Texas · Nonprofit
AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being NELSON PUETT FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $3k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $224k
What Austin Council of the Blind does
Mission
To Make accessibility independence and education for the blind and visually impaired
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Leadership conferences served 25 The accomplishments are that the Austin Council of the Blind sent many of the blind to leadership conferences to learn more about the latest technology to be able to get a job.
$11,225 spent83% of program spendingEquipment for the blind to do her job better served 1
$203 spent2% of program spendingDid activities with the deaf blind to help them get active in the community. Had several games functions to meet other blind and visually impaired. Helped make independence and accessibility through the many activities Group blind activities with other blind in the community to network with others served 35 Holiday food to support needy blind families served 10
$2,035 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,463.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $189k to $239k (+27%).
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.
74% of AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND’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.
Where its funders are
100% of AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,774 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND?
- AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being NELSON PUETT FOUNDATION ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500 in grants to AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND?
- NELSON PUETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUSTIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 1 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