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ADDITIONALLY, OVER 2,500 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED INFORMATION OR REFERRAL, ATTENDED OR PARTICIPATED IN AN EVENT, TOUR OR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, OR VISITED OUR ON-SITE STORE. 709937 SERVICE CONTRACTS: PROVIDED REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED. 547670 VOCATIONAL SERVICES: PROVIDES VOCATIONAL EVALUATIONS, JOB PLACEMENTS, AND COMPUTER TRAINING TO BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. 160 ADULTS RECEIVED TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR EMPLOYMENT. 18 ADULTS WITH ADDITIONAL DISABILTIES RECEIVED HELP SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ON THE JOB. 678 INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA RECEIVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE FOR COLLEGE AND EMPLOYMENT. 208 VISUALLY IMPAIRED VETERANS RECEIVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE IN THEIR HOME TO USE THE COMPUTER OR IPAD. 818784 EXPENSES 265,784 EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR SCHOOL READINESS, IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 60 CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS, RECEIVED TRAINING AT HOME, PRESCHOOL OR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO PREPARE THEM WITH SKILLS NEEDED FOR KINDERGARTEN. EXPENSES 52,003 LOW VISION AIDS AND APPLIANCES PROVIDES A DIRECT SOURCE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CLIENTS TO PURCHASE ADAPTIVE AIDS THAT WILL HELP ENABLE THEM TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. EXPENSES 488,431 THE TRANSITION PROGRAM ASSISTS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH TO BE READY TO WORK, GO TO COLLEGE OR ATTEND A TECHNICAL SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL. 55 TEENS RECEIVED TRAINING IN CAREER EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR WORK UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. EXPENSES 12,566 THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS BY OFFERING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO VISION LOSS. THE COUNSELOR, WHOM IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING FORWARD IN THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY. ADJUSTMENT TRAINING SUCCESS STORY: MEET CALVIN SNYDER FOR YEARS, CALVIN WORKED 55-60-HOUR WEEKS AT ADLER TANK RENTALS IN AUBURNDALE. HIS WORLD CHANGED ON MAY 7TH WHEN HE HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. CALVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE COVID. PRIOR TO COVID, CALVIN DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR AND TOOK NO MEDICATION. AFTER COVID, HE WAS LEFT WITH HEART, LUNG AND NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. THEN THE COVID AFFECTED HIS EYES. AFTER SEEING OPHTHALMOLOGISTS IN WINTER HAVEN, HE WAS SENT TO SEBRING AND THEN BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE IN MIAMI. HE LOST ALL VISION IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND AFTER LASER SURGERY, HE HAS LIMITED VISION IN HIS LEFT EYE. HIS DOCTOR REFERRED HIM TO THE LIGHTHOUSE IN WINTER HAVEN. AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, HE MET HIS VISION REHABILITATION TEACHER, FABIAN. FABIAN REASSURED HIM THAT BLINDNESS IS NOT LIMITING. FABIAN TAUGHT HIM HOW TO DO EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. NOW CALVIN CAN MANAGE IN HIS KITCHEN AND EVEN CLEAN HIS HOUSE. OUR ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY INSTRUCTOR, MARK, WORKED WITH HIM TO ENSURE THAT HE CAN WALK SAFELY AROUND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. CALVIN WENT FROM BEING DEVASTATED BY THE EFFECTS OF COVID TO BEING ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND IS IMMENSELY GREATFUL FOR THE SKILLS FABIAN AND MARK TAUGHT HIM. 818784 2706182 true true false false false false false false false false true true false false true false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 false 61 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 17 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false FL X SHERYL BROWN 8132512407 1106 WEST PLATT STREET 1106 WEST PLATT STREET TAMPA FL 33606 X SHERYL K BROWN CEO & PRESID 40.00 X 121376 0 0 ERIC SCHULTHEIS CFO 40.00 X 95159 0 4927 FELICIA BLANCO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEON BRADLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RAMSEY CHABBAR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW DAHL CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MATTHEW FERNANDEZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID FINGER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTEN HERRICK-FEAZELL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KRISTIN JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ED LOCKE JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAELA LERNER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA SMITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TRACY STROMBERG TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LIZBETH STROTHER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TINA THOMAS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TAMARA WEST DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHELLY-ANN WILSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT YOUNG VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 216535 4927 3 false false false 95702 14250 1876433 465757 2452142 EQUIPMENT SET-UP AND REPAIR 624310 70148 70148 70148 98086 98086 121059 121059 121059 121059 47433 14250 22514 24919 49142 38446 10696 10696 MISC REV 12364 12364 12364 2789414 93208 219145 216535 180275 20608 15652 1671573 1391662 159085 120826 199285 169339 16544 13402 152388 127016 14093 11279 23704 23704 30739 14357 16382 284561 252197 19539 12825 14160 13625 126 409 105522 85477 15960 4085 131133 99053 22192 9888 VEHICLE EXPENSE 266908 266539 131 238 SUPPLIES/POSTAGE 59631 52724 3533 3374 DUES/SUBSCRIPTIONS/AWARDS 23513 21670 962 881 CONTRACT LABOR 22289 21569 720 30454 25036 1778 3640 3232395 2706182 313332 212881 212233 97378 86417 213249 60900 48914 3623204 1789968 1901265 1833236 3088396 3209273 878124 781574 25817 1625 6253152 6185249 268154 243750 14848 14848 283002 258598 X 5970150 5921551 5100 5970150 5926651 6253152 6185249 -442981 399482 X false true X true false X 2578994 2802937 3029411 2636251 2452142 13499735 2578994 2802937 3029411 2636251 2452142 13499735 13499735 218263 123808 183050 201656 219145 945922 14445657 179087 0.93450 0.89670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 264860 264860 3055025 1522931 1532094 181066 151031 30035 122253 116006 6247 1833236 MONEY MARKET FUNDS 781574 F 781574 DEPOSITS 14848 14848 3188896 399482 399482 2789414 2789414 3232395 3232395 3232395 DINING IN THE D 38404 7250 31154 16855 WHITE CANE WALK 23279 7000 16279 5659 61683 14250 47433 22514 22514 24919 FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND & LOW VISION FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D EXPENSES 265,784 EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR SCHOOL READINESS, IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 60 CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS, RECEIVED TRAINING AT HOME, PRESCHOOL OR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO PREPARE THEM WITH SKILLS NEEDED FOR KINDERGARTEN. EXPENSES 52,003 LOW VISION AIDS AND APPLIANCES PROVIDES A DIRECT SOURCE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CLIENTS TO PURCHASE ADAPTIVE AIDS THAT WILL HELP ENABLE THEM TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. EXPENSES 488,431 THE TRANSITION PROGRAM ASSISTS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH TO BE READY TO WORK, GO TO COLLEGE OR ATTEND A TECHNICAL SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL. 55 TEENS RECEIVED TRAINING IN CAREER EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR WORK UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. EXPENSES 12,566 THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS BY OFFERING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO VISION LOSS. THE COUNSELOR, WHOM IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING FORWARD IN THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY. ADJUSTMENT TRAINING SUCCESS STORY: MEET CALVIN SNYDER FOR YEARS, CALVIN WORKED 55-60-HOUR WEEKS AT ADLER TANK RENTALS IN AUBURNDALE. HIS WORLD CHANGED ON MAY 7TH WHEN HE HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. CALVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE COVID. PRIOR TO COVID, CALVIN DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR AND TOOK NO MEDICATION. AFTER COVID, HE WAS LEFT WITH HEART, LUNG AND NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. THEN THE COVID AFFECTED HIS EYES. AFTER SEEING OPHTHALMOLOGISTS IN WINTER HAVEN, HE WAS SENT TO SEBRING AND THEN BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE IN MIAMI. HE LOST ALL VISION IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND AFTER LASER SURGERY, HE HAS LIMITED VISION IN HIS LEFT EYE. HIS DOCTOR REFERRED HIM TO THE LIGHTHOUSE IN WINTER HAVEN. AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, HE MET HIS VISION REHABILITATION TEACHER, FABIAN. FABIAN REASSURED HIM THAT BLINDNESS IS NOT LIMITING. FABIAN TAUGHT HIM HOW TO DO EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. NOW CALVIN CAN MANAGE IN HIS KITCHEN AND EVEN CLEAN HIS HOUSE. OUR ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY INSTRUCTOR, MARK, WORKED WITH HIM TO ENSURE THAT HE CAN WALK SAFELY AROUND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. CALVIN WENT FROM BEING DEVASTATED BY THE EFFECTS OF COVID TO BEING ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND IS IMMENSELY GREATFUL FOR THE SKILLS FABIAN AND MARK TAUGHT HIM. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE PRESIDENT & CEO'S SALARY IS SET AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AFTER REVIEW OF AN INDEPENDENT SALARY STUDY OF ALL AGENCIES SERVING THE BLIND. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW AN INDEPENDENT SALARY STUDY OF ALL AGENCIES SERVING THE BLIND WHEN PREPARING AND APPROVING SALARIES FOR THE BUDGET EACH YEAR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES IT'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VII CURRENT HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE - VERONICA WHITE, COLUMN D 86,272, COLUMN F 13,739