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TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

EIN 75-1228722 FT WORTH, TX

Revenue 2024
$6,769,339
Expenses 2024
$5,836,964

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P860
Classification
1000
Street
912 W BROADWAY 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

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF FORT WORTH IS TO ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER BLIND AND SIGNIFICANTLY VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS AND SENIORS TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE THROUGH COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT, SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CLIENT SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SERVICES TO ASSIST LEGALLY AND TOTALLY BLIND INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF PERSONAL & ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR SPECIFIC ABILITIES.

  • Blind Employment - The Lighthouse is the largest employer of the blind in Tarrant County and creates jobs for the visually impaired. Approximately seventy percent of working-age blind adults are unemployed, which contributes to increased poverty levels and isolation. To help visually impaired individuals remain independent and stay connected to their communities, the Lighthouse manages an industrial operation that provides meaningful and competitive employment. This professional workforce of blind laborers manufactures and/or packages a variety of products including fast pack shipping containers, energy dissipating pads, copy paper, spiral wound tubes, drug test kits, and eyeglasses. These products are sold by a supportive sales team generating revenue to pay the wages and full benefits of the blind employees.

    Expenses $4,165,463 · Revenue $5,695,597

  • Client Services - In addition to employing the blind, our Client Services team addresses the unique challenges that impact the blind community as a result of their disability. Client Services is administered by a staff of licensed/degreed and caring professionals who provide the following ongoing support at no charge to the visually disabled community: Independent Living Skills; Orientation and Mobility (White Cane Training); Assistive Technology; Braille Instruction; Support Groups; Resource Referral Network; and Cooking Without Looking Classes. In addition to providing basic support for those with a visual disability, our client services team plans events and social activities to inspire long-term relationships and connections, encourages the development of hobbies, and promotes exciting volunteer opportunities. Regardless of the level of vision loss, a customized program for each client is created based upon the initial assessment and expressed personal goals. Although vision loss creates barriers, many can be eliminated or minimized with access to information, training and education. The Lighthouse Promise: Companionship for Life to the Blind!

    Expenses $322,388 · Revenue $5,925

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.

  • PLATT ALLEN III

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $242,980
    From this org
    $229,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,529
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,659
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $4,792
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,529
    Filer's total
    $242,980

  • Roderic Nelson

    Head of Sales

    Total calculated
    $110,783
    From this org
    $104,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,098
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Marian Frymire

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitchell Moses

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Brown

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandy Gonzalez

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Moten

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jordan Jayson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Kate Walters

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,769,339
    Expenses
    $5,836,964
    Contributions
    $1,053,976
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,466,535
    Expenses
    $5,486,756
    Contributions
    $813,112
    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
    $4,516,881
    Expenses
    $5,339,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,706,632

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,696,704
    Expenses
    $5,013,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,341,928

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,960,695
    Expenses
    $5,893,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,916,581

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,898,304
    Expenses
    $6,269,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,520,539

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,897,964
    Expenses
    $6,541,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,339,071

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,106,230
    Expenses
    $6,614,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,803,372

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,046,032
    Expenses
    $7,001,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,754,656

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,124,073
    Expenses
    $5,841,714
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,896,720

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,795,630
    Expenses
    $5,588,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,279,501

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,172,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,748,246

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

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.