VISIONLINK: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
VISIONLINK (EIN 23-1370508)
Tax period
2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed
2017-01-16
IRS object ID
201710179349300941
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Address Line1100 Witmer Road Suite 350AddressLine1Txt
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CityPhiladelphiaCityNm
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PersonPatricia C JohnsonPersonNm
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Preparer PersonBrad FrederickPreparerPersonNm
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Gross Receipts$10,287,438GrossReceiptsAmt
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Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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Activity Or MissionAssociated Services for the Blind provides support through education, training and resources, as well as community action and public education, for people who are blind or visually impaired.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionAssociated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ASB), a private non-profit organization, promotes self-esteem, independence and self-determination in people who are blind or visually impaired. ASB accomplishes this by providing support through education, training and resources, as well as through community action and public education, serving as a voice and advocate for the rights of all people who are blind or visually impaired. ASB produces documents, forms, books, magazines, reports and various other materials to support and educate the blind community. ASB endeavors to support the scientific community involved in relevant research projects by identifying client candidate volunteers, client preparation and client adjustment training.MissionDesc
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Expense$1,741,847ExpenseAmt
Revenue$1,613,443RevenueAmt
DescProduction & Custom Braille: For more than seventy-five years, ASB's Braille Division has been providing quality braille and large print materials for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, in an effort to support independence and self-determination. During the past fiscal year, the division brailled and proof-read more than 61,000 master braille pages and pressed, collated, and bounded over 18,000,000 braille pages. Projects included a total of 75 book titles and 11 magazines under its contract with the National Library Service for the Blind, 3 student text books for elementary, secondary, and college level students throughout the United States, and over 40 raised line graphics were produced by braille transcribers for insertion into textbooks and tests. The division also brailled 26 student tests under contracts with various testing institutions; and other items such as cookbooks, brochures, newsletters, signs, and health & recreational materials. A total of 1,590 braille and 3,531 large print statements were produced for banks and utility services.ASB has partnered with Comcast to provide the cable giant's Channel Line-Up in both Large Print and Braille for interested subscribers. To date, 2613 Large Print and 446 Braille copies were provided to various Comcast markets. Comcast has also commissioned ASB to begin producing their User Guides in both Large Print and Braille.Custom Braille currently has 910 braille books available in twenty (20) different categories. ASB makes braille and large print available to everyone. Customers include not only individuals who are blind or visually impaired, but corporations, non-profit organizations, schools at every level, the Library of Congress, and other governmental agencies.Desc

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DescSpecialized Social Services (Grant Program) ASB's Specialized Services Division served 411 blind and visually impaired clients during fiscal year 2015-2016. Through its comprehensive curriculum, individuals are provided with the necessary life skills to function independently at home, in the workplace, and in the community. ASB currently provides various levels of Life Skills Education Classes in both English and Spanish to help participants learn skills designed to compensate for blindness and visual impairments and to allow them to remain independent. Support Groups offered in both English and Spanish include Assertiveness Training, Men's and Women's Low Vision Group, Young Adults Group, Diabetes Information and Support, and Northeast Low Vision Support Group. There were 38 active clients participating in ASB's English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) classes which address the need of a population that not only is dealing with vision loss, but also has challenges in communicating with the non-Spanish speaking world around them. ASB also provides supportive services such as assistance with grocery shopping, reading mail, paying bills, handling correspondence, assistance with completion of applications for benefits, and information and referral. These services provide clients with a safe place to share their challenges, successes and frustrations; and help them to be independent allowing them to become more active in the communities where they live and work.Community Satellite locations give ASB the opportunity to provide weekly or monthly specialized services such as Life Skills and Low Vision Support Groups to blind and/or visually impaired adults within their own communities. Currently, ASB has established partnerships with five local community organizations and/or senior centers to provide services at their locations and is looking to continue its expansion of Satellite Office locations by developing new partnerships.Desc

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Kevin E Brown
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Dr Roy G Fitzgerald
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R Thomas Unkefer
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George Foley
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Fees for Services561000$16,086$16,086
Custom Audio515100$3,353$3,353
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Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

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Braille Production$389,201$389,201
Contracted Services$240,820$163,244$13,908$63,668
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Miscellaneous$48,762$2,666$33,058$13,038

