Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED
CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being THE DALE L REESE FOUNDATION ($9,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Center for the Blind and Disabled does
Mission
The primary mission is to help individuals who are blind, visually impaired or disabled, in the greater delaware valley area, to prepare for and obtain employment in order to achieve independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lawn maintenance & snow removal services cbd employs disabled labor to fulfill contracts for lawn maintenance & snow removal services at rest areas. The state of pennsylvania has determined that all lawn maintenance services provided under a rest area contract must be performed by blind or disabled personnel. The labor is performed by cbd and billed to keystone blind assoc. For contracts with the state of pennsylvania. 7 individuals were employed during 2025, including 6 who were disabled.
$639,474 spent$900,748 earned by the program52% of program spendingPhoto license centers provide employment for persons with a qualifying disability under the terms of act 57. These positions are photo license technician duties at select pennsylvania department of transportation licensing centers. A total of 19 individuals were employed during 2025, including 19 who were disabled.
$321,166 spent$379,946 earned by the program26% of program spendingJanitorial services the center has a contract through unique source as a subcontractor to perform janitorial services at at the 193rd special operations air national guard site & ft indian town gap site. 7 individuals were employed during 2025, including 7 who were disabled.
$280,929 spent$287,532 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,241,569.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+13%).
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.
0% of CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Laurie Staph
CEO
Board chair
Cindy Falotico
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED’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 CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED's grant income comes from Pennsylvania 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
CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Keystone Independence Mgmt · exempt
- Keystone Blind Assoc · exempt
- Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED: 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 CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED?
- CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being THE DALE L REESE FOUNDATION ($9,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,000 in grants to CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED?
- THE DALE L REESE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED 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 2020–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing