses

  $10,024,003

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,223,651

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,225,869

  Expenses

  $9,149,560

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,873,154

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,803,173

  Expenses

  $8,015,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,928,700

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,929,023

  Expenses

  $7,520,098

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,439,752

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,912,240

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,876,756

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

• NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND

  $40,000

  2022 · PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE

• NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND

  $30,000

  2024 · PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING, AND COMPLIANCE GRANT

• NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND

  $30,000

  2023 · PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC

  $20,200

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $14,730

  2024 · SUB-AWARD

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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