To provide sustainable solutions to the increasing number of people around the world afflicted with retinal diseases

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 75 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $46K a year · 23% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
43 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 42.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$108K
-34% vs prior year
Spent
$114K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$405K
By yearFY2018–FY2024
Revenue
$108K
FY2024▼ -34%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2018$468K
FY2019$275K
FY2020$20K
FY2022$158K
FY2023$164K
FY2024$108K
Expenses
$114K
FY2024▼ -36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2018$395K
FY2019$104K
FY2020$8K
FY2022$117K
FY2023$178K
FY2024$114K
Net assets
$405K
FY2024▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2018$113K
FY2019$284K
FY2020$296K
FY2022$426K
FY2023$411K
FY2024$405K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $108K Management & general 5% · $6K

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

8 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Independent Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Independent Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Independent Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Independent Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rajat Agrawal’s $11K as CEO is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 902 $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.

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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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps people worldwide with retinal diseases find sustainable solutions.

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2 programs · $108K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Screen and treat patients with retinal and other ocular diseases in Orange County, CA. Volunteer ophthalmologists from Southern California volunteer their time and expertise, along with other volunteers such as ophthalmology technicians and scribes, as well as fellows and ophthalmology residents, medical and premedical students and…

$95Kprogram expense
02

Screen and treat people for retinal diseases in underserved areas around the world, through outreach and volunteer programs. Considering the COVID situation in some of the areas we work in, we continued to avoid specialists from the US and other countries to travel to our locations.

$13Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$108K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Money outPt IX
$114K
Ln 25
Programscol B$108K
Managementcol C$6K
Owns and owesPt X
$405K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$405K
Total assetsLn 16$405K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Total revenueLn 12$108K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$405K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$405K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$405K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$405K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$411K$405K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Total assetsLn 16$411K$405K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$411K$405K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$29K$29K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$700$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$800$0$800$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$298$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$562$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$498$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$17K$17K$0$0
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$3K$385$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$10K$7K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$40K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$114K$108K$6K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $108K$114K−$6K$405K 990 PDF
FY2023 $164K$178K−$14K$411K 990 PDF
FY2022 $158K$117K$41K$426K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $20K$8K$12K$296K 990 PDF
FY2019 $275K$104K$171K$284K 990 PDF
FY2018 $468K$395K$73K$113K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $108,155 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $163,556$101,043
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19$7,112
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $163,575$108,155
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $7,834$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $170,212$114,152
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $178,046$114,152
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$14,471−$5,997
Part VI · Governance 4 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $108,155 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$101,043
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$101,043
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $7,112 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$7,112
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,112 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$108,155
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $114,152 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $29,388 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,388
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,500 · Management $700 · Fundraising $0$2,200
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $800 · Fundraising $0$800
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,852 · Management $298 · Fundraising $0$2,150
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,784 · Management $562 · Fundraising $0$3,346
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,797 · Management $498 · Fundraising $0$2,295
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,853 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,853
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,295 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,295
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,285 · Management $385 · Fundraising $0$3,670
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,398 · Management $2,891$10,289
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $39,866 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$39,866
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $108,018 · Management $6,134 · Fundraising $0$114,152
Part X · Balance sheet $405,151 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $411,148$405,151
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $411,148$405,151
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $411,148$405,151
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $411,148$405,151
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $405,151 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$108,155
XI-2 Total expenses$114,152
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,997
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$411,148
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$405,151

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