Minnesota · Nonprofit
BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC
BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $497,926 to it, the largest being AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD FOR THE BLIND ($159,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $498k
- Net assets
- $890k
What Blindness-Learning in New Dimensions Inc does
Mission
BLIND, Inc. was founded by blind Minnesotans who believe that, given the proper training and opportunity, blind people can lead normal, independent, and fulfilled lives. We believe that blindness is respectable and that with proper training, the average blind person can succeed in his or her chosen field and personal endeavors. We are affiliated with the National Federation of the Blind, which believes that blind people are seeking the same goals as all Americans: independence, self-sufficiency, and satisfying and gainful employment. Blind, Inc. offers orientation-to-blindness training programs with a positive consumer-oriented approach. We have based our programs on a wellness model. We assume that a person, blind or sighted, has dignity and is capable of making competent decisions. We encourage our students to believe in themselves and in their ability to live meaningful and productive lives.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Adjustment to Blindness is geared toward adults who want to gain the skills and confidence they need to continue in their present line of work, continue their education, or begin a new career.
$810,030 spent$897,834 earned by the program73% of program spendingResidential training, an option for persons enrolled full time in the Adjustment to Blindness and Post-secondary Readiness & Empowerment (PREP) programs, provides experience living independently, peer support, and on-site training in home management skills.
$224,768 spent$106,032 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe Buddy Program teaches children ages 9 to 13 that being blind is OK and they can have as much fun as anybody else. PREP is a summer program benefiting high school and college students. It teaches teenagers to learn the skills they need to keep up with their peers and prepares them to attend college or join the workforce. Transition: Employment, Advocacy, Mentoring and Skills (TEAMS) is a transition program for blind high school students ages 14 to 21. It provides students with instruction in the skills of blindness to enable them to reach their personal, academic and scholastic goals. Students work with successful blind, adult role models while interacting with blind peers in educational, recreational and social settings. The Transition Trail Outreach Program is designed to reach students and families who reside outside the metro area by bringing transition themed programming to different areas in the state. Students, families and professionals are welcome to join our mobile learning community as we provide hands-on transition instruction and activities designed to increase student independence and enhance self-confidence.
$78,252 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,113,050.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $1.4M to $1.1M (−22%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 15% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Kennedy
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $17k → $71k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC’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
BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
65% 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 BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 46% · 2021 32% · 2022 28% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,695 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2022
Government funding BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12k on record.
- Voc. Training-Blind Persons$12k
- Public Transportation$240
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC?
- BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $497,926 to it, the largest being AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD FOR THE BLIND ($159,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $497,926 in grants to BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC?
- AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD FOR THE BLIND is the largest funder on record, with $159,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLINDNESS-LEARNING IN NEW DIMENSIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 15 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