Blind Fitness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872740782
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Goleta, CA, USA
Phone
8056972244
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Blind/Visually Impaired Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,283
Expenses
$67,421
Assets
$115,430
Liabilities
$203

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BOB BURNHAM (PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER)
  • TANIA ISAAC-DUTTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • BOB BURNHAM (PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER)
  • JULENE HUNTER (TREASURER, BOARD MEMBER)
  • DAVID HAYMAN (SECRETARY, BOARD MEMBER)

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

To empower people who are blind or have low vision through sports, recreation, and physical activity while educating the public of their abilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 we held nine beach walks and runs, four adaptive gym classes, one rock climbing clinic, three nite moves, two surrey bike rides, a weekly yoga class from january to august, a benefit concert featuring ten blind and low vision participants, one surf clinic, a white cane awareness community walk, a school outreach presentation, and hosted over 44 visually impaired athletes and their guides to participate in the santa barbara 5k. We serve over 140 people who are blind or have low vision.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -58.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.