2026-06-04T14:34:40-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 237128352 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MISSOURI NATI 8166795258 7928 NW Milrey Drive Kansas City MO 64152 Shelia Wright President 8166795258 2026-06-04 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 47163 X 43252 800 920 2191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47163 22974 0 0 4487 0 3571 43980 75012 -27849 216041 1 188193 216041 188193 0 0 0 0 216041 188193 0 0 216041 188193 Self help for the blind. Program A: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, these activities potentially benefit more than half a million blind people in the country. 2770 8416 Program B: Provided scholarships to blind students. Provided direct assistance to individual blind persons to meet specific needs. Sponsored NFB BELL Academy and other youth and young adult programs to support blind children and students to learn Braille and explore science subjects using fun interactive methods. 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 NFB-NEWSLINE(R), a free digital talking newspaper service available by telephone and app 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. 20204 62916 71332 Shelia Wright President 10 0 0 0 Jenny Carmack First Vice President 2 0 0 0 Seyoon Choi Second Vice President 2 0 0 0 Carol Coulter Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Becky Boyer Secretary 2 0 0 0 Randy Carmack Corresponding Secretary 2 0 0 0 Board Member Eugene Coulter 2 0 0 0 Jeff Giffin Board Member 2 0 0 0 Janice Grisham Board Member 2 0 0 0 Tony Waterhouse-Leal Board Member 2 0 0 0 Dennis Miller Board Member 2 0 0 0 Dan Minor Board Member 2 0 0 0 Darrin Sherman Board Member 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MO Carol Coulter 1504 Furlong Drive Columbia MO 65202 5732683765 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 47890 23800 20749 77153 44972 214564 992 2857 6108 0 0 9957 48882 26657 26857 77153 44972 224521 224521 801 2971 220 6199 2191 12382 801 2971 220 6199 2191 12382 49683 29628 27077 83352 47163 236903 0.94773 0.94629 0.05227 0.05371 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $1,000 - Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. For its programs at the National Center for the Blind to assist blind persons throughout the nation. $7,350 - National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. For nationwide programs to assist the blind. $14,624 - Assistance to local chapters and blind persons to help them improve the quality of life for blind persons through programs and services. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 $2,567 - Supplies, $793 - Postage & Shipping, $14,878 - Travel, $22,886 - Conference, Convention, & Meetings, $230 - Information Technology, $2,626 - Other Expenses Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 $1 - rounding issue