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ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

EIN 86-0133392 PHOENIX, AZ

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Revenue 2024
$3,005,787
Expenses 2024
$2,975,859

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
3100 E ROOSEVELT 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR OTHERWISE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AIMED AT: 1. PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY, AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN ALL SPHERES OF LIFE; AT HOME, AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY. 2. EDUCATING TEH GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, WHILE SERVING AS A RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF DEALING WITH VISION LOSS. 3. FACILITATING ACCEPTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED THROUGHOUT SOCIETY, WHILE WORKING TOWARDS EQUALIZATION OF OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR OTHERWISE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

  • REHABILITATION PROGRAM: PROVIDES REHABILITATION TRAINING, ORIENTATION & MOBILITY (O&M), ORIENTATION TO ADJUSTMENT TO DISABILITY/COUNSELLING, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT)/COMPUTER TRAINING. PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN ALL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IMPACTED BY VISION LOSS. HANDWRITING, HOME MANAGEMENT, GROOMING, CANE TRAINING, ELECTRONIC MOBILITY DEVICES, WORKING WITH GUIDE DOGS, ORIENTATION IN THE HOME, WORK, SCHOOL & ALL COMMUNITY SETTINGS, BRAILLE, INSTRUCTION & TRAINING FOR COMPUTER, CELL PHONE AND TABLET USAGE, INCLUDING SPEECH ACCESS & MAGNIFICATION, SOME TRAINING PROVIDED VIRTUALLY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OFFERED TO BECOME A DESKTOP SERVICE TECHNICIAN WITH A+ CERTIFICATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. MORE THAN 11,000 HOURS OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND COMBINED VISION AND HEARING LOSS.

    Expenses $1,053,477 · Revenue $1,421,076

  • COMBINED VISION AND HEARING LOSS (CVHL): SERVICES PROVIDED ARE COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR THE DEAFBLIND AND CVHL, INCLUDES ORIENTATION & MOBILITY, REHAB TEACHING, ORIENTATION AND ADJUSTMENT TO DISABILITY, JOB READINESS/CAREER EXPLORATION, AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE. WE PROVIDE ASL INTERPRETERS AS NEEDED FOR OUR CLIENTS AND STAFF. PROVIDE ITINERANT SERVICES THROUGHOUT ARIZONA FOR THE DEAFBLIND AND CVHL IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY INSTRUCTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE THE ICANCONNECT (ICC) CONTRACT TO PROVIDE DISTANCE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEAFBLIND AND CVHL

    Expenses $828,434 · Revenue $821,954

  • SOCIAL RECREATION: ACBVI PROVIDES ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION; ADAPTED ARTS AND CRAFTS, HEALTHA ND WELLNESS CLASSES, ADAPTIVE EXERCISE, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY. GROUP CLASSES OFFERED VIRTUALLY.

    Expenses $139,158 · Revenue $500

  • ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ARIZONA: ACBVI PROVIDES TRAINING TO PROFESSIONALS SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH VARIOUS DISABILITIES AND INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO ASSIST THOSE DISABILITIES. WE PROVIDE TRAINING TO PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY ARIZONA REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, OTHER ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY AGENCIES, AND EMPLOYEES OF WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THEIR PARTNERING AGENCIES. TRANSPORTATION: ACBVI PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION TO SOME OF ITS MOST CRITICAL CLIENTS USING VEHICLES DONATED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX, A PRIVATE DONOR, AND FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS. TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED FROM THE CLIENT'S RESIDENCE TO ACBVI AS WELL AS MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. MEDICAL SERVICES: ACBVI EMPLOYS A FULL-TIME LICENSED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW). THE ACBVI CHW FOCUSES ON HELPING CLIENTS ACCESS CARE AND BENEFITS AS WELL AS PROVIDING SUPPORT DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY.

    Expenses $345,544 · Revenue $56,495

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.

  • Steven S Tepper

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $151,005
    From this org
    $144,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,755
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $151,005
  • David Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Riann Balch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Barry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mandy Carlsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Van Cott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Decero

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Khara Fuentes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Gerst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Hunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jayson Meyerovitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leah Powell

    PRIOR CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Chris Rudolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Schad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Steinmetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Welker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Zimmerman

    DIRECTOR

    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
    $3,005,787
    Expenses
    $2,975,859
    Contributions
    $629,141
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,270,150
    Expenses
    $3,128,880
    Contributions
    $820,877
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,992,075
    Expenses
    $2,215,724
    Contributions
    $1,059,365
    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

  • 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
    $3,926,693
    Expenses
    $1,960,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,572,983
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,113,389
    Expenses
    $1,801,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,661,480
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,968,807
    Expenses
    $1,700,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,253,490
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,077,144
    Expenses
    $1,457,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $806,166
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,415,189
    Expenses
    $1,340,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $259,157
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,169,457
    Expenses
    $1,204,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $169,997
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,089,092
    Expenses
    $1,031,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,748

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