Our Purpose

The objects and purposes for which this Corporation is formed and is to be administered

are exclusively to promote and support charitable, scientific, literary and educational

organizations and activities including, without limitation, the following:

(a) Undertaking research studies and producing whitepapers which analyze the

impact of legacy operating systems, hardware, application software, websites, and

assistive technologies on the ability of blind or visually impaired individuals to

fully participate in employment;

(b) Undertaking research studies and producing whitepapers which evaluate the

impact of emerging technologies and modalities on the ability of blind or visually

impaired individuals to fully participate in employment;

(c) Funding and engaging in foundational research into the current state and

evolution of accessibility tools, standards, strategies, and tactics, on the ability of

blind or visually impaired individuals to fully participate in employment;

(d) Developing applications to safely, easily, and effectively capture and transmit the

experiences—both triumphs and challenges—of blind or visually impaired users

across operating systems, hardware, application software, websites, assistive

technologies, and emerging technology modalities;

(e) Developing educational materials and programs to educate blind and visually

impaired professionals as well as any non-profit entities that serve them;

(f) Identifying partners within the blind and visually impaired community and to

distribute grants for research to support them; and

(g) Engaging in any other lawful activities including those necessary, proper or

convenient for the accomplishment of any one or more of the purposes stated

above, and to exercise all powers and rights now or hereafter conferred on

nonprofit corporations under the laws of the state of Ohio which are in

furtherance of the purposes for which it was formed.