Dallas Association for the Blind

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
753152493
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Irving, TX, USA
Phone
9729862388
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Blind/Visually Impaired Centers

Reported finances

Expenses
$114,377
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUSTAVO PADRON-WELLS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GUSTAVO PADRON-WELLS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARILYN BLAND (VICE PRESIDE)
  • FRAN OSBORN (VICE PRESIDE)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide medical, social, and housing assistance to visually-impaired individuals in the dallas area, and provide grants to other qualified tax- exempt organizations that provide services to visually-impaired individuals.

What it reported doing in 2016

Dissolution

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 16%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.