2026-06-25T12:56:03-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 237092677 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NORTH CAROLINA NATI 7043027308 137 Kristens Court Drive Mooresville NC 28118 Sharon Weddington President 7043027308 2026-06-24 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 53483 X 50059 0 2840 4 0 0 0 0 580 0 580 0 0 0 0 53483 11787 0 0 895 0 0 19067 31749 21734 131494 0 153228 131494 153228 0 0 0 0 131494 153228 0 0 131494 153228 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. 3166 4389 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. 8622 27060 31449 Sharon Weddington President 10 0 0 0 Larry Herring First Vice President 2 0 0 0 Marlon Stover Second Vice President 2 0 0 0 Seth Lamkin Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Liz Arcabascio Secretary 2 0 0 0 Allen Grant Board Member 2 0 0 0 Gloria Thomas Board Member 2 0 0 0 Angela Haynes Board Member 2 0 0 0 Jerry Moreno Board Member 2 0 0 0 Robert Parrish Board Member 2 0 0 0 Donna Permar Board Member 2 0 0 0 Vernon Richmond Board Member 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Seth Lamkin 5418 Fortunes Ridge Drive Durham NC 27713 9199230140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 22557 37078 28666 54669 52899 195869 3725 5411 9455 6908 580 26079 26282 42489 38121 61577 53479 221948 221948 5 2 6 4 4 21 5 2 6 4 4 21 26287 42491 38127 61581 53483 221969 0.99991 0.9999 0.00009 0.0001 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $300 - 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. $1,640 - National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. For nationwide programs to assist the blind. $6,331 - 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 $673 - Supplies, $3,173 - Travel, $13,541 - Conference, Convention, & Meetings, $230 - Information Technology, $1,449 - Other Expenses