Blair Clearfield Association for the Blind and Vis

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231401537
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Altoona, PA, USA
Phone
8149442021
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments

Reported finances

Revenue
$925,097
Expenses
$789,476
Assets
$1,840,976
Liabilities
$10,919

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TINA WALTERS (CEO)
  • DEREK ELENSKY (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA ORR SHEETS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TINA WALTERS (CEO): $62,983 total reported compensation
  • TAMERA HAUGH (BOOKKEEPER): $46,813 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide services and training to the blind

What it reported doing in 2024

The blair/clearfield association for the blind is a not-for-profit agency serving blair and clearfield counties of Pennsylvania. The agency provides prevention of blindness programs and direct services to persons whose visual acuity and income fall within the state guidelines. Programs and purposes of the agency include: transportation / escort services: enables individuals to travel to and from community facilities, receive medical and dental care, shop, pay bills, bank, and handle other personal needs. This service reduces isolation and promotes independent living. Life skills education: provides practical education or training to individuals or groups in the skills needed to perform daily living activities. Instruction may include nutrition, food preparation, consumer education, management of finances, health care, and family problems. Organization also provides eyeglasses to individuals with no restrictions. Chore service programs: read mail, complete forms, and assist with recordkeeping. Vision screening programs: check adults for visual acuity and preschool age children for visual acuity and muscle balance. Low cost eyewear program: offer single vision or bifocal glasses at low costs. Education programs: provide education and safety programs about eyes for children and adults at daycares, schools, and senior centers. Information and referral services: provide information and referrals to the public and recipients of social services. Provide janitorial services for various state, public agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.2% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $603K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 29 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.