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THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC

THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,403 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($96,147). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$82k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$160k
Net assets
$382k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 90%
01What it does

What The East Bay Center for the Blind Inc does

Mission

To provide services and training to the unsighted communitiy

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Center operations - the center provides unsighted individuals with opportunities to learn skills, assists them with travel, provides them with low cost braille supplies, maintains a braille library and offers classes. Classes offered include computer skills, braille, exercise, meridian massage and a variey of art and craft classes.

    $36,813 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Social events - allows unsighted people to participate in lunches, picnics, holiday parties and a choral group. The center also hosts piano recitals and bingo games and coordinates special outings to locations otherwise inaccessable

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,813.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($108k) Expenses 100 ($134k) Net assets 100 ($537k)2019 Revenue 88 ($94k) Expenses 152 ($203k) Net assets 80 ($428k)2020 Revenue 58 ($62k) Expenses 46 ($62k) Net assets 80 ($429k)2021 Revenue 42 ($45k) Expenses 47 ($63k) Net assets 76 ($410k)2022 Revenue 83 ($89k) Expenses 83 ($111k) Net assets 73 ($389k)2023 Revenue 82 ($88k) Expenses 72 ($96k) Net assets 73 ($391k)2024 Revenue 77 ($82k) Expenses 71 ($95k) Net assets 71 ($382k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (77)Expenses (71)Net assets (71)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $537k to $446k (−17%).

$537k
$446k
$442k
$410k
$389k
$391k
$382k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 36% · 2021 22% · 2022 6% · 2023 43% · 2024 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

70% of THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$26k
’18
−$109k
’19
$907
’20
−$19k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$8k
’23
−$12k
’24
26
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed10101011111111
Joined·+0+1+5+0+0+0
No longer listed·014000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $21k → $19k.

5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND 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

THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94% 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 EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC.

60%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — 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.

Where its funders are

94% of THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from California funders.

CA
AZ

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

’19
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−15% · below the median
Months of reserve26.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like THE EAST BAY CENTER 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

39% of spending goes to programs.

Program 39%Management 61%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

81%

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 EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC?
THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,403 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($96,147). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $160,403 in grants to THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC?
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $96,147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE BLIND 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 7 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