Association of Blind Citizens Inc

Analysis

Association of Blind Citizens Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Holbrook, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Association of Blind Citizens Inc reported income of $204k and spending of $123k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $107k to $204k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Association of Blind Citizens Inc sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nu Vision Human Services ($204k), Center for Multicultural Mediation ($204k) and Texas Special Childrens Projects Inc ($204k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. It paid $56k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $3,926, net assets of $1.7m.