Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences' mission is to serve the blind and visually impaired residents of Washington state with access to arts events and to develop creative opportunities for blind and visually impaired people. AVIA provides access services for the arts, implements programs that involve visually impaired people in the creation of art, and operates information systems that reach visually impaired people.
- Income
- $34,373
- Spending
- $20,804
- Reserves
- 26.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 94%
- Highest pay
- $1,378, treasurer
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $3,547 spent. Access Services: : AVIA provided access including audio descriptions for new gallery installations by Jeff Rick, Tokio Florist, and Romson Bustillo at Jack Straw Cultural Center. Services for Jack Straw installations also included orientation training on blind issues for staff, artists, and interns. AVIA also provided assistance to Jack Straw to select and purchase a Braille embosser and cart and provided training to Jack Straw staff on its use to create Braille documents.
- $4,071 spent. The Blind Youth Audio Project: For the 27th year of this audio program for youth, AVIA and Jack Straw Cultural Center provided training and small group experiences with creative audio techniques including performances in music and radio theater acting, voice training, recording, mixing, editing, and production. High school students from throughout Washington State worked with artists to create, perform, and record radio drama and music on themes, challenges, and common misconceptions of blindness. Services also included orientation training on blind issues for staff, artists, and interns. AVIA and Jack Straw also began a new poetry and song program for elementary school age blind students. Teaching artists from our Blind Youth summer program and a former Blind Youth student worked with the students
- $8,435 spent. Gallery Workshops for Youth and Families: AVIA and Jack Straw Cultural Center presented a series of accessible workshops for blind and visually impaired students, sighted friends, and families. The workshops were designed in tandem with Jack Straw New Media Gallery installations to provide students and families with more understanding of each installation. Students worked with professional installation artists, writers, actors, musicians, and a legally blind audio engineer to create soundscapes, stories, and tactile art. The workshops included accessible accommodations including audio description, Braille, and orientation training on blind issues for staff, artists, and interns.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1996.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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