Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

Analysis

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh reported income of $4.5m and spending of $5.4m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $5.1m to $4.5m (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation ($4.5m), Notre Dame Volunteer Corporation ($4.5m) and Food Bank of Somerset County Inc ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $322k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $25.6m against liabilities of $4.8m, net assets of $20.8m. It reported 173 employees.