- Revenue 2025
- $17,314,656
- Expenses 2025
- $13,856,035
Program services were 84.3% 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
- 1909 E 101ST 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 · 2025
Mission
TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT AND TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THE VISUAL WORLD.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CSC IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN NORTHEAST OHIO THAT SERVES THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
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CSC PROVIDES EARLY INTERVENTION & OTHER SCHOOL SERVICES: PARENTS OF 0-3 YEAR OLDS LEARN COMPENSATORY TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN COMMUNICATION, INDEPENDENCE & MOVEMENT. CHILDREN AGED 3-5 ATTEND OUR IN-HOUSE PRESCHOOL. FAMILIES OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. CSC STAFF INSTRUCT SCHOOL TEACHERS HOW TO ADAPT THEIR CLASSROOM FOR A CHILD WITH A VISION DISABILITY. YOUNG ADULTS UP TO AGE 23 ARE ENGAGED IN PRE-EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING (482 CLIENTS SERVED).
Expenses $1,561,107 · Revenue $893,608
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CSC PROVIDES CASEWORK & SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTING CLIENTS IN NAVIGATING NETWORKS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS (1764 CLIENTS SERVED). ONCE NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED, TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES ARE TAUGHT TO IMPROVE DAILY LIVING AND MOBILITY TO INCREASE INDEPENDENCE. COMPUTER TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO TEACH PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND TO USE A COMPUTER USING ASSISTIVE SOFTWARE (546 CLIENTS SERVED). CSC OPERATES A LOW VISION CLINIC EVALUATING AND EDUCATING CLIENTS ABOUT THE OPTICAL AIDS NECESSARY TO UTILIZE REMAINING VISION MORE EFFECTIVELY, STAFFED BY LICENSED OPTOMETRISTS WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON LOW VISION EXAMS (1372 CLIENTS SERVED).
Expenses $2,778,962 · Revenue $451,605
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CALL CENTER PRODUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING MANAGEMENT OF A FULLY-FUNCTIONING CALL CENTER WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR HAVE OTHER WORK-LIMITING DISABILITIES (EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 93 INDIVIDUALS).
Expenses $3,325,941 · Revenue $3,569,287
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RECREATION ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE OVERALL WELL-BEING, INDEPENDENCE, AND CONFIDENCE WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALIZE AND BUILD COMMUNITY WITH OTHERS. CSC GREATLY INCREASED RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING OFFERED, ENSURING INDIVIDUALS FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND PURPOSE, INCLUDING ALL-DAY PROGRAMMING ON TUESDAYS, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS AND A FULL SUMMER PROGRAM OF FIELD TRIPS (331 CLIENTS SERVED).CSC PROVIDES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING RETAIL SALES OF AIDS SUCH AS MAGNIFIERS, "TALKING" ITEMS, AND LARGE PRINT ACCESSORIES. THE "EYE-DEA SHOP" RETAIL STORE OFFERS USEFUL PRODUCTS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS LIVE MORE SAFELY AND ACCOMPLISH DAILY TASKS WITH GREATER EASE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ONLINE. (OPEN YEAR-ROUND, SERVING > 1,000 CLIENTS). BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINT MATERIALS ARE PRODUCED AND PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS TO READ INFORMATION NEEDED FOR SCHOOL, BUSINESS, AND LEISURE, STAFFED IN PART BY VOLUNTEERS TRAINED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. A RADIO READING SERVICE IS PROVIDED THROUGH CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER'S NETWORK ("CSCN") BROADCASTING AS A SUBCARRIER OF SCPN 90.3, ON WVIZ-TV CHANNEL 25.9, AND ON CLEVELANDSIGHTCENTER.ORG. CSC ALSO PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED AUDIO FOR CLIENT NEEDS AT HOME, SCHOOL, AND WORK.
Expenses $4,013,290 · Grants $95,946 · Revenue $110,953
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.
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ERIN C PLOUCHA
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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JOAN U ALLGOOD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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WALLY ANDERS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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KEVIN R MCKINNIS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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ZACHARY J STANLEY
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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BETH W SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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KATHY WALTERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KAREN P ASSINK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARY H BOOKMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BRENT M BUCKLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ERIN N CHELUNE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ROBERT L ENGLANDER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
THOMAS P FURNAS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MICHAEL H GREENBERG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ROBERT L HARTFORD III
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LYNN V HEILIGENTHAL-SHOWALTER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PETER A IGEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
NATHAN KELLY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
BRUCE LOESSIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
HOWARD A LICHTIG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BEEJADI N MUKUNDA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LORA NIAZOV
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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THOMAS P OMALLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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RONALD E POSNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BEVERLY J ROACH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2025
- Revenue
- $17,314,656
- Expenses
- $13,856,035
- Contributions
- $6,241,523
- Grants paid
- $95,946
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2024
- Revenue
- $15,659,442
- Expenses
- $13,976,414
- Contributions
- $2,731,948
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $12,158,033
- Expenses
- $12,832,828
- Contributions
- $2,275,186
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $30,999,535
- Expenses
- $11,595,985
- Contributions
- $23,917,073
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $29,589,386
- Expenses
- $11,037,923
- Assets (EOY)
- $134,853,057
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $18,312,628
- Expenses
- $9,964,361
- Assets (EOY)
- $119,935,703
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,386,625
- Expenses
- $10,769,674
- Assets (EOY)
- $110,357,093
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,448,079
- Expenses
- $11,208,515
- Assets (EOY)
- $97,212,363
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,199,907
- Expenses
- $10,147,874
- Assets (EOY)
- $105,795,390
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,265,849
- Expenses
- $9,289,919
- Assets (EOY)
- $90,750,606
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,601,217
- Expenses
- $8,355,622
- Assets (EOY)
- $95,210,546
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $8,340,034
- Assets (EOY)
- $92,249,877
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $8,262,710
- Assets (EOY)
- $83,371,744
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2010 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $8,809,148
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,410,269
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
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$1,029,474
2023 EMPOWERMENT FUND: PROVIDING ACCESS TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING
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$963,389
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$916,779
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$32,000
2022 DONOR ADVISED FUND
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CAMBRIDGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$30,000
2023 GENERAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATING FUNDS
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.