Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,041 to it, the largest being COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $146k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Washington Council of the Blind does
Mission
Wcb is a consumer-based membership organization and nonprofit dedicated to promoting opportunity, equality, and independence in the blind community through education, public awareness, and advocacy. Wcb has a diverse volunteer base across the state with local chapters committed to fostering lifestyles that reflect participation, productivity, independence, and dignity.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and conventions: wcb holds an annual state convention where the governance of wcb occurs, membership elects officers and directors, and decides on changes to bylaws and program service agendas. Members also attend the american council of the blind (acb) annual convention, a national conference where state affiliates meet to discuss and vote on the acb program service agenda.
$136,656 spentof which $16,234 as grants$50,975 earned by the program83% of program spendingIn 2023 wcb offered 7 scholarships to blind and visually impaired college students that are pursuing a wide array of academic curriculum. Students may be of any age.
$24,600 spentof which $24,600 as grants15% of program spendingNewsline is a wide array of media and other materials such as a quarterly magazine in braille, larger print, and electronic media.
$3,635 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $164,891.
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 $2.1M to $1.4M (−33%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $38 → $15k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF 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.
How concentrated its funding is
WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 36% · 2023 59% — 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
WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $272 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF 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 WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND?
- WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,041 to it, the largest being COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $133,041 in grants to WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND?
- COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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