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SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC

SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,750 to it, the largest being PENINSULA ENDOWMENT ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$62k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$0
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Santa Clara Valley Blind Center Inc does

Mission

To increase the confidence, independence, and quality of life for the blind and visually impaired through educational, recreational, and rehabilitative programs.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

The organization is committed to increasing independence, confidence, and quality of life for blind and visually impaired individuals through educational, recreational and rehabilitative programs. See schedule o for more detail.a. Rehabilitation services include individualized/group counseling, peer support, in-home assistance, training with a white cane/dog-guide, daily living skills, medicine management, braille instruction, adaptive technology training, resource access, transportation. Adjustment to vision loss support groups: individual counseling and weekly support and peer sharing groups effectively address the depression, isolation, fear, and anger that accompanies the onset and aid individuals in adapting to progressive vision loss.adapted independent living skills: tailored to each client's specific needs. Adapted techniques for cooking, personal hygiene, home chores, financial management, labeling, etc. Orientation and mobility training: 1:1 training to use a white cane and public transportation. Teaches the skills and confidence to travel safely and independently.access technology training and equipment: instruction in magnification & lighting techniques that enable…

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($302k) Expenses 100 ($478k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 21 ($62k) Expenses 36 ($173k) Net assets 0 ($0)
20172018
Revenue (21)Expenses (36)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.7M to $0 (−100%).

$1.7M
$0
20172018
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 39% · 2018 56%. 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 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$176k
’17
−$111k
’18
10
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.

20172018
Listed44
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $26k → $250.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER 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

SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
California out of state home

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

55% of spending goes to programs.

Program 55%Management 44%Fundraising 1%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC?
SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,750 to it, the largest being PENINSULA ENDOWMENT ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,750 in grants to SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC?
PENINSULA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SANTA CLARA VALLEY BLIND CENTER INC 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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