The goals of the NFB are to ensure opportunity, security and equality for all blind citizens.

• The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold-to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind.
• Members of the NFB strive to educate the public that the blind are normal individuals who can compete on terms of equality with their sighted peers.
• The NFB has created a wide array of services to blind and visually impaired persons of all ages.
• They provide public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind.
• In addition, they also assist with advocacy services and protection of civil rights, have created Job Opportunities for the Blind and Newsline for the Blind (newspaper by telephone), and they are actively developing and evaluating technology, and support for blind persons and their families.
• The NFB of Idaho awards scholarships each year, during the NFB of Idaho State Convention held in early spring, to blind students enrolling in college.