Ohio · Nonprofit
TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC
TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $817,843 to it, the largest being TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($359,519). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $818k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Toledo Society for the Blind Inc does
Mission
The sight center provides a unique blend of specialized vision rehabilitation programs and services that can help people of all ages work, learn, play and live independently with permanent vision loss. Primary services include low vision clinic, rehabilitation therapy (adl & communication), orientation & mobility and assistive technology.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Vision rehabilitation/low vision services: the sight center provided low vision clinical and functional rehabilitation services to 640 individuals in 2024. These services maximize use of residual vision for people who no longer benefit from glasses, contacts, surgery or medication. In addition to the individualized training; clients are instructed to utilize magnifiers, cctv's, monocular telescopes, lighting, filters and home modification techniques to regain or maintain their independence. Assistive devices can be loaned prior to purchase to ensure the device is a good fit for the client's goals and abilities. Services are provided both in the agency low vision clinic, the home, the workplace or the school setting.
$509,071 spent$271,345 earned by the program64% of program spendingAssistive technology training: training in the use of computer hardware, software or other assistive devices for use in any setting. Services initiate with an individualized assessment to determine client experience with mainstream technology, need for access technology and development of objectives to meet goals. Options include non-visual screen reading programs, screen enhancement programs, hardware to utilize braille input/refreshable braille access, note-taking devices, portable multi-player devices, and the accessible features for tablets or smart phones.
$56,151 spent$29,851 earned by the program7% of program spendingOrientation & mobility: instruction in safe, independent travel in the home, workplace or community. Includes white cane and sighted-guide training when appropriate. Services assist people with permanent vision loss to utilize their remaining senses to negotiate safe movement from one place to another. Training can also include use of public transportion and paratransit.
$128,878 spent$68,735 earned by the program16% of program spendingRehabilitation & teaching, children's services, and communications programs.
$104,279 spent$55,574 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $798,379.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.9M to $5.9M (+19%).
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 9% · 2018 4% · 2020 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% 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.
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
Timothy Tegge
Executive director
Board chair
Angela Jackson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $13k → $109k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 TOLEDO SOCIETY 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
TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 46% · 2020 81% · 2021 62% · 2022 46% · 2023 50% — 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
60% of TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
98% of TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $381k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TOLEDO SOCIETY 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 TOLEDO SOCIETY 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 TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC?
- TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $817,843 to it, the largest being TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($359,519). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $817,843 in grants to TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC?
- TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $359,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOLEDO SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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