North Carolina · Nonprofit
DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC
DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,604 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($548,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $924k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $761k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Deaf and Blind Pathways Foundation Inc does
Mission
The north carolina school for the deaf at morganton foundation, inc. Shall serve as a non-profit organization for the purpose of securing and distributing funds for the educational benefit of the students and graduates of the north carolina school of the deaf.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Secure and distribute contributions for the benefit of the students of the north carolina school for the deaf and provide funds that enrich the quality of educational programs at north carolina school for the deaf.
$28,437 spent$84,856 earned by the program7% of program spendingTo serve as a conduit for securing and distributing funds for the building and lease of the senior deaf and blind community, llc.
$300,157 spent$756,124 earned by the program79% of program spendingN/a
$52,441 spent$46,570 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,035.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.4M (+41%).
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.
70% of DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Mickie White
Chair as
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $515k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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
DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
100% of DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 58% 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
100% of DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k 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
DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC: 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 DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC?
- DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,604 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($548,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $760,604 in grants to DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC?
- DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $548,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 12 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