New York · Nonprofit
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC (New York) receives grants from 750 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,393,418 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($4,596,214). 491 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $56M
- Funders on record
- 750
- Grants received
- $32M
- Net assets
- $156M
What Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc does
Mission
Guiding eyes for the blind provides guide dogs to people with vision loss. We are passionate about connecting exceptional dogs with individuals for greater independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student instruction and guide dog training - the guiding eyes student instruction and guide dog training is comprised of the following functional programs: early/home socialization and puppy raising for purpose bred guide dogs. On-campus residential training for blind or visually impaired students learning to use a guide dog. Specialized training instruction for individuals who are blind with additional disabilities or obstacles such as balance, hearing or learning challenges. The running guide program that empowers blind or visually impaired students to live a healthy, more independent lifestyle. Home training for students who are unable to travel to new york for the two week on campus program. These programs provide individuals who are blind or visually impaired with fully trained guide dogs. All services, including travel costs to and from the new york training center and room and board, are provided at no charge to students. (see on schedule o)
$10,564,720 spent$386,150 earned by the program38% of program spendingVeterinary services - at guiding eyes, we are dedicated to providing excellence in veterinary care. We operate two state-of-the-art veterinary hospitals through our main campus in yorktown heights, new york, and our canine development center in patterson, new york. Our veterinarians, licensed veterinary technicians, and administrative staff care for dogs in the breeding, puppy, and training programs. Our vet care extends to all working guiding eyes dogs through remote communication and referrals, and using our own facilities when proximity allows. Our veterinary team performs routine surgical and dental procedures, x-rays, sonograms, endoscopy, laboratory work, vaccinations, and an array of wellness services. We also work with specialists in ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, and radiology, many of whom donate services to help provide our dogs with the best care possible.
$10,297,802 spent37% of program spendingResidential and graduate services - client experience team is the primary point of contact for applicants, students, and graduates from initial application, through training, ongoing team support, retirement, and re-application. It consists of individuals with diverse backgrounds and significant experience in one or more of the following areas guide dog mobility instruction, guide dog handling, blind and low vision rehab, advocacy, customer success and communication. This team fields phone call, email, sms, written communication and after-hours emergency calls with guiding eyes for the blind's applicants, students and graduates. Client success rates and satisfaction is monitored through automated surveys and other feedback mechanisms managed by the client experience team. Working closely with other departments within the organization to ensure a positive and productive customer experience and that our graduate teams are safe and effective. (see on schedule o)
$2,380,819 spent9% of program spendingEnrichment and education
$2,019,604 spent7% of program spendingFacilities management
$1,510,735 spent5% of program spendingCanine breeding
$927,688 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,701,368.
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 2024 to 2025, from $139M to $162M (+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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
John L Donnelly
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 175 funders to 349 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.5M.
54 of 750 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 750 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
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 14 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 14 funders to its left
54% 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 GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 11% · 2018 15% · 2019 14% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 57% · 2023 10% — 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
52% of GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
52% of GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15M that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 45 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $62k on record — $43k federal, $19k state.
- Department of Justice$43k
- VT$14k
- NJ$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GUIDING EYES 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GUIDING EYES 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 GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC?
- GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC (New York) receives grants from 750 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,393,418 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($4,596,214). 491 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 750 organizations giving $32,393,418 in grants to GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC, 491 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,596,214 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUIDING EYES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 750 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