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Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,902,517BOYAmt
EOY$27,927,858EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$413,124BOYAmt
EOY$343,954EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$413,124BOYAmt
EOY$343,954EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$24,832,025BOYAmt
EOY$24,065,763EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$136,634BOYAmt
EOY$165,583EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,520,734BOYAmt
EOY$3,352,558EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,489,393BOYAmt
EOY$27,583,904EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,902,517BOYAmt
EOY$27,927,858EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$376,251ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$819,234NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$289,996DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$919,993CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$658,593CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$650,209CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$666,976CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$884,167CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$3,779,938TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$919,993CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$658,593CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$650,209CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$666,976CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$884,167CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$3,779,938TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$154,497SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$3,625,441PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,245,691CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$902,944CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$786,813CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$878,527CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$849,530CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,663,505TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$25,320CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$25,025CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,493CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$9,127CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$10,392CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$80,357TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$8,523,800TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$7,878,313GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.42530PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.40760PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$37,651FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$37,651FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,694,883FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,732,534FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$336,627FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$84,157FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$344,414CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$335,260CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$329,135CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$336,627CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,345,436TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$2,018,154LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$37,591CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$40,448CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$37,525CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$37,651CurrentYearAmt
Total$153,215TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$86,104CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$83,815CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$82,284CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$84,157CurrentYearAmt
Total$336,360TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$504,540GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,520,734BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$100ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$165,274InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$3,002AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,352,558EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,517,067BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$6,812InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$3,145AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,520,734EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,045,351BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$50ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$474,523InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$2,857AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,517,067EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,761,382BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,600ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$285,276InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$2,907AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,045,351EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,941,831BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,440ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$178,939InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$2,950AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,761,382EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY1.00000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$925,722OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$849,035DepreciationAmt
Book Value$76,687BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$4,696OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,696DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$76,687TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
Stocks$3,572,015F
Government Securities$7,233,575F
Mutual Funds$14,398,701F
Cash Equivalents$606,461F
Alternative Investments$778,604F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$26,589,356TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,827,045TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$819,234NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$289,996DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$529,238RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,356,283RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,356,283TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,732,534TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,732,534ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,732,534TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Organization is a not-for-profit corporation under Section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. As such, the Organization will not incur any liability for federal income taxes on exempt activities; unrelated business activities were not conducted during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015. The Organization files federal Form 990. With few exceptions, the organization is no longer subject to U.S. federal or state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2013. It is difficult to predict the final timing and resolution of any particular uncertain tax position. Management does not currently anticipate significant changes in its uncertain tax positions over the next 12 months.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Louis Braille Awards LuncheonEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$32,955GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$32,955GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$15,038OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2Vision Cup-Golf TournamentEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$24,256GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$24,256GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$11,860OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total1OtherEventsTotalCnt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events$4,071OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total$57,211GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$57,211GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$30,969OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$30,969DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$26,242NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeAdaptive aidsGrantTypeTxt
Recipient54RecipientCnt
Non Cash Assistance$14,665NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method UsedFair market valueValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash AssistanceItems included talking watches, money & color identifiers, alarm clocks, talking blood pressure monitors, casette recorders, scanners, talking dictionaries, home computers, and other various adaptive aids.NonCashAssistanceDesc

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonPatricia C JohnsonPersonNm
TitleCEO & PresidentTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$173,177BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs$0CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$10,000BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations$0BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$0OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs$0OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$9,176DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs$0DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$15,115NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs$0NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$207,468TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs$0TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org$0CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs$0CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The Board of Directors of Associated Service for the Blind (ASB) has approved the following procedure for the preparation, review and approval of the organization's IRS 990 Tax Form at its meeting on June 18, 2009. - The IRS 990 Tax document is prepared by the organization's Audit Firm with the assistance from ASB's Controller. - ASB's Controller will work with the organization's Development / Public Relations Department as well as with agency Program Directors to draft / review all narrative documentation that is to be presented on the IRS 990 Form. - Once the draft of the form has been completed and undergone review by the Audit Firm, a copy is forwarded to ASB's Controller for review. The Controller will draft any recommended changes / corrections and discuss with the Audit Firm. - A copy of the revised draft will be forwarded to the Controller for review to assure that all changes / corrections have been completed. - After the Controller has reviewed and approved all necessary changes, a copy of the drafted document will be forwarded to the organization's CEO & President for review and approval. (If there are any changes / corrections, the CEO & President will ask the Controller to contact the Audit Firm.) - The drafted document will then be forwarded to all Audit Committee Members and the Board Chairman for review and approval. (If there are any changes / corrections, the CEO & President will be notified to have the Controller contact the Audit Firm.) - After the review and final approval of the drafted document by the Board Chairman and Audit Committee Members, the Controller will contact the Audit Firm and authorize them to "finalize" the document and forward an original and copy of the IRS 990 to the attention of the CEO & President for signing. - The CEO & President will officially sign off on both copies of the IRS 990 and forward to the Controller for processing. - The Controller will prepare and mail the original signed copy to the IRS. A copy of the Form is kept in the Controller's office. (Copies are available upon request.)
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cConflict of Interest Statements are provided to board members on an annual basis at the Annual Board Meeting in September each year. Updated statements are required from board members only if their existing information on file has changed. New board members are provided with a Conflict of Interest Statement in their welcome packet and are required to submit their statements prior to the next scheduled board meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a. The organizations CEO, Executive Director, or top management official - Each year, the process for determining the compensation of the organization's President & CEO is carried out by a committee consisting of several board members, which are selected by the Board Chairman. Members of the committee differ from year to year. In order to make an informed decision, the committee gathers information encompassing both financial and organizational matters in which the President & CEO plays a key role. The committee holds a meeting to discuss their findings and determines the appropriate compensation. Once a decision is made, the Board Chairman meets with the President & CEO to relay the outcome and then sends an official letter with a copy to the Human Services Manager for further processing. b. Other officers or key employees of the organization - Performance appraisals are conducted before the end of the evaluation period and at least once annually, to set goals for the coming year, and to help determine an employee's future compensation. The performance appraisal consists of a discussion between supervisor and employee regarding areas of improvement, setting goals for the coming year, and to help determine employee's future employment with ASB. The result is a written report by the supervisor evaluating the employee's performance based on the job description. The supervisor and employee must sign this performance appraisal and a copy is given to the employee. The employee's signature does not signify agreement or disagreement, only receipt of the report. If the employee does not concur with the appraisal, he/she may submit a written exception to the appraisal within five (5) working days of having received the appraisal, and this written exception will be attached to the appraisal. If an employee's job performance is judged unsatisfactory by the supervisor at any given time, an additional performance appraisal shall be given for three months in order to improve performance. All employees receive a copy of their job descriptions and their evaluation forms with their signature. A copy is also placed in their Personnel Files.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19All organizational governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request. ASB's IRS 990 Form can be found online at Guidestar.com and on Charity Navigator. It is also available upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, line 2CNo change from prior year.
Form 990, Part V, Lines 7G & 7HNot applicable.

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