Visions/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Lobbying client

A New York City nonprofit, incorporated in 1926, that helps blind and visually impaired people live independently through in-home rehabilitation training, job placement, assistive-technology instruction and other citywide services. It provides social and recreational programming at Selis Manor, the West 23rd Street supportive-housing building for blind and physically disabled New Yorkers, under a long-running service contract with the building's owner. It filed one lobbying disclosure in 2026, registered citywide, on budget support for that housing project, with $7.8 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 ($27.6 million in contracts since 2013).

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2021)
1
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$7,849,938 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$27,592,958 · 31 since 2013, incl. expired
Paid to date
$18,251,474
Won without a fresh bid
57% of contract value · $15,856,342 · 26 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$2,515,237 · 316 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$409,996 · Nancy D Miller, Executive Director/ CEO (Until 3/24)
Based in
New York, NY

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

Funded by these council members

City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +88% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

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