BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC (EIN 55-0888147)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-01-28
IRS object ID: 201110289349300316
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-01-28T14:24:21-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TATTERSALL & TATTERSALL PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	668 N ORLANDO AVE STE 1007	AddressLine1
City	MAITLAND	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	327514460	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	550888147	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	FLORIDA INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BLIN	NameControl
Phone	4072106607	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4700 MILLENIA BLVD	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 175	AddressLine2
City	ORLANDO	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32839	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KEENAN L KNOPKE	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	4072106607	Phone
Date Signed	2011-01-26	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BRIAN MCGRAW CPA	Name
Phone	4078942272	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-01-28	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	KEENAN L KNOPKE	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson
Gross Receipts	459760	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.FLORIDABLINDSERVICES.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS A DIRECT-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION TO THE DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDER CHAPTER 617, FLORIDA STATUE, WHICH IS ORGANIZED TO RAISE FUNDS, REQUEST AND RECEIVE GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND PERSONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TO MAKE EXPENDITURES TO OR FOR THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND FOR BLIND PERSONS IN THE THE STATE OF FLORIDA	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	6	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	2	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	70	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	88686	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	51967	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	29515	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	26185	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	-143167	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	-61615	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	114871	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	17250	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	32295	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	6003	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	78067	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	47272	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	101320	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	79567	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-162935	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	35304	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	421815	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	478259	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	421815	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	478259	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS A DIRECT-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION TO THE DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDER CHAPTER 617, FLORIDA STATUE, WHICH IS ORGANIZED TO RAISE FUNDS, REQUEST AND RECEIVE GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND PERSONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TO MAKE EXPENDITURES TO OR FOR THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND FOR BLIND PERSONS IN THE THE STATE OF FLORIDA	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	75589	Expense
Description	TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO THE BLIND WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO GAIN OR SUBSTAIN INDEPENDENCE. ENDOWMENT INVESTMENT FUND ESTABLISHED TO FUND FUTURE PROGRAM EXPENSES FROM INCOME GENERATED FROM THE FUND. FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ESTABLISHES THE POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND INCLUDING REVIEW OF THE FUND PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR AND PROPER ALLOCATION OF INVESTMENTS IN THE ENDOWMENT FUND. FINANCE COMMITEE ALSO RECOMMENDS FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE SPENT FOR PROGRAM EXPENSES WITH APPROPRIATE EXPENDITURE DOCUMENTS FROM THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE AND/OR RECIPIENT.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	75589	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	2	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	6	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CRAIG KISER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4072106607	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4700 MILLENIA BLVD	AddressLine1
City	ORLANDO	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32839	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek
KEENAN L KNOPKE
CHAIRMAN	X	X	0	0	0
RAE K CAPEN
DIRECTOR	X		0	0	0
SYLVIA K RICE
DIRECTOR	X		0	0	0
DONNA M ROSS
DIRECTOR	X		0	0	0
JOYCE HILDRETH
DIRECTOR	X		0	0	0
STEVE BRAGIN
DIRECTOR	X		0	0	0
CRAIG KISER
CEO		X	15000	0	0	20.00

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	15000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	88686	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	88686	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	8644	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	551	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$8,093	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	362430	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	344889	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	17541	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	17541	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	17541	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	114871	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	18092	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$8,093	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15000	Total
Program Services	14250	ProgramServices
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15000	Total
Program Services	14250	ProgramServices
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2295	Total
Program Services	2180	ProgramServices
Management And General	115	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	603	Total
Program Services	573	ProgramServices
Management And General	30	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3186	Total
Program Services	3027	ProgramServices
Management And General	159	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4458	Total
Program Services	4235	ProgramServices
Management And General	223	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	300	Total
Program Services	285	ProgramServices
Management And General	15	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2761	Total
Program Services	2623	ProgramServices
Management And General	138	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3962	Total
Program Services	3764	ProgramServices
Management And General	198	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17556	Total
Program Services	16678	ProgramServices
Management And General	878	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8964	Total
Program Services	8516	ProgramServices
Management And General	448	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
PRINTING	1153	1095	58
NFB EVENT	1004	954	50
INSURANCE:LIABILITY	783	744	39
PAYROLL FEES	735	698	37
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	500	475	25

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1307	Total
Program Services	1242	ProgramServices
Management And General	65	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	79567	Total
Program Services	75589	ProgramServices
Management And General	3978	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8456	BOY
EOY	17311	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23414	BOY
EOY	23370	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	15241	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	8964	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1169	BOY
EOY	6277	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	376776	BOY
EOY	419301	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12000	BOY
EOY	12000	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	421815	BOY
EOY	478259	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	421815	BOY
EOY	478259	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	421815	BOY
EOY	478259	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	421815	BOY
EOY	478259	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	600100	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	87530	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	63722	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	52037	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	88686	CurrentTaxYear
Total	892075	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	534	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	634	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	551	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1719	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	600100	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	87530	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	64256	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	52671	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	89237	CurrentTaxYear
Total	893794	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	893794	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17594	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	22258	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	29515	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	8093	CurrentTaxYear
Total	79579	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17594	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	22258	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	29515	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	8093	CurrentTaxYear
Total	79579	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	602219	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	105124	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	86514	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	82186	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	97330	CurrentTaxYear
Total	973373	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.91820	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.08000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	15241	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	8964	Depreciation
Book Value	6277	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	6277	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS A DIRECT-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION TO THE DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDER CHAPTER 617, FLORIDA STATUE, WHICH IS ORGANIZED TO RAISE FUNDS, REQUEST AND RECEIVE GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND PERSONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TO MAKE EXPENDITURES TO OR FOR THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND FOR BLIND PERSONS IN THE THE STATE OF FLORIDA
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BLIND SERVICES FOUNDATION DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A METHOD OF ENFORCING ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION IS DECIDED ON AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A DULY NOTICED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	COMPENSATION IS DECIDED ON AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A DULY NOTICED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.