See part III line 1

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$97K 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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FY2021 · 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $53K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$97K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 8.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $154K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
34
of 34 voting members
Looks good: 34 of 34 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$757K
+503% vs prior year
Spent
$612K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$757K
FY2021▲ +503%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$126K
FY2021$757K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$708K
FY2024$652K
Expenses
$612K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$612K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$924K
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2021▲ ×40
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$61K
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.9M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2021.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $486K Management & general 18% · $110K Fundraising 3% · $16K

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

35 people listed on the 990; $97K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$97,104Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (from Feb 2021)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (from Feb 2021)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christine R Graham’s $110K as Executive Director is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Christine R Graham$109,982$106,172$101,557—
Christine Graham———$97,104

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides affordable, high-quality ophthalmology exams for global trainees to assess knowledge and ensure readiness for certification.

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2 programs · $486K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

The education consortium program provides ophthalmic educators around the world with the educational tools, techniques, and resources required to optimally train and improve ophthalmologist's skills and the eye care their patients receive.

$298Kprogram expense
02

In partnership with the international ophthalmological fellowship foundation (ioff E.V.), the foundation supports two major fellowship programs: the one-year ioff retina research foundation (RRF) helmerich internaitonal fellowship and the ioff subspecialty fellowship program.

$187Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$154K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $170K · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$54,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$98,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$757K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$703K
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Money outPt IX
$612K
Ln 25
Programscol B$486K
Managementcol C$110K
Fundraisingcol D$16K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$414K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
PeoplePt VI, VII
35
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a34
IndependentVI 1b34
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$703K
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$757K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$413K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$414K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 6120
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$61K$414K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$17K
Total assetsLn 16$61K$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$680$26K
Net assetsLn 32$61K$2.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$163K$163K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K$84K$13K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$185K$170K$9K$6K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$1K$227$136
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$387$153
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$10K$2K$951
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$34K$2K$32K
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$23K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$5K$937$479
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$31K$29K$2K$407
Information technologyLn 14$19K$16K$2K$496
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$175$103
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$7K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$460$460
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1K$640$526$256
Total functional expensesLn 25$612K$486K$110K$16K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $652K$1.1M−$463K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $708K$924K−$216K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.1M$323K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $757K$612K$145K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $126K$61K 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 F · Foreign O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $757,071 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $125,500$702,800
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$54,271
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $125,500$757,071
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$162,579
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,749$306,907
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $34,109$142,979
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $64,858$612,465
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $60,642$144,606
Part VI · Governance 34 of 34 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body34
VI-1b Independent voting members34
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $757,071 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$702,800
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$702,800
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $54,271$54,271
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $54,271$757,071
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $612,465 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $162,579$162,579
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $83,974 · Management $13,126 · Fundraising $7,867$104,967
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $170,167 · Management $9,405 · Fundraising $5,651$185,223
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,454 · Management $227 · Fundraising $136$1,817
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,685 · Management $387 · Fundraising $153$2,225
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,140 · Management $1,584 · Fundraising $951$12,675
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,868 · Management $32,142$34,010
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,461$23,461
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $12,174$12,174
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,108 · Management $937 · Fundraising $479$6,524
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $29,439 · Management $1,510 · Fundraising $407$31,356
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,428 · Management $2,113 · Fundraising $496$19,037
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,254 · Management $175 · Fundraising $103$2,532
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $7,312$7,312
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,691$4,691
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $460$460
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $640 · Management $526 · Fundraising $256$1,422
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $485,736 · Management $110,230 · Fundraising $16,499$612,465
Part X · Balance sheet $2,424,510 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $61,322$413,344
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$1,055
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$354,982
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$41,472
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$16,739
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$1,596,918
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $61,322$2,424,510
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $680$26,366
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $680$26,366
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,862$1,155,237
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $49,780$1,242,907
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $60,642$2,398,144
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $61,322$2,424,510
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,398,144 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$757,071
XI-2 Total expenses$612,465
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$144,606
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$60,642
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$358,050
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$1,834,846
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,398,144

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