Assoc for Education & Rehbltatn of the Blind & Visually Impaired
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621305646
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- South Burlington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 9792350987
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Blind/Visually Impaired Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $70,392
- Expenses
- $102,146
- Assets
- $56,586
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Callie Brusegaard (Past President)
- Christine Telford (President)
- Nancy Sharon (President-Elect)
People named in this filing
- Callie Brusegaard (Past President)
- Christine Telford (President)
- Nancy Sharon (President-Elect)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organizations primary purpose is to provide the vision professionals residing or working in CT, MA, ME, New Brunswick, New Foundland, NH, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, RI and VT opportunities for professional growth, networking, continuing education and camaraderie. We develop workshops and conferences to disseminate information that will enhance members' ability to serve clients with blindness and visual impairments. Continuing education credits are necessary for the vision professionals to renew licenses.
What it reported doing in 2025
Fall Conference - Provided conference in person for 3 full days November 5-7, 2025. 200 people registered for the conference. There were a total of 35 concurrent sessions throughout the 3 days offered along with a Keynote speaker. Participants were able to obtain professional development credits to continue their professional licenses. A workshop was held on June 18, 2025 on learning media assessments for preschool learners. 25 people attended this remote professional development opportunity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 88% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.