California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND
SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,795 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($171,034). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $427k
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What San Diego Center for the Blind does
Mission
Our mission is to increase the abilities of any adult with blindness or visual impairment to reach their own highest level of independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The San Diego Center for the Blind provides vision rehabilitation services to adults with changing vision to those with no vision. It is designed to help clients reach their highest level of independence. Professional, highly qualified staff provide comprehensive programming that has become a national model for service delivery, approximately fifty percent of teaching staff are vision impaired. This program includes: independent living skills; adjustment to vision loss counseling, orientation and mobility; assistive technology; braille and outreach services.
$648,803 spent$532,589 earned by the program49% of program spendingThe San Diego Center for the Blind provides a vision rehabilitation program for adults 55 years of age and older. This comprehensive program includes: independent living skills; adjustment to vision loss counseling; orientation and mobility; assistive technology; braille and outreach services. It is partially funded through a title vii chapter 2 grant.
$261,190 spent$214,406 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe assistive technology center and store is open to the public monday through friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 p.m. It provides assessment,training, and the ability to purchase products based on each individual's needs. Our low vision professionals are able to evaluate each individual client's needs by hands on assessment with a vast array of the latest as well as tried and true technology. Our professionalal staff are also able to provide individualized training on the proper use of our assistive technology devices. The assistive technology center and store is the only center of its kind in san diego county and is open to the general public and to all groups to benefit any individual experiencing changing vision to those with no vision.
$81,242 spent$66,689 earned by the program6% of program spendingExpenses revenues sdcb low vision center the San Diego Center for the Blind (sdcb) continues to provide quality continuum of care for individuals with vision loss. The sdcb low vision clinic provides the necessary assessment, training and recommendation of products (e.g. Magnification, lighting and training) for those individuals whose vision can no longer be corrected with glasses, surgery or other medical treatment. Staff includes a low vision optometrist and an administrative assistant. Expenses 128,171 revenues 93,333 outreach services expenses 35,784 revenues 0
$341,852 spent$536,292 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,333,087.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.8M to $8.3M (−15%).
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 14% · 2018 15% · 2019 21% · 2020 28% · 2021 31% · 2022 25% · 2023 30% · 2024 38% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $42k → $64k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND’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
SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 66% · 2019 41% · 2020 34% · 2021 49% · 2022 40% · 2023 34% — 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
38% of SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
69% of SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND'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 $130k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $296k 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.
Organizations like SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND?
- SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,795 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($171,034). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $426,795 in grants to SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $171,034 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 19 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