Virginia · Public charity
National Industries for the Blind
To enhance the opportunities for the economic and personal independence of people who are blind, low vision, or visually impaired primarily through creating, sustaining, and improving employment.
- $564k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $506k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $108M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations National Industries for the Blind funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $506k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $418k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.0M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $931k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $535k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $891k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $1.2M | 39% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Career | $1,000,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Inc | $387,410 | 9 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | $365,366 | 8 | 0% |
| Beyond Vision Inc | $355,805 | 9 | 1% |
| Industries of the Blind Inc | $353,788 | 9 | 3% |
| San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind | $296,410 | 8 | 0% |
| Central Association for the Blind Inc | $266,510 | 7 | 0% |
| Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc | $254,851 | 1 | 11% |
| Newview Oklahoma Inc | $213,185 | 7 | 0% |
| Travis Association for the Blind | $200,423 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
National Industries for the Blind supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Delta Gamma Foundation · Uniquesource Products & Services · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Matthew 25 Ministries Inc · Mutual of America Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About National Industries for the Blind
- How much does National Industries for the Blind give?
- National Industries for the Blind reported 24 itemized grants totaling $505,890, out of $564,024 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Industries for the Blind fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (84%), Health (11%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are National Industries for the Blind's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Core Career ($1.0M), Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Inc ($387k), The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc ($365k).
- Does National Industries for the Blind fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Industries for the Blind?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc, The Gibney Family Foundation Inc, Delta Gamma Foundation.
- Where is National Industries for the Blind based?
- National Industries for the Blind is based in VA.
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