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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,499,849
Total expenses
$2,792,104
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,499,217
Investment income
$632
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,360,014
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,143,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,216,414
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,654,932
Management and general expenses
$137,172
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,654,932

Program services were 95.1% 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: Eye Tissue Fees

    total $3,499,217 · related or exempt $3,499,217

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $632 · excluded $632

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,735 · program services $185,735

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $662,429 · program services $586,716 · management and general $75,713

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,159 · management and general $20,159

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,780 · management and general $20,780

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,285 · program services $3,154 · management and general $131

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,217 · program services $26,128 · management and general $1,089

  • 17 · Travel

    total $49,914 · program services $45,453 · management and general $4,461

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,248 · program services $12,064 · management and general $1,184

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,371 · program services $2,276 · management and general $95

  • 24a · Other expenses: Clinical lab and techni

    total $1,666,288 · program services $1,666,288

  • 24b · Other expenses: Corporate taxes

    total $134,315 · program services $122,310 · management and general $12,005

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad debt expense

    total $2,422 · program services $2,422

  • 24d · Other expenses: Membership dues

    total $2,051 · program services $2,051

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,890 · program services $335 · management and general $1,555

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,094,818 · end of year $878,700

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $410,230 · end of year $545,007

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,965,035 · end of year $14,936,307

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $623,492 · end of year $410,420

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,696 · end of year $5,112

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $14,060,063 · end of year $14,728,068

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $779,832 · end of year $1,216,414

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Preserving and restoring sight on a global scale.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Preserving and restoring sight - on a global scale.

  • SURGICAL TISSUE PROVISION Eversight International works to eliminate corneal blindness worldwide through eye bank development, clinical training and tissue provision. With more than 75 years of eye banking expertise, we deliver both short- and long-term solutions to transform the lives of more than 12 million people suffering from corneal blindness globally. In 2024, Eversight International provided more than 4,200 tissues for transplant and worked with surgeons in 33 countries outside the United States, making the gift of sight possible for many in need. Eversight provided 76 cornea tissues for sight-restoring transplants gratis or at a reduced rate for medical missions and uninsured patients outside the United States.From our eye bank in South Korea, we provided 860 sight-restoring cornea transplants for Korean patients. Eversight International is focused on meeting the humanitarian need for cornea tissues in countries where sight-restoring cornea transplant procedures would otherwise be completely unavailable. The beneficiaries of Eversight International's initiatives include the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from eye injuries and blinding eye diseases that can be treated through corneal transplantation.In medically underserved areas, Eversight International fosters authentic relationships with local leaders to establish culturally informed eye donation frameworks and sustainable eye banking infrastructure. Our experienced team offers vital clinical training and education to eye surgeons and eye bank technicians on the latest clinical methods, improving access to life-changing transplants. Through the incredible generosity of our donors and donor families, Eversight International also provides corneal tissue from the United States for transplant and research globally, providing hope for the future and restoring sight to patients in need.Blinding eye diseases affect hundreds of millions worldwide. That means hundreds of millions of people cannot see their loved ones, let alone work to provide for their families. Vision loss results in substantial economic impact worldwide due to the inability of people who are vision impaired to contribute in their communities. Our global mission is informed by and aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular attention given to: #3 Good Health and Well-being, #4 Quality Education, #8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, #10 Reduced Inequalities and #11 Sustainable Cities & Communities.Eversight International envisions a world without blindnessa world where all people in every community can lead independent, productive lives through the gift of sight. Eversight International empowers communities to take meaningful steps every day to make vision a reality for all.

    Expenses $2,609,119 · Revenue $3,499,217

  • CLINICAL TRAINING & EDUCATION In many parts of the world, corneal transplantation is limited by a lack of foundational and advanced clinical training. Eversight is a leading organization in providing training to cornea specialist physicians and healthcare professionals in regions most affected by preventable blindness. We are working with some of the leading corneal surgeons in the world to share skills and expertise with physicians in Africa, the Middle East, East Asia and elsewhere, so they can offer better options for patients and support the development of eye banks in their home countries. 187 surgeons and other clinicians outside the United States received training through Eversight International in 2024.Our commitment to clinical training and education is unwavering. We empower eye surgeons and eye bank technicians with the latest clinical methods, enhancing their skills and improving access to life-changing transplants. Through wet labs, didactic teaching courses, and virtual and hybrid trainings, we educate clinicians on the latest techniques so they can have a lasting impact on patients in their community.We have invested in developing robust live and on-demand education resources through Eversight Academy available for little-to-no cost, including a comprehensive surgeon webinar series and virtual wet lab training curriculum, plus eye tissue and banking education and more. Eversight's continued, effective adaptation to online training and education in 2024 resulted in far greater accessibility to surgeons worldwide. And the butterfly effect of these trainings is incalculable.Each surgical coordinator will impact more lives through their improved knowledge of eye banking and tissue distribution. Each eye bank technician can offer new types of processed tissues to surgeons in their community. Each surgeon can provide better patient care for years to come through advanced transplant techniques. And many may go on to train their peers, exponentially amplifying the impact.

