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ADDITIONALLY, OVER 3,900 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED INFORMATION OR REFERRAL, ATTENDED OR PARTICIPATED IN AN EVENT, TOUR OR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, OR VISITED OUR ON-SITE STORE. 678937 SERVICE CONTRACTS: PROVIDED REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY TO 625 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED. 158 VISUALLY IMPARIED VETERANS RECEIVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE IN THEIR HOME TO USE THEIR COMPUTER OR IPAD. 650041 VOCATIONAL SERVICES: PROVIDES JOB PLACEMENT AND COMPUTER TRAINING TO BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPARIED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BECOME EMPLOYED IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. 66 ADULTS RECEIVED TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR EMPLOYMENT. 1104180 EXPENSES 332,273 EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR SCHOOL READINESS, IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 43 CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS, RECEIVED TRAINING AT HOME, PRESCHOOL OR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO PREPARE THEM WITH SKILLS NEEDED FOR KINDERGARTEN. 15 CHILDREN, FROM 5 TO 13, IN THE CHILDRENS PROGRAM. EXPENSES 52,656 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 664,376 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. 48 TEENS RECEIVED TRAINING IN CAREER EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR WORK UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. EXPENSES 10,817 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. TRANSITION PROGRAM SUCCESS STORY: WHEN CHRIS LOST HIS SIGHT HE WAS EXTREMELY AFRAID. HOWEVER, WITH THE HELP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE HE IS NOW ABLE TO UTILIZE A WHITE CANE TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ESPECIALLY LIKES GOING TO THE GYM WHENEVER HE WANTS. HE SAID THAT HE HAS GONE FROM "FEAR TO EXCITEMENT." THIS STATEMENT REPRESENTS HOW SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR SIGHT AND HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS. THE LIGHTHOUSE ALLEVIATED THE FEAR AND CREATES PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE WITH NEW SKILLS AND ENHANCES CONFIDENCE. ONE TIME HE WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND WE ASKED HIM, "DO YOU FEEL SAFE?" HE RESPONDED, "I FEEL SAFER NOW THAN I DID BEFORE." HE UTILITZES HIS WHITE CANE AND HAS LEARNED TO USE ALL HIS SENSES TO TAKE BACK COMMAND OF HIS WORLD. HE ALSO NOW HAS A SERVICE DOG THAT ASSISTS HIM IN HELPING HIM NAVIGATE HIS COMMUNITY. 1104180 3097534 true true false false false false false false false false true true false true 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 7 0 false 52 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 14 14 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 X SHERYL K BROWN CEO & PRESID 40.00 X 123897 0 0 ERIC SCHULTHEIS CFO 40.00 X 104210 0 0 VERONICA G WHITE DIRECTOR OF 40.00 X 104210 0 0 DAVID FERGUSON DIRECTOR OF 40.00 X 102166 0 0 CHASE BACON VICE CHAIR X 0 0 0 FELICIA BLANCO DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 MATTHEW FERNANDEZ TREASURER X X 0 0 0 KRISTEN HERRICK-FEAZELL SECRETARY X X 0 0 0 KAELA LERNER DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ANGEL RODRIGUEZ DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 KIMBERLY ROSE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 DONNA SMITH DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 LIZBETH STROTHER DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 TINA THOMAS DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 TAMARA WEST DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 SHELLY-ANN WILSON DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 SCOTT YOUNG CHAIR X X 0 0 0 434483 4 false false false 95183 2167695 927403 3190281 EQUIPMENT SET-UP AND REPAIR 624310 93729 93729 93729 112778 112778 130978 130978 130978 130978 45957 6028 39929 53229 31362 21867 21867 MISC REV 8645 8645 8645 3598207 124241 243756 2035175 1714387 162508 158280 226850 190680 17373 18797 172935 147739 12671 12525 22333 22333 58039 40056 17983 346491 309741 18941 17809 12261 10970 697 594 111145 94023 13473 3649 106670 80506 18136 8028 VEHICLE EXPENSE 311571 310395 26 1150 SUPPLIES/POSTAGE 113851 106490 4408 2953 CONTRACT LABOR 94368 94368 DUES/SUBSCRIPTIONS/AWARDS 21480 18528 887 2065 23037 19707 1140 2190 3656206 3097534 312649 246023 195384 239754 220213 328218 51693 55954 3727701 2010549 1790404 1717152 3427695 3822662 490659 459577 546482 6176048 7169799 304138 396892 546482 14848 14848 318986 958222 X 5857062 6029825 181752 5857062 6211577 6176048 7169799 -57999 412514 X false true X true false X 3029411 2636251 2452142 2541707 3190281 13849792 3029411 2636251 2452142 2541707 3190281 13849792 13849792 183050 201656 219145 243254 243756 1090861 14940653 558891 0.92700 0.93270 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 264860 264860 3099431 1689474 1409957 197260 177810 19450 166150 143265 22885 1717152 MONEY MARKET FUNDS 459577 F 459577 LEASE RECEIVABLE 546482 546482 DEPOSITS 14848 14848 4010721 412514 412514 3598207 3598207 3656206 3656206 3656206 WHITE CANE WALK 45957 45957 6028 45957 45957 6028 6028 39929 FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND & LOW VISION FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D EXPENSES 332,273 EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR SCHOOL READINESS, IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 43 CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS, RECEIVED TRAINING AT HOME, PRESCHOOL OR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO PREPARE THEM WITH SKILLS NEEDED FOR KINDERGARTEN. 15 CHILDREN, FROM 5 TO 13, IN THE CHILDRENS PROGRAM. EXPENSES 52,656 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 664,376 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. 48 TEENS RECEIVED TRAINING IN CAREER EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR WORK UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. EXPENSES 10,817 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. TRANSITION PROGRAM SUCCESS STORY: WHEN CHRIS LOST HIS SIGHT HE WAS EXTREMELY AFRAID. HOWEVER, WITH THE HELP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE HE IS NOW ABLE TO UTILIZE A WHITE CANE TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ESPECIALLY LIKES GOING TO THE GYM WHENEVER HE WANTS. HE SAID THAT HE HAS GONE FROM "FEAR TO EXCITEMENT." THIS STATEMENT REPRESENTS HOW SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR SIGHT AND HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS. THE LIGHTHOUSE ALLEVIATED THE FEAR AND CREATES PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE WITH NEW SKILLS AND ENHANCES CONFIDENCE. ONE TIME HE WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND WE ASKED HIM, "DO YOU FEEL SAFE?" HE RESPONDED, "I FEEL SAFER NOW THAN I DID BEFORE." HE UTILITZES HIS WHITE CANE AND HAS LEARNED TO USE ALL HIS SENSES TO TAKE BACK COMMAND OF HIS WORLD. HE ALSO NOW HAS A SERVICE DOG THAT ASSISTS HIM IN HELPING HIM NAVIGATE HIS COMMUNITY. 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.