TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND ENDOWMENT FUND INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $545K · expenses $499K · assets $11.7M

Also known as
Endowment Fund Inc
EIN
45-4612865
Address
912 W BROADWAY AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76104-1115
Website
www.lighthousefw.org
NTEE code
P111
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
January 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (supporting organization) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Supporting organization, type i
Principal officer
Platt L Allen III (its 2013 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2013 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

THE ENDOWMENT FUND WAS ORGANIZED TO BE OPERATED AS AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Platt Allen Iii Pres. - Assoc. for Blind2014-2024 $242,980$2,457,754 3

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

15 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Dennis Shingleton Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Cam Quisenberry Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Katy Magruder Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Damon Hickman (former) Chair2018-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Melanie Wilson (former) Secretary/Treasurer2018-2023 1 $0 reported 2
Blake Billings (former) Board Member2018-2023 1 $0 reported 2
Brandi Ervin (former) Board Member2018-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Brian Gibson (former) Board member2019-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Kristi Hasty (former) Trustee2015-2017 1 $0 reported 2
Melanie Lara (former) Trustee2015-2017 1 $0 reported 2
John Black (former) Trustee2015-2017 1 $0 reported 1
Kevin Brown (former) Trustee2014-2016 1 $0 reported 3
Dr Shannon Ship (former) Chair2014-2016 1 $0 reported 2
Dr Charles D Little (former) Chairman2014 1 $0 reported 3
Lee M Smith (former) Trustee2014 1 $0 reported 3

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $243K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$229,451$13,529 $242,9803
Dennis Shingleton Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Cam Quisenberry Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Katy Magruder Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $227K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$206,343$21,001 $227,3443
Damon Hickman Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Secretary/Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Brian Gibson Board member1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $227K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$206,343$21,001 $227,3443
Damon Hickman Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Secretary/Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Brian Gibson Board member1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $274K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$260,851$13,509 $274,3603
Damon Hickman Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Secretary/Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Brian Gibson Board member1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $268K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$245,150$23,195 $268,3453
Damon Hickman Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Secretary/Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Brian Gibson Board member1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $263K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Pres. - Assoc. for Blind1 $0$240,356$22,524 $262,8803
Damon Hickman Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Secretary/Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Brian Gibson Board member1 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Damon Hickman Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Melanie Wilson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Blake Billings Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Brandi Ervin Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $267K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Ex-Officio1 $0$228,674$38,309 $266,9833
Melanie Lara Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
John Black Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Kristi Hasty Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
2016 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $250K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Ex-Officio1 $0$214,736$34,809 $249,5453
Melanie Lara Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
John Black Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Kevin Brown Trustee1 $0$0$0 $03
Dr Shannon Ship Chair1 $0$0$0 $02
Kristi Hasty Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
2015 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $193K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Ex-Officio1 $0$181,182$11,963 $193,1453
Kristi Hasty Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
Melanie Lara Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02
Kevin Brown Trustee1 $0$0$0 $03
Dr Shannon Ship Chair1 $0$0$0 $02
John Black Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $245K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Platt Allen III Ex-Officio1 $0$232,092$12,736 $244,8283
Dr Charles D Little Chairman1 $0$0$0 $03
Lee M Smith Trustee1 $0$0$0 $03
Kevin Brown Trustee1 $0$0$0 $03
Dr Shannon Ship Trustee1 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 1 grant to organizations · $430K
2023 · 1 grant to organizations · $424K
2022 · 1 grant to organizations · $409K
2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $398K
2020 · 1 grant to organizations · $381K
2019 · 1 grant to organizations · $365K
2018 · 1 grant to organizations · $357K
2017 · 1 grant to organizations · $363K
2016 · 1 grant to organizations · $369K
2015 · 1 grant to organizations · $364K
2014 · 1 grant to organizations · $343K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$545,326$498,987 $11,673,920$11,673,920 $0$0 $00-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$362,889$424,332 $10,988,528$10,988,528 $0$0 $00-
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$612,454$408,536 $10,130,377$10,130,377 $54,809$0 $00-
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$939,158$397,639 $11,929,324$11,929,324 $1,009$0 $00-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$543,776$381,456 $10,930,725$10,930,725 $1,363$0 $000
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$526,269$364,923 $10,356,681$10,356,681 $1,334$0 $000
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$482,835$357,251 $8,955,065$8,955,065 $1,974$0 $000
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,159$423,753 $9,668,152$9,668,152 $1,882$0 $000
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$369,005$420,168 $8,748,142$8,748,142 $1,711$0 $00-
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$593,457$428,698 $8,304,884$8,304,884 $1,600$0 $00-
2014 · Form 990 period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$10,218,084$367,772 $9,390,814$9,390,814 $10,062,745$0 $00-

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $10,062,921 in all, tax years 2014 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
Tarrant County Association for the Blind Public charity Exact 2014 1$10,062,845 2014$10,062,845
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND ENDOWMENT FUND INC” 2020, 2022 2$76 2022$18
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $498,987 spent · pay $0 · grants $430,420 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $430,420$430,420-- 86.3%
Fees: investment management $68,567$68,567-- 13.7%
Total$498,987100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $424,332 spent · pay $0 · grants $424,332 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $424,332$424,332-- 100.0%
Total$424,332100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $408,536 spent · pay $0 · grants $408,536 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $408,536$408,536-- 100.0%
Total$408,536100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $397,639 spent · pay $0 · grants $397,639 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $397,639$397,639-- 100.0%
Total$397,639100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $381,456 spent · pay $0 · grants $381,456 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $381,456$381,456-- 100.0%
Total$381,456100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $364,923 spent · pay $0 · grants $364,923 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $364,923$364,923-- 100.0%
Total$364,923100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $357,251 spent · pay $0 · grants $357,251 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $357,251$357,251-- 100.0%
Total$357,251100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $423,753 spent · pay $0 · grants $362,863 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $362,863$362,863-- 85.6%
Fees: investment management $60,890-$60,890- 14.4%
Total$423,753100%

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2016 · Form 990 · $420,168 spent · pay $0 · grants $369,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $369,000$369,000-- 87.8%
Fees: investment management $51,168$0$51,168$0 12.2%
Total$420,168100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $428,698 spent · pay $0 · grants $363,604 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $363,604$363,604-- 84.8%
Fees: investment management $53,744$0$53,744$0 12.5%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $11,350$0$11,350$0 2.6%
Total$428,698100%

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2014 · Form 990 · $367,772 spent · pay $0 · grants $342,926 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $342,926$342,926-- 93.2%
Fees: investment management $24,594$0$24,594$0 6.7%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $252$0$252$0 0.1%
Total$367,772100%

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