Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Inc

Analysis

Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1953, 73 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 (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, Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Inc reported income of $895k and spending of $1.4m, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $978k to $895k (-8.6%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Barn Foundation ($894k), House of Acts Substance Abuse Program ($895k) and Team Phenomenal Hope Inc ($893k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $700k. At year end it held assets of $9.5m against liabilities of $115k, net assets of $9.4m. It reported 14 employees.