Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION
LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $667,670 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ($372,308). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $593k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $668k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Lackawanna Blind Association does
Mission
The association supports and promotes the interests of the blind and visually impaired and the prevention of avoidable blindness. Programs are designed to support blind and visually impaired community members throughout lackawanna and susquehanna counties.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Client support services: caseworkers regularly visit blind and visually impaired clients in the comfort of their own homes assisting with; shopping, doctors appointments, pharmacy visits, correspondence, banking, mail and bill paying, door-to-door escort service, mini-bus transportation, referrals for orientation & mobility training and to other partner organizations. The life enrichment program includes activities in daily living to help individuals maintain their optimal physical health and remain in their homes. A monthly calendar of events is available in email, audio, print and braille formats to keep clients abreast of the latest agency happenings.visual support center: magnifying devices and other low-vision aids and home care equipment are displayed for demonstration to clients and consumers. Computer instruction in assistive software for the visually impaired is available by appointment for lba clients.eye care program: assistance is provided to purchase eye glasses for income-eligible individuals.
$269,758 spent$1,200 earned by the program57% of program spendingThe radio reading service is hosted daily on radio station wusr, 99.5 fm by lba's radio program manager, along with dedicated volunteers. Live broadcasts, for print-handicapped individuals, include reading local news, sports, and community and agency information.
$50,207 spent11% of program spendingPrevention of blindness: prevention specialists conduct vision screenings and elementary school education programs centered on safety throughout lackawanna and susquehanna counties. The lba also offers adult vision screenings and education programs at senior centers, civic clubs, health fairs, and industrial sites.
$156,294 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $476,259.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.4M to $3.8M (+12%).
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: 2017 18% · 2018 21% · 2019 22% · 2020 42% · 2021 37% · 2022 34% · 2023 33% · 2024 38% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Mary Ann Iezzi
Executive director
Board chair
Paula Depeters
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $53k → $94k.
2 of 14 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 LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION’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
LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
61% 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 LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 91% · 2019 67% · 2020 62% · 2021 47% · 2022 39% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“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
78% of LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
98% of LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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.
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION?
- LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $667,670 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ($372,308). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $667,670 in grants to LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES is the largest funder on record, with $372,308 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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