2025-06-06T08:30:43-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 410721641 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MINNESOTA INC NATI 6128729363 2801 Hennepin Avenue 126 Minneapolis MN 55408 Corbb O'Connor President 4106599314 2025-06-06 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Corbb O'Connor 2014 Montreal Avenue Saint Paul MN 55116 46560 0 X www.nfbmn.org X 1920 MN 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. 9 9 0 100 0 0 43861 39971 0 0 8307 6589 0 52168 46560 77978 14881 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52538 66763 130516 81644 -78348 -35084 498470 545894 0 273 498470 545621 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. 0 0 10835 0 0 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. 68185 14881 0 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. 0 0 0 79020 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 MN X X Jennifer Dunnam 6122032738 4800 Highway 7 Apt 405 St Louis Park MN 55416 X Corbb O'Connor President 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Steve Sawczyn Vice President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Dunnam Treasurer 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Steve Jacobson Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Dale Heltzer Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Kotuma Kamara Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Mike Colbrunn Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Jan Bailey Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Dave Andrews Secretary 2 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 915 0 0 0 39056 0 39971 0 6589 6589 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46560 6589 0 0 5586 5586 9295 9295 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6483 6063 420 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3794 3021 773 0 1407 1266 141 0 0 0 0 0 9400 9024 376 0 7469 7469 0 0 0 0 0 0 30805 30805 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7405 6491 914 0 81644 79020 2624 0 6609 2064 441583 493830 0 0 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50000 0 50000 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 498470 545894 0 273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 273 X 498470 545621 0 0 498470 545621 498470 545894 -35084 82234 0 0 1 0 X 0 0 0 X 37287 30938 33330 42113 39971 183639 1020 0 0 1748 240 3008 38307 30938 33330 43861 40211 186647 186647 8381 7648 8565 8307 6589 39490 8381 7648 8565 8307 6589 39490 46688 38586 41895 52168 46800 226137 0.82537 0.88628 0.17463 0.11372 X 0 0 0 0 50000 0 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50000 1 National Federation of the Blind 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore MD 21230 020259978 501c3 9295 0 Cash N/A To support nationwide blindness projects and programs. BLIND INC 100 East 22nd Street Minneapolis MN 55404 363518140 501c3 12000 0 Cash N/A Grant to support training programs for blind adults, teenagers, and children. 2 0 Educational Scholarships 2 4200 0 Cash Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Monitoring through various means as is appropriate to the type of service provided-personal contact and observation, written and oral reports, evaluation products and technology, academic achievement, effectiveness of services provided, etc. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Members of the organization are members of local chapters of the organization, which are membership organizations (a majority of whose voting members must be blind). Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Members of the organization, consisting of members of local chapters (a majority of whose voting members must be blind) elect the board of directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b The state convention is the supreme authority of the organization and has final authority with respect to all issues of policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The organization's final form 990 (including required schedules) was reviewed at a meeting of the board of directors (the organization's governing body) held prior to filing this 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Policy applies to all officers, directors, and family members of same. Full disclosure and board review of conflict or potential conflict requires; officer or board member involved in conflict or potential conflict may not participate in deliberations and decisions relating to it. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements, are available to the public upon request.