National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

What it reported doing in 2025

Program A: Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Organization Operated community outreach offices to provide information to the public about blindness and how to help blind people and to locate blind persons in need of assistance. Provided assistance to blind people to attend seminars and workshops designed to assist the blind in learning methods and techniques of organizing local groups of blind people for self-help and in learning about library services, rehabilitation services, new technology, aids, devices, and other resources and materials. Developed, produced, or distributed in print, Braille, and/or recorded media materials relating to blindness. Provided information to individuals, employers, governmental agencies, and the general public through written, telephone, personal, and media contacts. Developed and strengthened state and local organizations of the blind (self-help and support groups) and provided legal assistance, encouragement, information, or advocacy assistance to blind persons. Worked to improve services of governmental and private agencies established to give services to the blind through consumer input, technical assistance, and monitoring. It is estimated that educational activities in one way or another impact upon at least one million individuals in this state annually. Such services are available to and benefit all of the blind of this state. Additionally, since improvements for blind persons in this state affect all blind persons in the country, these activities potentially benefit in excess of half a million blind people.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings