Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc

Analysis

Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Albany, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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 September 2023, Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.2m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $2.1m (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Play Learn & Grow Inc ($2.1m), Sweeten Home for Children Inc ($2.1m) and Northaven Development ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $224k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $9.1m against liabilities of $7.2m, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 14 employees.