2024-09-19T13:59:51-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 410721641 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MINNESOTA INC NATI 6128729363 100 East 22nd St Minneapolis MN 55404 Corbb O'Connor President 4106599314 2024-09-19 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X www.nfbmn.org X X 52168 X 41308 0 805 8307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1748 875 873 0 51293 77978 0 0 7538 6900 0 37225 129641 -78348 489569 87249 498470 X 489569 448192 0 50000 0 278 489569 498470 0 0 489569 498470 The NFB of Minnesota is an organization made up of blind and sighted people working to improve the lives of blind Minnesota residents by providing assistance and services to parents, blind workers, and consumers of rehabilitation services. 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. 0 13888 Program B: Specialized Programs and Services - Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored seminars and other activities to assist parents of blind children. Sponsored seminars and other activities to create better employment opportunities for blind persons. Helped to make available specialized aids, devices, tools, and materials for the blind-Braille writing equipment, measuring devices, white canes, clocks, watches, talking calculators, etc. Operated NEWSLINE for the Blind(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone for the blind. Provided Braille materials to the blind. Made grants to provide services of the kind described herein and to improve educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities for the blind. The activities described herein potentially benefit all blind persons in this state, and improvements in opportunities here expand opportunities for the half million blind persons in the country as well as creating more opportunities for the blind adults of tomorrow. 77978 108072 121960 Corbb O'Connor President 10 0 0 0 Steve Sawczyn Vice President 2 0 0 0 Dave Andrews Secretary 2 0 0 0 Jennifer Dunnam Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Steve Jacobson Board Member 2 0 0 0 Yadiel Sotomayor Board Member 2 0 0 0 Kotuma Kamara Board Member 2 0 0 0 Mike Colbrunn Board Member 2 0 0 0 Jan Bailey Board Member 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN Jennifer Dunnam 4800 Highway 7 Apt 405 St Louis Park MN 55416 6122032738 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 190247 37287 30938 33330 42113 333915 395 1020 0 0 1748 3163 190642 38307 30938 33330 43861 337078 337078 10352 8381 7648 8565 8307 43253 10352 8381 7648 8565 8307 43253 200994 46688 38586 41895 52168 380331 0.88628 0.88899 0.11372 0.11101 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $59,920 to National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 - to support nationwide blindness programs, $18,058 to local chapters and Minnesota adults and children for special needs and programs Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Supplies $4,550; Telephone $606; Postage & Shipping $809; Equip Rental & Repair $9,900; Travel $265; Conference, Convention, & Meetings $19,505; Information Technology $1,386; Other $204 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 $37,249 is an unrealized gain on investments; $50,000 is a fully depreciated fixed asset that was mistakenly not recorded on previous 990 forms. The fixed asset is a percentage owned in the building where the organization has offices. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Vendor credit on credit card account.