Washington · Nonprofit
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,770 to it, the largest being THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND ($40,814). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $81k
What National Federation of the Blind of Washington does
Mission
Self help for the blind.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Program A: Operated community outreach offices to provide information to the public about blindness and how to help blind people and to locate blind persons in need of assistance. Provided assistance to blind people to attend seminars and workshops designed to assist the blind in learning methods and techniques of organizing local groups of blind people for self-help and in learning about library services, rehabilitation services, new technology, aids, devices, and other resources and materials. Developed, produced, or distributed in print, Braille, and/or recorded media materials relating to blindness. Provided information to individuals, employers, governmental agencies, and the general public through written, telephone, personal, and media contacts. Developed and strengthened state and local organizations of the blind (self-help and support groups) and provided legal assistance, encouragement, information, or advocacy assistance to blind persons. Worked to improve services of governmental and private agencies established to give services to the blind through consumer input, technical assistance, and monitoring. It is estimated that educational activities in one way or another…
$2,697 spentof which $1,028 as grants4% of program spendingProgram B: Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored NFB BELL Academy and other youth and young adult programs to support blind children and students to learn Braille and explore science subjects using fun interactive methods. Sponsored seminars and other activities to assist parents of blind children. Sponsored seminars and other activities to create better employment opportunities for blind persons. Helped to make available specialized aids, devices, tools, and materials for the blind-Braille writing equipment, measuring devices, white canes, clocks, watches, talking calculators, etc. Operated NFB-NEWSLINE(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone and app for the blind. Provided Braille materials to the blind. Made grants to provide services of the kind described herein and to improve educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities for the blind. The activities described herein potentially benefit all blind persons in this state, and improvements in opportunities here expand opportunities for the half million blind persons in the country as well as creating more…
$58,564 spentof which $1,028 as grants96% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $61,261.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $300 → $335.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON’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
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 93% · 2022 97% · 2023 90% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $206 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,360 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
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 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON?
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,770 to it, the largest being THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND ($40,814). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $43,770 in grants to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON?
- THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND is the largest funder on record, with $40,814 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF WASHINGTON 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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