Council of Schools for the Blind

Analysis

Council of Schools for the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 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 October 2023, Council of Schools for the Blind reported income of $159k and spending of $166k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2023, income grew from $124k to $159k (+28%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Council of Schools for the Blind sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christians Alliance Inc ($159k), Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank Inc ($159k) and Knowledge Impact Network ($159k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $65k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $65k.