How We Operate
Chicago Lighthouse Industries operates as a social enterprise, providing industrial job training and continuous employment to people who are legally blind through the production of high-quality brand name consumer products for federal and commercial customers. We also perform subcontracting work for outside organizations.
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Our History
What began in 1906 as a subcontracting project for a basket-weaving shop is now called Chicago Lighthouse Industries, a sister agency to The Chicago Lighthouse with a mission focused on providing industrial job opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired. We began producing wall clocks in 1977 for sale to the federal government. To date, we have hand produced nearly 7 MILLION high quality clocks. Today our Industries program Assembles and Distributes a broad range of modern office products including monitor arms, ergonomic back and foot rests, monitor stands and keyboard trays; as well as calendars and erasable wall planners each and every one assembled with pride by people who are blind or visually impaired.
Board of Directors
Meet Our Team
AbilityOne
Chicago Lighthouse Industries is an associated agency of National Industries for the Blind (NIB) under the AbilityOne Program, established by the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act.