Volunteers for the Blind Inc

Analysis

Volunteers for the Blind Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 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 December 2023, Volunteers for the Blind Inc reported income of $53k and spending of $49k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $55k to $53k (-4.3%), an average of -2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Volunteers for the Blind Inc sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 20th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young House Family Services Foundation Inc ($53k), New Hope Estates Group Home Inc ($53k) and Christian Humanity Aid Organization ($53k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5,596 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5,596.