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Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic®
National Headquarters
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
866-RFBD-585 (866-732-3585)

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The cover of the 2007 Annual Report featuring a photo of a high-jumper.

2007 Annual Report

Reaching New Heights

Download a PDF version of our complete annual report

Printed and accessible versions of RFB&D's annual report are also available. Our 2007 Annual Report accessible CD contains a recorded version and a Word-format version. To request a printed version or the accessible CD, please send your request to: Annual Report Requests

View RFB&D’s latest Quick Facts and Figures for Fiscal Year 2007
(NOTE: These figures supercede the figures in the 2006 Annual Report)

View RFB&D's most current 990 form

Support & Revenue Expenses
Balance Sheet RFB&D Record
of Service
RFB&D Active Members RFB&D Volunteers
National Board of Directors Directors Emeriti
Spotlight Stories

Sources and Uses of Funds
(For the Year Ending June 30, 2007)

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Sources of Support and Revenue Dollar Amounts
Donated Services*
$16,716,082
Contributions and private grants
$10,576,309
Legacies and Trusts
$2,703,701
Government Grants and Contracts
$3,037,845
Special Events
$954,124
Interest and Dividends
$1,000,109
Fees and Product Sales
$11,849,714
Other Revenues
$596,742

TOTAL REVENUE and other support: $47,434,626

* Donated Services represents the value of volunteer services ($16,329,494) devoted to recording new books and other services, and donated space ($386,588).

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EXPENSES

Program Services
Dollar Amount
Recording Studio
$22,180,305
Services Coordination
$18,222,681
Production
$6,721,741

Supporting Services

Dollar Amount

Administration
$6,969,441
Fundraising
$4,997,505
Public Affairs
$1,810,376


TOTAL EXPENSES:   $60,902,049

"Volunteering is a way for anyone to put on a cape and be a superhero to others - even if it's in a small way. You never know what kind of positive impact you can have on the world - and you don't need a shiny costume to do it!"

Matthew Atherton
RFB&D Volunteer and Donor, California

Audited financial statements are available upon request.

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COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2007
Dollar Amounts

Total Assets

$79,163,711

Total Liabilities

$8,437,538

Net Assets

$70,726,173


June 30, 2006
Dollar Amounts

Total Assets

$79,559,741

Total Liabilities

$3,521,850

Net Assets

$76,037,891

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RECORD OF SERVICE

"Finding RFB&D gave me the tools to find my personal learning style and gain the confidence to persevere."

Christine Saxer
RFB&D member, Kansas


RFB&D had 502,501 analog and digital books in circulation FY2007.

RFB&D's CV Starr Learning Through Listening® Library currently houses 153,027 analog and digital books.

RFB&D produced 6,189 new digital books in FY2007.

RFB&D handled 285,128 requests for service in FY2007.

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"Ever since I became an RFB&D member, I can read what I want when I want. I truly appreciate the great support for those of us who have print disabilities."

Yuki Nagasawa
RFB&D member, California

RFB&D ACTIVE MEMBERS

RFB&D served 185,235 members (individual and institutional) in FY2007.

RFB&D had 36,283 members who are blind or visually impaired in FY2007.

RFB&D had 140,917 members with learning disabilities in FY2007.

RFB&D had 2,494 members with multiple disabilities in FY2007.

RFB&D had 5,541 members with physical disabilities in FY2007.

RFB&D served 71,251 elementary school students in FY2007.

RFB&D served 66,823 high school students in FY2007.

RFB&D served 34,825 undergraduate students in FY2007.

RFB&D served 12,336 members classified as graduate students/non-students in FY2007.

A full 77 percent of RFB&D's expenses go toward program-related services.

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RFB&D VOLUNTEERS

RFB&D had 7,071 volunteers in FY2007.

"I owe so much to RFB&D and now also see the big difference it makes for my own students."

Anne Gaddy
RFB&D member, South Carolina

RFB&D volunteers contributed 388,935 hours in FY2007.*

* Includes total hours of donated services, plus all other volunteer hours.

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RFB&D NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS (as of December 2007)

Richard V. Cox, PhD, Chairman
Celeste V. Lopes, Esq., Vice Chairman
Deborah C. Brittain, Secretary
James Golubieski, Treasurer

John B. Carew
Peter C. Erichsen
Kettner J. F. Griswold
Brad Grob
William Harral III
Andrew Hofer
Chip Hughes
Thomas J. Keleher
David Kurman
Marshall Loeb
James P. Marks
Joseph D. McCarthy
Mary Lou McGee
Barbara S. Meek
Carol R. Scheman
Stephen M. Siegel
Michael C. Singley
S. Bleecker Totten

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DIRECTORS EMERITI

Arminda J. Castles
John W. Castles III
Allen H. Merrill

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