2025-03-21T14:20:44-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 237320426 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF CONNECTICUT NATI 8602891971 25 East Normandy Drive West Hartford CT 06107 Maryanne Melley President 4106599314 2025-03-21 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 125409 X 124563 0 825 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125409 32764 0 28063 0 0 7012 45896 113735 11674 193961 0 205635 X 194948 206412 0 0 0 0 194948 206412 987 777 193961 205635 Self-help for the blind 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 23719 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. 32764 74463 98182 Maryanne Melley President 10 0 0 0 Nathanael Wales First Vice President 2 0 0 0 Mary Silverberg Second Vice President 2 0 0 0 Cheri Duquette Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Becky Ireland Secretary 2 0 0 0 Veronica Alston Board Member 2 0 0 0 Allison Arbuckle Board Member 2 0 0 0 Melissa Thompson Board Member 2 0 0 0 Deborah Reed Board Member 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CT Cheri Duquette 2014 Matthews Street 86 Bristol CT 06010 8603066567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 97140 114330 148470 113654 125388 598982 0 2840 1754 300 0 4894 97140 117170 150224 113954 125388 603876 603876 26 25 21 21 21 114 26 25 21 21 21 114 97166 117195 150245 113975 125409 603990 0.99981 0.99981 0.00019 0.00019 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $800 - 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. $10,535 - National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. For nationwide programs to assist the blind. $21,429 - 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 $11,299 - Payroll Taxes, $435 - Supplies, $879 - Telephone, $3,839 - Postage & Shipping, $8,802 - Travel, $15,999 - Conferences, Conventions, & Meetings, $424 - Information Technology, and $4,219 - Other Expenses. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Payroll tax liability.