Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,360 to it, the largest being FRANK AND RENA PRIOLO FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $9.3M
What Bucks County Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired does
Mission
Our mission is to provide resources, answers and support to people with blindness or other visual impairment which will maximize their ability to meet life's daily challenges and realize their continued self-worth and value to our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Client services - the organization provides a range of services that assist people with blindness and visual impairments to live rich, vibrant and independent lives. Low vision clinics, low vision devices, children's services,free preschool vision screenings, support groups,in-home supports,technology clubs,skills trainings, and social/recreational activities are offered to bucks county, pa residents of all ages experiencing vision loss. Education and professional in-services are provided to the general public as part of the organization's advocacy efforts. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025 the lo vision center provided services for 352 clients and offered assistance to 88 preschools.
$524,945 spent$195,257 earned by the program56% of program spendingSecond look newtown thrift shop - the organization operates a thrift store that supports client services with funds generated through sales of donated items. For the current year, donations yielded 414,005 in gross sales. The in-store client training program offers members the opportunity to develop skills that prepare them for future work or volunteer opportunities in the community.
$243,465 spent26% of program spendingTransportation services - the organization provides transportation services to blind and visually impaired clients accessing facility based programs, low vision clinics, community based medical appointments, and activities of daily living that encourage independent living. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025 the organization provided 1,034 transporation trips.
$174,293 spent$9,109 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $942,703.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.7M to $9.1M (+17%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 11% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $5k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED’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
BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
48% 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 BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 98% · 2022 68% · 2023 99% — 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 BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: 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 BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,360 to it, the largest being FRANK AND RENA PRIOLO FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $95,360 in grants to BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- FRANK AND RENA PRIOLO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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