New York · Nonprofit
EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC
EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $254,851 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND ($254,851). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $255k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind Inc does
Mission
Creating employment opportunities and upward mobility for new yorkers who are blind.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The new york state preferred source program for new yorkers who are blind (nyspsp) is a state-mandated initiative designed to create and sustain meaningful employment for individuals who are blind. Through a network of nine affiliated nonprofit agencies, the program currently employs 395 blind or visually impaired new yorkers. In accordance with state procurement law, state and local agencies are required to purchase designated products and services provided by these nonprofits. In 2025, six individuals employed through the program were promoted, and 51 new projects were added to the nyspsp portfolio, expanding its reach and impact.
$2,062,921 spent$2,389,910 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,062,921.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $8.0M to $10M (+27%).
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 EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC’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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Christopher T Burke
Executive director
Board chair
Peter Slatin
Chair (as of 12/2024)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND 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.
Where its funders are
EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
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
EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Industries for the Blind · exempt
- Core Career · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND 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 EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC?
- EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $254,851 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND ($254,851). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $254,851 in grants to EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC?
- NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND is the largest funder on record, with $254,851 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPIRE STATE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing