Washington Council of the Blind

Analysis

Washington Council of the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in Yakima, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1973, 53 years ago. 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, Washington Council of the Blind reported income of $146k and spending of $190k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $149k to $146k (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 309%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Washington Council of the Blind sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lodi Whittier Library ($146k), Lawrence Community Nursery School ($146k) and Food Bank of Reno County Inc ($146k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 35% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.