Washington · Nonprofit
EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND
EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,549 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON ($18,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $382k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $0
What Edith L Bishel Center for the Blind does
Mission
The center is committed to assisting blind and visually impaired persons to achieve the fullest development and utilization of their capacities and integration into the social, economic and cultural life of the community. This consists of but is not limited to assisting blind and visually impaired persons in their pursuit of independent living; to provide all manner of training, counseling and support within the limits of it's resources; to organize recreation programs and to educate the public concerning the needs and capabilities of the blind and visually impaired.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Operate low vision clinic with specialized testing for visually impaired, informational and support meetings regarding eye diseases. A total of 4 people were served in the low vision clinic during the final short year. In addition over 23 individuals were sold or provided low vision aids and devices and 18 video magnifiers were rented and/or loaned to visually impaired individuals during the final short year. A total of 30 volunteers were of assistance during the final short year.
$34,426 spent$240 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $34,426.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $112k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2018 38% · 2019 39% · 2020 54% · 2021 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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 held at 2 funders, grant income fell $8k → $5k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR 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.
How concentrated its funding is
EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 32% · 2019 53% · 2020 69% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
80% of EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k 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.
Organizations like EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR 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 EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND?
- EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,549 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON ($18,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $48,549 in grants to EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $18,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDITH L BISHEL CENTER FOR THE BLIND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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