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MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC

MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,918 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND ($34,918). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$7.3M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Midwest Enterprises for the Blind Inc does

Mission

To provide employment for persons who are blind and visually impaired.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provided employment for persons who are blind or visually impaired. During 2025, 15 persons who are blind and visually impaired were employed.

    $580,490 spent$1,671,738 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $580,490.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($565k) Expenses 100 ($261k) Net assets 100 ($4.9M)2018 Revenue 302 ($1.7M) Expenses 632 ($1.7M) Net assets 97 ($4.8M)2019 Revenue 244 ($1.4M) Expenses 582 ($1.5M) Net assets 103 ($5.0M)2020 Revenue 278 ($1.6M) Expenses 587 ($1.5M) Net assets 109 ($5.3M)2021 Revenue 276 ($1.6M) Expenses 571 ($1.5M) Net assets 118 ($5.8M)2022 Revenue 358 ($2.0M) Expenses 683 ($1.8M) Net assets 110 ($5.4M)2023 Revenue 384 ($2.2M) Expenses 774 ($2.0M) Net assets 121 ($5.9M)2024 Revenue 381 ($2.2M) Expenses 719 ($1.9M) Net assets 133 ($6.5M)2025 Revenue 322 ($1.8M) Expenses 619 ($1.6M) Net assets 148 ($7.3M)
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Revenue (322)Expenses (619)Net assets (148)Peer revenue range

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 $6.2M to $6.9M (+11%).

$5.2M
$5.2M
$5.3M
$5.6M
$6.0M
$5.8M
$6.2M
$6.9M
$7.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$304k
’17
$57k
’18
−$142k
’19
$41k
’20
$70k
’21
$240k
’22
$150k
’23
$276k
’24
$201k
’25
9.6
months of
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

Cody Knight

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed667877988
Joined·+0+1+1+1+0+3+0+0
No longer listed·00020110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of MIDWEST ENTERPRISES 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

MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.

VA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve9.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like MIDWEST ENTERPRISES 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 Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

36% of spending goes to programs.

Program 36%Management 64%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

65%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC?
MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,918 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND ($34,918). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,918 in grants to MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC.
Who is the largest funder of MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC?
NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND is the largest funder on record, with $34,918 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MIDWEST ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 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