Arizona · Nonprofit
THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Arizona) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,867,417 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($455,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What The Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life of people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired, by providing a wide range of services aimed at: 1. Promoting independence, dignity, and full participation in all spheres of life; at home, at work and in the community. 2. Educating teh general public regarding the capabilities and needs of individuals who are blind and visually impaired, while serving as a resource for information about all aspects of dealing with vision loss. 3. Facilitating acceptance of individuals who are blind and visually impaired throughout society, while working towards equalization of opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rehabilitation program: provides rehabilitation training, orientation & mobility (o&m), orientation to adjustment to disability/counselling, assistive technology (at)/computer training. Provides instruction in all activities of daily living impacted by vision loss. Handwriting, home management, grooming, cane training, electronic mobility devices, working with guide dogs, orientation in the home, work, school & all community settings, braille, instruction & training for computer, cell phone and tablet usage, including speech access & magnification, some training provided virtually, vocational training offered to become a desktop service technician with a+ certification in information technology. More than 11,000 hours of services provided to those who are blind and visually impaired and combined vision and hearing loss.
$1,053,477 spent$1,421,076 earned by the program45% of program spendingCombined vision and hearing loss (cvhl): services provided are comprehensive rehabilitation services for the deafblind and cvhl, includes orientation & mobility, rehab teaching, orientation and adjustment to disability, job readiness/career exploration, and assistive technology service. We provide asl interpreters as needed for our clients and staff. Provide itinerant services throughout arizona for the deafblind and cvhl in assistive technology and orientation and mobility instructions. We also have the icanconnect (icc) contract to provide distance communication technology for the deafblind and cvhl
$828,434 spent$821,954 earned by the program35% of program spendingSocial recreation: acbvi provides adult continuing education; adapted arts and crafts, healtha nd wellness classes, adaptive exercise, and special programs for the elderly. Group classes offered virtually.
$139,158 spent$500 earned by the program6% of program spendingAssistive technology training, transportation and medical services: assistive technology arizona: acbvi provides training to professionals serving individuals with various disabilities and instruction in the use of technology designed to assist those disabilities. We provide training to professionals employed by arizona rehabilitation services administration, other arizona department of economic security agencies, and employees of workforce innovation and opportunity act centers throughout the state of arizona and their partnering agencies. Transportation: acbvi provides transportation to some of its most critical clients using vehicles donated by the city of phoenix, a private donor, and funds from operations. Transportation is provided from the client's residence to acbvi as well as medical appointments. Medical services: acbvi employs a full-time licensed community health worker (chw). The acbvi chw focuses on helping clients access care and benefits as well as providing support during times of emergency.
$345,544 spent$56,495 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,366,613.
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 $1.7M to $5.6M (+235%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Steven S Tepper
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $26k → $629k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
47% 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 THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 39% · 2021 40% · 2022 46% · 2023 40% — 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 THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
89% of THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $358k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Arizona) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,867,417 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($455,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,867,417 in grants to THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $455,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 22 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