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Charity Rating: Perkins School For The Blind

   Oct 25, 2024

Perkins School For The Blind is Top-Rated by CharityWatch based on our analysis of its fiscal year ended June 30th, 2023 consolidated audited financial statements and the IRS tax Forms 990 of the two legal entities contained therein: Perkins School For The Blind and John Milton School For The Blind.  


CharityWatch determined that Perkins School For The Blind spent 74% of its $96 million cash budget on programs in fiscal 2023 and kept its overhead spending down to 26% of total expenses. That year it cost the charity $22 to raise each $100 in cash support. CharityWatch assigned Perkins School For The Blind a rating of “B+” on our A+ to F rating scale for fiscal 2023.

According to the Perkins School for the Blind (PSB) consolidated audit of June 30, 2023 (Note 1, Organization):

"Perkins School for the Blind (the 'School') provides educational programs, services, and products to individuals who are blind, deafblind, or multi-impaired, and their parents and teachers. These services include the manufacture and distribution of educational products which is an integral part of the School's operations. The School's consolidated financial statements include a separate subsidiary of The John Milton Society for the Blind... All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation."

View CharityWatch’s complete rating of Perkins School For The Blind, including top three salaries, governance and transparency benchmarks, privacy policy, and analysts’ notes.

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