Florida · Nonprofit
TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC
TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC (Florida) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,922,443 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($905,288). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind Inc does
Mission
To maximize independence and provide employment opportunities for persons who are blind or visually impaired.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transition program: provides instruction to blind or visually impaired individuals in daily living activities. 184 older adults and adults under the age of 55 received living independent training that enabled them to remain safe and independent in their own home. Additionally, over 3,900 individuals received information or referral, attended or participated in an event, tour or speaking engagement, or visited our on-site store.
$664,376 spent21% of program spendingService contracts: provided rehabilitation technology to 625 individuals who are seeking to become employed. 158 visually imparied veterans received technology assistance in their home to use their computer or ipad.
$678,937 spent22% of program spendingVocational services: provides job placement and computer training to blind or visually imparied individuals who are seeking to become employed in competitive employment. 66 adults received training to prepare for college or employment.
$650,041 spent21% of program spendingExpenses 332,273 early intervention helps to develop skills for school readiness, improve self-sufficiency, and maximize physical, emotional, mental and social development. 43 children, from birth to 5 years, received training at home, preschool or a childcare center to prepare them with skills needed for kindergarten. 15 children, from 5 to 13, in the childrens program. Expenses 52,656 low vision aids and appliances provides a direct source for community members and clients to purchase adaptive aids that will help enable them to function independently. Expenses 664,376 the transition program assists blind and visually impaired youth to be ready to work, go to college or attend a technical school upon completion of high school. 48 teens received training in career exploration, technology, independent living and employment skills to prepare for college or work upon graduation from high school. Expenses 10,817 the mental health counselor program was created to support other programs by offering individual and group therapy to assist individuals in their adjustment to vision loss. The counselor, whom is visually impaired, provides assistance to individuals in moving forward in their…
$1,104,180 spent36% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,097,534.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.2M to $7.2M (+16%).
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 71% · 2018 58% · 2019 65% · 2020 82% · 2021 81% · 2022 76% · 2023 67% · 2024 66% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Sheryl K Brown
CEO & presid
Board chair
Scott Young
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $94k → $145k.
4 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; 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 TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 41% · 2019 30% · 2020 53% · 2021 63% · 2022 66% · 2023 69% — 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
46% of TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
95% of TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $374k on record — $340k federal, $35k state.
- Department of Defense$340k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $35k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND 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 TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC?
- TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC (Florida) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,922,443 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($905,288). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,922,443 in grants to TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC?
- United Way of Central Florida Inc is the largest funder on record, with $905,288 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 32 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