    Expenses $45,813

  • BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONSGlobally, an estimated 285 million people are visually impairedmany with treatable conditions, but without access to care. And 89 percent of vision-impaired people live in low- and middle- income countries. Eversight International is one of the few nonprofit eye bank networks with the expertise, cultural competence and philanthropic support to help developing countries establish their own eye banking infrastructure. We partner with local governments and medical professionals, working together to make sustainable eye banking, donation and transplantation a reality where the need is greatest in the Middle East, Pakistan and South Korea.Eversight International is a trusted and authentic partner in the global mission to eliminate corneal blindness with a fearless commitment to collaboration, allyship and purpose-driven solutions. We are deeply committed to collaboration and work hand in hand with our partners, local government and healthcare leaders to establish culturally sensitive eye donation frameworks and sustainable eye banking infrastructure. We recognize the power of working together to eliminate corneal blindness.Eversight International is a steadfast ally in the pursuit to eliminate corneal blindness. We stand with international communities, offering support, expertise and resources to realize our shared vision of a world without preventable blindness. We don't impose solutions; we listen and learn from local communities. Our approach is rooted in active listening, understanding the unique challenges and tailoring our efforts to address specific needs. It's about being present, empathetic and adaptable. Our concierge approach ensures that every community's unique challenges are overcome. We provide tailored solutions, offering guidance and support every step of the way. Partner success is our success, and we're dedicated to making the journey toward sustainable eye banking as smooth as possible. We bridge knowledge gaps by sharing our wealth of eye banking experience. Eversight International is a resource for knowledge transfer, ensuring that local eye bankers and surgeons are well-equipped with the latest clinical techniques, overcoming barriers to treatment.Everything we do is rooted in our purpose to empower people and transform lives. Adaptability and transparency are nonnegotiable. Eversight International excels in navigating challenges, adjusting to circumstances and efficiently delivering solutions for your community. Transparency in tissue prices and availability is a key component of our long-standing partnerships. Failure is not a setback, but a steppingstone. Eversight International is not afraid to fail because we understand that innovation and success often come from learning and adapting. We're on this journey with our partners, embracing challenges and overcoming them along the way. Eversight International links our partners to an extensive network of resources, ensuring that the right solutions and support are readily available to advance our shared mission.Pakistan is one such country where millions suffer from preventable blindness. In 2019, we worked with Pakistan to open its first state-of-the-art eye banks as part of a new national eye banking network. Since then, despite many challenges including severe natural disasters and economic dislocation, our partners in Pakistan have continued to advance the cause of cornea donation. With the active advice and support of Eversight, our partner organizations have registered thousands of prospective cornea donors and continued to build public support for local cornea donation and transplantation. The work continuesand it has generated a national movement for organ, tissue and eye donor registration led by local professionals who tirelessly educate and advocate for the gift of sight. Eversight provided a record 1,012 tissues for transplant in Pakistan in 2024.Through robust partnerships like these, Eversight International establishes local donation programs and conducts technical laboratory training so tissue can be recovered, processed and distributed safely, giving thousands more people access to life-changing corneal transplants every year. According to the World Health Organization, every dollar spent on improving eye health in underdeveloped areas generates a four-fold return on investment. Whether it's developing medical standards, clinical staff training, policies and procedures or facility design, Eversight provides the know-how for all aspects of eye banking's best practices. These transformational efforts also result in the increased availability of human eye tissue for research and education purposes.

  • BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Globally, an estimated 285 million people are visually impaired-many with treatable conditions, but without access to care. And 89 percent of vision-impaired people live in low- and middle- income countries. Eversight International is one of the few nonprofit eye bank networks with the expertise, cultural competence and philanthropic support to help developing countries establish their own eye banking infrastructure. We partner with local governments and medical professionals, working together to make sustainable eye banking, donation and transplantation a reality where the need is greatest in the Middle East, Pakistan and South Korea. Eversight International is a trusted and authentic partner in the global mission to eliminate corneal blindness with a fearless commitment to collaboration, allyship and purpose-driven solutions. We are deeply committed to collaboration and work hand in hand with our partners, local government and healthcare leaders to establish culturally sensitive eye donation frameworks and sustainable eye banking infrastructure. We recognize the power of working together to eliminate corneal blindness. Eversight International is a steadfast ally in the pursuit to eliminate corneal blindness. We stand with international communities, offering support, expertise and resources to realize our shared vision of a world without preventable blindness. We don't impose solutions; we listen and learn from local communities. Our approach is rooted in active listening, understanding the unique challenges and tailoring our efforts to address specific needs. It's about being present, empathetic and adaptable. Our concierge approach ensures that every community's unique challenges are overcome. We provide tailored solutions, offering guidance and support every step of the way. Partner success is our success, and we're dedicated to making the journey toward sustainable eye banking as smooth as possible. We bridge knowledge gaps by sharing our wealth of eye banking experience. Eversight International is a resource for knowledge transfer, ensuring that local eye bankers and surgeons are well-equipped with the latest clinical techniques, overcoming barriers to treatment. Everything we do is rooted in our purpose to empower people and transform

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mahmoud N Ghazzi MD PhD

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rashid L Bashshur PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Chu MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hasan Fehmi MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Said Issa MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ahmed F Omar MD PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mohammad Ashraf Qazi Farhat Farhat

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mee Kum Kim MD PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rony Roger Sayegh MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Collin M Ross

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $185,736
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $155,539
    Other
    $30,197
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $155,539 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,785 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,412 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,736 related
  • Julie Collins

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $245,469
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $215,860
    Other
    $29,609
    Hours/week
    8 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $215,860 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,300 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,309 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $245,469 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
Officers listed on Schedule J are paid employees of a related organization, Eversight. See Part VII of Form 900 for additional detail on hours worked for this entity and related organizations.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Eversight

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · MI

  • Eversight New Jersey

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · NJ

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

  • Eversight Michigan

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · MI

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

  • Eversight Illinois

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · IL

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

  • Midwire Systems

    501(c)(3) · Software · MI

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

  • Eversight Ohio

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · OH

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

  • Eversight Connecticut

    501(c)(3) · Eye Bank · CT

    Directly controlled by Eversight Eversight

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Eversight Korea LLC

    C · Eye Bank · KS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512029349300216

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