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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC

Arlington, Virginia·EIN 13-5562161·NTEE P860 · Human Services·3
Total revenue
$9.6M
Total assets
$35.1M
Total expenses
$5.7M
Reported officers
34
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND (AFB) IS TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPAND POSSIBILITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief HR & Planning Officer
key employee
$285k
$313k
Base
$222k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Chief Public Policy&research Officer
key employee
$241k
$264k
Base
$190k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Chief Technology & Programs Officer
key employee
$240k
$263k
Base
$198k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Vp, Finance & Business Services
vice president
$233k
$255k
Base
$189k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
President & CEO (as of April 2023)
$205k
$225k
Base
$178k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Director, Di Innovation
highest compensated employee
$146k
$160k
Chief Program Off (thru June 2023)
highest compensated employee
$138k
$152k
Director of Research
highest compensated employee
$125k
$137k
Director, Business Dev.& Strategy
highest compensated employee
$122k
$133k
Assistant Vp, Communications
vice president
$118k
$129k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 24 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Human Services

Down 5%
from 2022

From $302k in 2022 to $285k in 2023.

$302k
2022
$285k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$341k to $313k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.6M
$7.7M
2022
$9.6M
$5.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Human Services executives earn in Virginia

Comparable human services organizations in Virginia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,892.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$76,892
75th percentile
$119k
90th percentile
$179k

These are human services sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 186 organizations across 186 filings (2021 – 2023).

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