Provides eye exams, glasses, and surgery to disadvantaged people needing sight care.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $353K in revenue, $366K in expenses, and $794K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$353K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$366K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$794K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$13K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
63%
21%
17%
Program services $0.63 Management & general $0.21 Fundraising $0.17
Program efficiency
63%
of spending reaches programs▼ -7% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
13.9mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -55% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-4%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -108% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$353K
FY2024▼ -31%
$514K$257K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$366K
FY2024▲ +31%
$366K$183K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$794K
FY2024▼ -2%
$807K$404K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$0
FY2024
$22K$11K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$353K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$366K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$794K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$13K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$794K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B63%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $229K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Providing vision screenings, eye exams, eyeglasses, and cataract surgeries to poverty stricken people in the upstate of South Carolina. Care provided for 2024 was as follows: 1,101 eye exams; over 1,000 eyeglasses/readers; 1,060 people screened; and 193 cataract surgeries.
$192Kprogram expense
02
Providing eye exams, vision screenings, eyeglasses and cataract surgeries in third world poverty stricken locations. In 2024 trips included El Salvador, Egypt, and Kenya; 1037 screenings and 2,199 exams were completed.
$31Kprogram expense
03
Providing eyeglass dispense training to mission groups along with supplying eyeglasses/readers. Over 2,500 screenings/readers were provided during trips that included Honduras, Guatemala, Uganda and Peru.
Amy Evette’s $68K as Executive Director
is at the 52nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 901 $100K–1M diseases & disorders nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Amy Evette · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $366K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $0 · Total expenses $366K
0%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
63%
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Overhead ratio
21%
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Fundraising cost ratio
19%
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Revenue growth
-31%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
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Fundraising fee ratio
0%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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