Michigan · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $69,538 to it, the largest being Health Net of West Michigan ($69,538). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $165k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $70k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What The Foundation in Support of the Association for the Blind does
Mission
Support the association for the blind and visually impaired
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Support the association for the blind and visually impaired - over 1,000 families will be served by the financial support that we contributed - specifically by providing in-home vision rehabilitation so that seniors can live independent and enriched lives. These proceeds also support our low vision clinic, which is critical for identifying the best devices or rehabilitative techniques to help those with low vision make the most of their remaining vision. Lastly, these funds support our ability to serve the blind youth through after-school and summer programs.
$212,053 spentof which $212,053 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $212,053.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $1.6M to $1.4M (−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.
0% of THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Claire Davis Clary
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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.
Against its field
THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND's revenue grew 15% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 10 related entities
- Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired · exempt
- Mary Free Bed Guild Fund · exempt
- Mary Free Bed Guild · exempt
- Mary Free Bed Orthotics and Prosthetics · exempt
- Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: 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 THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND?
- THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $69,538 to it, the largest being Health Net of West Michigan ($69,538). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $69,538 in grants to THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND?
- Health Net of West Michigan is the largest funder on record, with $69,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 1 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