Berks County Association for the Blind Inc

Analysis

Berks County Association for the Blind Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Reading, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1959, 67 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Berks County Association for the Blind Inc reported income of $498k and spending of $439k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $527k to $498k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Berks County Association for the Blind Inc sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Families and Friends Supporting Cystic Fibrosis Care ($498k), Helena Health Foundation ($498k) and Genesys Volunteers ($498k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $81k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $163k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 15 employees.