Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $107 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($57). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2020
- $1k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $107
- Net assets
- $0
What National Federation of the Blind Service Foundation Inc does
Mission
Self-help for the Blind
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Program B: Technology Programs and Specialized Services Supported projects to increase self-organization and advocacy by blind people throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. Encouraged and educated blind individuals to become fully aware of new and advanced technologies that assist blind people to become more independent. Provided information, advice, and legal assistance to individual blind people about their eligibility to receive government benefits available to the blind. These activities improve and expand opportunities for about one million blind persons and their families throughout the country - with special impact on their future opportunities.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 SERVICE FOUNDATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
53% 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 SERVICE FOUNDATION INC.
“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
53% of NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION 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 $50 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57 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.
Organizations like NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $107 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($57). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $107 in grants to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $57 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2 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