2025-03-21T09:25:10-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 237039334 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF IDAHO NATI 2083453906 1320 E Washington Street Boise ID 83712 Dana Ard President 2083453906 2025-03-21 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X nfbidaho.org X X 53293 X 52712 0 581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53293 11728 0 0 2307 0 525 24157 38717 14576 42878 12 57466 42878 57466 0 0 0 0 42878 57466 0 0 42878 57466 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, these activities potentially benefit more than half a million blind people in the country. 0 1950 Program B: Specialized Programs and Services - 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. 11728 36451 38401 Dana Ard President 10 0 0 0 Sandy Streeter First Vice President 2 0 0 0 Shane Ostermeier Second Vice President 2 0 0 0 Susan Bradley Secretary 2 0 0 0 Don Winiecki Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Vickie Bateman Board Member 2 0 0 0 Megan Geisler Board Member 2 0 0 0 Natalie Morgan Board Member 2 0 0 0 Fawn Owens Board Member 2 0 0 0 Allison Steven Board Member 2 0 0 0 TJ Squires Board Member 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ID Don Winiecki 1422 E Woodvine Court Boise ID 83706 2085718096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 53293 53293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53293 53293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53293 53293 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $400 -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. $1,200 - National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. For nationwide programs to assist the blind. $10,128 - 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 $292 - Supplies, $4,320 - Travel, $17,029 - Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings, $245 - Information Technology, and $2,270 - Other Expenses. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Rounding issue.