BOSMA INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

J300

Classification

1000

Street

6270 CORPORATE DR

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 26-4808603

Mission and programs · 2024

• BOSMA'S MISSION IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THIS IS PRIMARILY ACHIEVED BY CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE SALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, FROM DISPOSABLE MEDICAL PRODUCTS TO QUALITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO IT CONSULTING. THE ORGANIZATION IS INDIANA'S LARGEST EMPLOYER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, WITH OVER 50% OF BOSMA'S WORKFORCE BEING BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. BOSMA HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, ALONGSIDE VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES, FOSTERING GREATER CHANCES FOR ADVANCEMENT OR EMPLOYMENT AT OTHER LOCAL COMPANIES.

  Expenses $71,382,363 · Revenue $103,440,636

• BOSMA, THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR VISIONARY SOLUTIONS, IS INDIANA'S LARGEST PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE VISION REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, SERVING NEARLY 1,000 CLIENTS EACH YEAR. THESE PROGRAMS TEACH SKILLS NEEDED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THEY SERVED OVER 900 HOOSIERS LAST YEAR. BOSMA PROVIDES IN-HOME COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, TEACHING CLIENTS THE SKILLS TO BE INDEPENDENT IN THEIR HOME, FROM SAFELY COOKING TO MANAGING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS LIKE MEDICATIONS AND BILLS. THE PROGRAM IS ALSO EXPANDING TO SERVE MORE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND GROUP TRAINING AT SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. BOSMA'S CENTER-BASED SERVICES IS A 3 - 5 MONTH RESIDENTIAL, COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. CLIENTS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA COME TO BOSMA'S REHABILITATION CENTER IN NORTHWEST INDIANAPOLIS TO LEARN HOW TO ADAPT TO LIVING WITH VISION LOSS. THEY LEARN SKILLS LIKE COOKING, CLEANING, USING A COMPUTER, AND NAVIGATING THEIR ENVIRONMENT SAFELY WITH TOOLS LIKE A WHITE CANE. EMPLOYMENT PRESENTS A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. IN FACT, THEY FACE AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT IS 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE. BOSMA'S COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CLIENTS FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT THROUGH ACTIVITIES LIKE RESUME WRITING, INTERVIEW PREPARATION, AND MAKING SURE WORKSPACES ARE ACCESSIBLE WITH TOOLS SUCH AS SOFTWARE. BOSMA'S CENTER ALSO ACTS AS A HUB WHERE PEOPLE CAN CALL TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH BOSMA AND OTHER AGENCIES. LAST YEAR, THE TEAM HANDLED OVER 1,400 CALLS.

  Expenses $14,038,572 · Grants $10,874,135 · Revenue $1,693,524

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $109,288,049

  Expenses

  $97,284,485

  Contributions

  $449,251

  Grants paid

  $10,874,135

• 2023

  Revenue

  $105,262,518

  Expenses

  $86,703,871

  Contributions

  $559,436

  Grants paid

  $1,385,042

• 2022

  Revenue

  $95,312,471

  Expenses

  $90,076,900

  Contributions

  $458,033

  Grants paid

  $784,512

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

  $116,517,311

  Expenses

  $104,335,524

  Assets (EOY)

  $91,434,320

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $94,086,839

  Expenses

  $82,836,920

  Assets (EOY)

  $81,009,765

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $78,038,285

  Expenses

  $74,733,939

  Assets (EOY)

  $62,231,744

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $74,212,128

  Expenses

  $66,849,648

  Assets (EOY)

  $58,924,994

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $68,863,700

  Expenses

  $63,524,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,277,119

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $69,172,735

  Expenses

  $62,681,398

  Assets (EOY)

  $49,057,460

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $65,563,165

  Expenses

  $61,314,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,684,557

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $61,806,720

  Expenses

  $55,899,559

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,085,758

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $56,008,917

  Expenses

  $51,103,776

  Assets (EOY)

  $31,631,810

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $45,428,306

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,598,230

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

• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FDN

  $10,849,968

  2024 · SVCS

• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FDN

  $875,042

  2023 · SVCS

• ENVISION INC

  $510,000

  2023 · SVCS

• WESTFIELD FOUNDATION EDUCATION INC

  $11,867

  2024

• ENVISION INC

  $11,500

  2024 · SVCS

• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FDN

  — no cash amount reported

  2022

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION INC

  $237,696

  2024 · PROVIDE SUPPORT

• BOSMA VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION INC

  $234,020

  2023 · PROVIDE SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $60,000

  2022 · Donor Choice

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $50,000

  2024 · Program and/or operating support

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Program and/or Operating Support

• NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND

  $30,000

  2024 · PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING, AND COMPLIANCE GRANT

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $8,988

  2023 · Donor Choice

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $4,401

  2022 · Program and/or Operating Support

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

  $3,557

  2024 · Donor Choice

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

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