AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

G41Z

Classification

1000

Street

225 REINEKERS LANE SUITE 660

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 · 2025

• MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION SERVICES STRENGTHENED AFFILIATES THROUGH REGULAR PRESIDENTS' ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING WEEKLY SESSIONS THAT PROVIDE A FORUM FOR TIMELY TOPICS AND GUEST PRESENTERS. THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (ACB) COMMUNITY PLATFORM HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 4,800 EVENTS, SUPPORTED BY 230 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 19,000 HOURS OF SERVICE. PROGRAMMING INCLUDED A BROAD MIX OF SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS SUCH AS BRAILLE INSTRUCTION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS SESSIONS, PEER SUPPORT, AND TOPIC-DRIVEN DISCUSSIONS. TRAINING MODULES WERE ALSO DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HOSTS AND VOLUNTEERS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2020, THE PLATFORM HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 26,000 EVENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $455,674

• CONFERENCE AND CONVENTIONTHE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND'S 64TH ANNUAL CONVENTION WAS A DYNAMIC HYBRID EVENT, COMBINING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES WITH OVER 250 WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, BUSINESS MEETINGS, EXHIBITORS, AND TOURS. ELIGIBLE MEMBERS COULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS ON PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS, VOTE ON THEM, AND ELECT BOARD MEMBERS. THE CONVENTION ALSO FEATURED INFORMATIVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON RELEVANT COMMUNITY ISSUES, AVAILABLE FOR LIVE ATTENDANCE OR THROUGH PODCAST RECORDINGS, ENSURING BROAD ACCESSIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL ATTENDEES.

  Expenses $433,602 · Revenue $485,798

• ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HELPED MOVE CONGRESS TO REINTRODUCE TWO BILLS THAT WERE PART OF ACB'S LEGISLATIVE IMPERATIVES: THE WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY ACT AND THE MEDICAL DEVICE NONVISUAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT. PUT ON THE 2025 HILL DAY, WHERE MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN DOZENS OF MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS TO DISCUSS LEGISLATION THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION. PARTICIPATED IN A COALITION CALL WITH THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) TO CALL FOR THE RESCISSION OF THE EYEGLASSES EXCLUSION ACT. CELEBRATED THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) WITH THE CONSORTIUM OF CONSTITUENTS WITH DISABILITIES (CCD).

  Expenses $351,267 · Revenue $63,485

• PUBLIC AWARENESS ATTENDED AND PRESENTED AT NUMEROUS TECHNOLOGY, ADVOCACY, AND DISABILITY-RELATED CONFERENCES PROMOTING ACB'S WORK AND SERVICES. THE FIFTH ANNUAL ACB AUDIO DESCRIPTION AWARDS GALA WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON YOUTUBE AND PEACOCK, EXTENDING ACB'S REACH ACROSS THE NATION. ACB MEDIA'S 10 INTERNET STREAMS HAD OVER 154,400 LISTENING HOURS. ACB'S SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE RESULTED IN OVER 34,300 FOLLOWERS ACROSS SEVEN PLATFORMS WITH CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT ON DAILY POSTS. ACB'S WEBSITE AND THE AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT WEBSITE ALLOW ACB TO KEEP THE PUBLIC AWARE OF ONGOING ACTIVITIES, CURRENT INITIATIVES, AND NEWS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, LOW VISION, OR WHO ARE CONNECTED TO SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY.AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT (ADP)ACB'S AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECT SPONSORS A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO BUILD AWARENESS OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION. AT THE 2025 AUDIO DESCRIPTION AWARDS GALA, THE AWARDS FOR BEST AUDIO DESCRIPTION WRITER AND NARRATOR WERE GIVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE ADP CELEBRATED THE MEDIA INDUSTRY'S ADVANCEMENT OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION; SERVED ON THE FCC'S DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE; SPONSORED ITS ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST FOR STUDENTS; CONDUCTED SESSIONS OF THE AUDIO DESCRIPTION TRAINING INSTITUTE; AND PARTICIPATED IN THE UNIDESCRIPTION PROJECT'S EFFORT TO CREATE AUDIO DESCRIPTION FOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BROCHURES. THE ADP ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE, FORMED A VIDEO GAMING SUBCOMMITTEE, AND HELD A LIVE KICKOFF FOR THE AD PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD.ACB SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDSIN 2025, ACB IN COLLABORATION WITH AFB DISTRIBUTED $116,200 IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING TO 21 BLIND STUDENTS PURSUING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. MANY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL CONVENTION, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS WHO SHARE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. ADDITIONALLY, SEVEN EMERGING LEADERS WERE SELECTED AS JPMORGAN CHASE LEADERSHIP FELLOWS AND DKM FIRST-TIMER AWARD RECIPIENTS, RECEIVING SUPPORT THROUGH MENTORING, TRAINING, AND PEER ENGAGEMENT. THESE INDIVIDUALS ALSO ATTENDED ACB'S CONVENTION, WHERE THEY STRENGTHENED THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EXPANDED THEIR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS.INFORMATION AND PEER SUPPORTACB OFFERS ESSENTIAL INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING VISION LOSS, CONNECTING THEM WITH RESOURCES SUCH AS ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY, DAILY LIVING SKILLS, AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT. MANY CALLERS SIMPLY WANT SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT ADJUSTING TO VISION LOSS. TO MEET THIS NEED, ACB HAS CREATED A VIRTUAL PEER SUPPORT COMMUNITY PLATFORM.

  Expenses $717,199 · Grants $79,450 · Revenue $111,289

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

  $2,940,926

  Expenses

  $2,392,773

  Contributions

  $1,426,925

  Grants paid

  $79,450

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,004,124

  Expenses

  $3,206,402

  Contributions

  $1,743,038

  Grants paid

  $77,450

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,304,364

  Expenses

  $2,597,511

  Contributions

  $1,075,883

  Grants paid

  $80,950

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,592,235

  Expenses

  $2,479,382

  Contributions

  $1,374,486

  Grants paid

  $70,450

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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,166,772

  Expenses

  $1,930,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,964,246

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,844,532

  Expenses

  $1,811,636

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,833,746

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,752,233

  Expenses

  $1,681,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,512,885

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,860,767

  Expenses

  $1,603,262

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,394,032

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

• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC

  $29,500

  2024 · COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC

  $27,500

  2023 · COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

• CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2024 · GRANT

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,000

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• NCTA-THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

  $9,875

  2023 · SPONSORSHIP - 2023 ACB CONVENTION

• NCTA-THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

  $9,675

  2022 · SPONSORSHIP - 2022 ACB CONF. AND CONV.

• EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION

  $8,000

  2024 · MEDICAL DISCIPLINES

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• KARS-R-US.COM

  $189,095 raised

  2023 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $53,655 to charity

• KARS-R-US.COM

  $172,760 raised

  2022 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $53,783 to charity

• KARS-R-US.COM

  $9,460 raised

  2021 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $2,918 to charity

• KARS-R-US.COM

  $9,290 raised

  2020 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $1,893 to charity

• KARS-R-US.COM

  $10,350 raised

  2019 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $2,403 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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