Akron Blind Center & Workshop Inc

“Organization's process to review form 990 is by the executive director and then provided to the trustees prior to filling”

“Enforcement of Conflicts Policy The Executive Director and Trustees monitor the organization for conflicts of interest and potential conflicts are addressed by trustees.”

“Compensation Process for Top Official. The Compensation of the Executive Director is determined, approved and documented by the Board of Directors based on comparable wage market studies and performance related factors.”

“Governing Documents Disclosure Explanation No Documents available to the public.”

“Governing Documents Disclosure Explanation No documents available to the public”

“Organization's Mission or Most Significant Activities The Akron Blind Center is a nationally unique membership-based, nonprofit (34-0742708), non-government funded organization that provides services, programs, resources and classes for blind and low vision individuals in Summit, Medina, and surrounding counties. Our Center gives purpose, achievement, worth and hope to people. We have been carefully screened by charitable registries to ensure we re good stewards of funds. Please note that we have separate accounts for operations / overhead and programing, to which any donation would safely and exclusively earmarked.”

“The Akron Blind Center has many youth programs for low vision and blind children. We offer a braille program for students to take over the summer. We also sponsor kids to attend a summer camp for the blind and visually impaired. We have a social program so they can be with like challenged individuals and parents can network to know they are not alone. A backpack program provides materials and resources specifically for visually impaired primary school children. A special scholarship program is available for college students who qualify according to impairment needs. We have a mentor program which involves a youth or recently sight impaired individual being paired with a non-sighted member to learn the ropes and have support. Our motto is "We Can and We Will!" The Akron Blind Center has adult classes during the week. Classes include Braille, computer (with screen reading programs), keyboard and braille typing, wellness, exercise, crafting, current events, support/focus groups, skills training, music classes and much more! We currently offer our classes weekly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.”