Vision to Learn

Tax-deductible

Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)Since 2011Health CareEIN 45-3457853Revenue $28.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSvisiontolearn.org12100 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1275, 90025-7143 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Mar 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide free eye exams and glasses to students and low-income communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.3M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 67% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $244K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.0M
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$28.2M
+30% vs prior year
Spent
$25.5M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$19.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$28.2M
FY2025▲ +30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$11.2M
FY2021$15.0M
FY2022$15.9M
FY2023$20.2M
FY2024$21.6M
FY2025$28.2M
Expenses
$25.5M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.3M
FY2021$5.9M
FY2022$13.9M
FY2023$19.6M
FY2024$24.1M
FY2025$25.5M
Net assets
$19.0M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.1M
FY2021$16.3M
FY2022$18.3M
FY2023$18.9M
FY2024$16.3M
FY2025$19.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2012.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $20.8M Management & general 13% · $3.3M Fundraising 6% · $1.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$250,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Growth Officer
$220,054Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Advancement Officer
$180,911Pt VII · Sec A
Chief HR Officer
$168,148Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Staff & National Director
$167,475Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$154,937Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ann Hollister’s $250K as President & CEO is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ann Hollister$250,000$270,832$225,000$205,104——
Peter Silberman$220,054$157,853$140,473$135,417$110,000—
Ann Holister————$151,426$186,859
John Kim$180,911$184,545$165,231$151,330$143,764$157,636
Damian Carroll$167,475$169,375$145,000$130,000$106,667$135,417
Victoria Alba$168,148—————
Joan Chu Reese$154,937$161,965$150,000$119,167——
Jaya Shetty——$152,191$161,250$155,000$158,250

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $20.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Provide free eye exams and glasses to students in low income communities. Since its founding in 2012, vision to learn has provided over 3.8 million vision screenings (273,618 in the year ended june 30, 2025), over 787,000 eye exams (107,520 in the year ended june 30, 2025), and over 657,000 pairs of glasses (93,225 in the year ended june…

$20.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$28.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$121K
Money outPt IX
$25.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$20.8M
Managementcol C$3.3M
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$19.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$121K
Total revenueLn 12$28.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.3M
SavingsLn 2$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M
Total assetsLn 16$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$19.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5213
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.2M$5.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M$4.0M
Total assetsLn 16$18.6M$21.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$16.3M$19.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.7M$2.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.2M$264K$437K$498K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.7M$10.4M$884K$339K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$324K$230K$48K$46K
Payroll taxesLn 10$534K$388K$81K$65K
Legal feesLn 11b$518K$518K
Accounting feesLn 11c$145K$145K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$187K$187K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.4M$3.3M$129K$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$230K$69K$28K$133K
Office expensesLn 13$283K$190K$93K
Information technologyLn 14$627K$538K$89K$413
OccupancyLn 16$369K$260K$108K
TravelLn 17$611K$534K$77K
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.2M$816K$391K
InsuranceLn 23$299K$299K$944
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$752K$66K$318K
All other expensesLn 24e$84K$56K$25K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.5M$20.8M$3.3M$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $28.2M$25.5M$2.7M$19.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $21.6M$24.1M−$2.5M$16.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $20.2M$19.6M$603K$18.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $15.9M$13.9M$2.0M$18.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $15.0M$5.9M$9.1M$16.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $11.2M$9.3M$1.9M$7.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $28,180,734 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $18,971,032$24,731,843
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,220,616$3,327,652
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $403,455$121,239
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $21,595,103$28,180,734
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,010,897$2,652,900
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $11,798,404$13,729,078
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,322,054$9,115,909
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $24,131,355$25,497,887
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,536,252$2,682,847
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $28,180,734 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,778,592
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,953,251
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,359,892
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$24,731,843
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,327,652$3,327,652
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $121,239$121,239
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,327,652 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $121,239$28,180,734
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,497,887 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,652,900$2,652,900
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $263,843 · Management $436,697 · Fundraising $498,343$1,198,883
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,449,015 · Management $884,003 · Fundraising $339,347$11,672,365
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $230,051 · Management $47,575 · Fundraising $45,891$323,517
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $387,689 · Management $81,305 · Fundraising $65,319$534,313
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $518,006$518,006
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $144,597$144,597
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $187,179$187,179
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,264,161 · Management $128,700 · Fundraising $19,250$3,412,111
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $68,923 · Management $28,119 · Fundraising $133,438$230,480
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $189,612 · Management $93,037$282,649
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $537,761 · Management $89,212 · Fundraising $413$627,386
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $260,465 · Management $108,487$368,952
IX-17 TravelPrograms $533,929 · Management $76,639$610,568
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,316$7,316
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $815,920 · Management $391,400$1,207,320
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $298,538 · Management $944$299,482
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $752,245 · Management $65,802 · Fundraising $317,824$1,135,871
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $56,221 · Management $25,337 · Fundraising $2,434$83,992
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $20,761,273 · Management $3,314,355 · Fundraising $1,422,259$25,497,887
Part X · Balance sheet $21,041,701 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,051,664$3,281,181
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,140,483$1,849,009
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,787,133$11,529,330
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $449,474$266,584
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,101,246$3,993,681
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $55,681$121,916
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $18,585,681$21,041,701
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,854,841$1,556,977
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $197,544$194,488
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $153,470$153,094
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $56,703$131,172
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,262,558$2,035,731
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,389,749$3,651,603
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,933,374$15,354,367
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,323,123$19,005,970
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $18,585,681$21,041,701
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,005,970 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$28,180,734
XI-2 Total expenses$25,497,887
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,682,847
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,323,123
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,005,970

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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