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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RETINA WORLD CONGRESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$709,352
Total expenses
$280,132
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$20,000
Program service revenue
$447,500
Investment income
$34,242
Other revenue
$227,610
Total assets, end of year
$962,703
Total liabilities, end of year
$42
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$962,661
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$226,225
Management and general expenses
$53,907
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$226,225

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

    total $447,500 · related or exempt $447,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,242 · excluded $34,242

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $227,610 · related or exempt $227,610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $10,000 · program services $2,500 · management and general $7,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $81,260 · program services $40,630 · management and general $40,630

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,410 · program services $3,205 · management and general $3,205

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,500 · program services $15,250 · management and general $1,250

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,349 · program services $1,349

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25 · program services $25

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,247 · program services $12,247

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $96,819 · program services $96,819

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,643 · program services $1,321 · management and general $1,322

  • 24a · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $18,900 · program services $18,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,953 · program services $4,953

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $3,812 · program services $3,812

  • 24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE

    total $2,827 · program services $2,827

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,387 · program services $2,387

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $545,988 · end of year $962,703

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,547 · end of year $42

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $533,441 · end of year $962,661

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO FOSTER ONGOING DIALOGUE AND TO GENERATE CONSENSUS ABOUT RETINAL DISEASE, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TREATMENTS, BEST PRACTICES, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH.

  • RWC IS A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE THAT UNITES INTERNATIONAL RETINA SPECIALISTS IN THE VANGUARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND THERAPEUTIC INNOVATION IN RETINAL HEALTH. THE MISSION OF RETINA WORLD CONGRESS IS TO FOSTER ONGOING DIALOGUE AND TO GENERATE CONSENSUS ABOUT RETINAL DISEASE, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TREATMENTS, BEST PRACTICES, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH WITH A MAJOR EFFORT THROUGH A DESIGNATED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MAY 2022 THAT FEATURED PRESENTATIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT LEADERS IN RETINA. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROVIDES ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES, EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON CASES AND CONTROVERSIES AND INDUSTRY EXHIBITS, AND ITS PROCEEDINGS ARE PUBLISHED WITH A RETINA JOURNAL. RWC RECOGNIZED THAT RAPID INNOVATION IN RETINA AND THE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM WAS EVEN GREATER THAN AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. RWC NOW OFFERS MONTHLY "FREE" WEBINARS, HAS A COLUMN IN THE OSLI RETINA JOURNAL, AN IMAGE BANK OF OVER 40,000 CASES AND A BANK OF SURGICAL VIDEOS.

    Expenses $226,225 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $675,110

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debbie Espe

    VICE PRESIDENT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

    Total calculated
    $81,261
    From this org
    $81,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Kourous Rezaei

    IMMEDIATELY PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,167
    From this org
    $4,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rishi Singh

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tarek Hassan

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Baruch Kuppermann

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $5,833
    From this org
    $5,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge Rocha

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lihteh Wu

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aleksandra Rachitskaya

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Kim

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Fernando Arevalo

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541559349301304

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