Bucks County Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231365195
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Newtown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2159689400
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,109,803
- Expenses
- $1,215,373
- Assets
- $9,386,830
- Liabilities
- $69,011
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURIE WAJDA (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ANNE MARIE HYER MPA MS (EXECUTIVE DI): $146,854 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide resources, answers and support to people with blindness or other visual impairment which will maximize their ability to meet life's daily challenges and realize their continued self-worth and value to our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Client services - the organization provides a range of services that assist people with blindness and visual impairments to live rich, vibrant and independent lives. Low vision clinics, low vision devices, children's services, free preschool vision screenings, support groups, in-home supports, technology clubs, skills trainings, and social/recreational activities are offered to bucks county, pa residents of all ages experiencing vision loss. Education and professional in-services are provided to the general public as part of the organization's advocacy efforts. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025 the lo vision center provided services for 352 clients and offered assistance to 88 preschools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.72; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $943K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.