Ohio · Nonprofit
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,615 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC ($477,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $110k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $479k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What American Council of the Blind Ohio Chapter does
Mission
To increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and quality of life, for all blind and visually-impaired people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference and convention: acb-ohio holds an annual convention for people who are blind or have low vision. In recent years we have partnered with a neighboring affiliate, acb-indiana. The three-day event in strongsville, ohio on november 14-16, 2025, with seventy-nine attending in person and seventeen attending virtually. The conference featured seminars, workshops, social events, speakers, and a vendor hall. Our program planning committee, which is comprised of board members, meticulously plans all aspects of the convention and seeks sponsors to defray costs. The theme was "celebrate resistance- and sessions included: budgeting to retirement and beyond; a braille trail experience; independent living panel; safety positive (safety positive foundation); financial literacy for the busy working adult; accessible online shopping made easy; cpr, aed, and first-aid; self- defense; and dress for success a large group went to the rock and roll hall of fame, where they experienced audio-described tours tailored to each pair of explorers thanks to eleven volunteers from the cleveland sight center. At the banquet, we presented four awards to those who went above and beyond to advance the…
$28,057 spent$13,188 earned by the program28% of program spendingMatching grants: through our matching grants program, acb-ohio provides half the cost (up to 1,000) to help ohioans who are blind or visually impaired afford adaptive/accessible technology, which can be quite costly. In 2025, acb-ohio awarded 17 grants totaling over 6,000. Seventeen individuals received funds to help pay for technology that helps them live and work independently, devices that they may not have been able to afford otherwise. Grants helped recipients buy high tech, low tech, and everything in between. Bruce tegowski received 278 to help buy an accessible phone to allow him to hear weather reports as well as navigate in his neighborhood. Calvin lewis received 415 dollars to help him purchase a video magnifier that will help him reclaim independence as he reads store flyers and mail without support from his wife. Other grants helped pay for high powered magnifying glasses, and smart glasses. One does not have to be a member to be eligible for a grant.
$8,024 spentof which $6,777 as grants8% of program spendingAdvocacy: each spring, a small group of acbo members visit washington, dc for a two day-long leadership seminar, followed by a day-long legislative seminar, during which they learn about proposed legislation that would impact the lives of people with blindness and low vision. On the last day, the group goes to capitol hill to advocate for these measures, talking with representatives and their staff about these issues. Seven of our members went to washington, dc in 2025, and advocated for equal rights and equal access for all, imploring representatives to support bills for the medical device nonvisual accessibility act which would make class 2 and class 3 medical devices for home or outpatient equipment such as glucose monitors, blood pressure have accessibility features like text to speech output, tactile markings, or audible tones built in;\ and imploring representatives to support bills for web and software accessibility and expanded audio description on tv and streaming platforms to make possible for people who are blind or visually impaired to access fuller and richer experience when watching video programs.
$1,620 spent2% of program spendingAwards: acb-ohio offers awards to honor ohio individuals and groups who have improved the quality of life for the visually impaired and blind community. In 2025 the organization was privileged to present six awards: the ruth davidson award to tom sawyer, a recently retired outreach services specialist at the cleveland sight center who is passionate about our community while teaching and demonstration assistive technology to many blind adults and children. The employer of the year award went to jpmorganchase for their commitment to hiring people with disabilities and providing them with accommodations needed to succeed such as jaws and aira. Medina chapter member arla simonis won this years ken morlock award for her unwavering dedication and enthusiasm keep the medina chapter energized. The ambassador award was presented to iwin hott for his lifetime commitment to the community as the editor of the newsreel audio program and his uplifting and clear delivery has helped empower people who are blind. Preservation parks of delaware county was honored with the community service award for creating an accessible trail at hogback ridge park. Park managers casey smith and zach messinger…
$63,682 spentof which $10,000 as grants63% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,383.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.0M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
73% of AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $117k → $55k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $477k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER?
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,615 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC ($477,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $478,615 in grants to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $477,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing