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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MISSOURI LIONS EYE RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,565,698
Total expenses
$10,026,792
Contributions and grants received
$26,101
Grants paid
$86,400
Program service revenue
$10,037,317
Investment income
$79,968
Other revenue
$422,312
Total assets, end of year
$13,740,712
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,063,896
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,676,816
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,744,453
Management and general expenses
$1,175,550
Fundraising expenses
$106,789
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,744,453

Program services were 87.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,101

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EYE PROCESSING FEES

    total $10,037,317 · related or exempt $10,037,317

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $120,609 · excluded $120,609

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $101,900

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $101,900

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $101,900 · excluded $101,900

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $794,283

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $834,924

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$40,641

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$40,641 · excluded -$40,641

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN/LOSS IN JOINT VENTURE

    total $255,479 · excluded $255,479

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $64,933 · related or exempt $64,933

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $320,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $86,400 · program services $86,400

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $934,751 · program services $780,516 · management and general $140,213 · fundraising $14,022

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,343,138 · program services $2,791,521 · management and general $501,471 · fundraising $50,146

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $135,189 · program services $112,883 · management and general $20,278 · fundraising $2,028

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $306,909 · program services $256,269 · management and general $46,037 · fundraising $4,603

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $357,919 · program services $298,862 · management and general $53,688 · fundraising $5,369

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,560 · management and general $25,560

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,214,769 · program services $1,131,917 · management and general $82,852

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,487 · program services $14,813 · fundraising $13,674

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $467,528 · program services $462,619 · management and general $4,675 · fundraising $234

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $215,300 · program services $127,027 · management and general $81,814 · fundraising $6,459

  • 17 · Travel

    total $289,427 · program services $269,167 · management and general $14,471 · fundraising $5,789

  • 20 · Interest

    total $43,715 · program services $43,715

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $272,549 · program services $188,377 · management and general $84,172

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $164,898 · program services $102,237 · management and general $62,661

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,037,930 · program services $1,006,273 · management and general $31,138 · fundraising $519

  • 24b · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $618,689 · program services $612,193 · management and general $6,187 · fundraising $309

  • 24c · Other expenses: LAB TESTING

    total $283,567 · program services $283,567

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $126,593 · program services $117,731 · management and general $6,330 · fundraising $2,532

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $73,474 · program services $58,366 · management and general $14,003 · fundraising $1,105

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $214,147 · end of year $572,132

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $804,359 · end of year $777,735

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,925,260 · end of year $1,557,322

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $169,736 · end of year $164,533

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,850,525

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,425,615

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,552,337 · end of year $3,424,910

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,726,965 · end of year $5,596,683

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,103,779 · end of year $1,311,633

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $62,307 · end of year $54,437

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $394,428 · end of year $281,327

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,004,236 · end of year $862,984

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $967,484 · end of year $929,779

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $373,855 · end of year $271,133

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,607,743 · end of year $11,676,816

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE VISION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO BE THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MODEL FOR HOW EYE BANKING AND CHARITABLE VISION SERVICES CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY SERVE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO BE AFFILIATED WITH THE MISSOURI LIONS BUT MAINTAINS ITS OWN SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (DIRECTORS). THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS BUSINESS IN MISSOURI, KANSAS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SUPPORT AND REVENUES ARE PREDOMINANTLY EARNED FROM PROCESSING FEES AND PUBLIC SUPPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO CHANGING LIVES BY SAVING SIGHT.

  • EYE BANK OPERATIONS - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS EYE BANK OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, KANSAS AND ILLINOIS TO RETRIEVE, PROCESS AND DISTRIBUTE THE HIGHEST QUALITY DONOR EYE TISSUE TO CORNEAL SURGEONS AND THEIR PATIENTS. PART OF ITS EYE BANK OPERATIONS INCLUDES ITS DONOR SERVICES CENTER WHICH IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE QUALITY AND CARE NEEDED TO HELP EYE AND TISSUE BANKS FACILITATE EACH DONOR'S GIFT BY SPEAKING WITH MEDICAL FACILITIES AND APPROACHING DONOR FAMILIES FOR CONSENT.

    Expenses $8,658,053 · Revenue $10,102,250

  • SUPPORT OF OCULAR RESEARCH AND OUTREACH - THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING EYE TISSUE TO RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT WORK TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF EYE DISEASE AND TO FIND CURES FOR THESE DEBILITATING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PERFORM OCULAR RESEARCH OR OUTREACH REGARDING OCULAR DISEASES.

    Expenses $86,400 · Grants $86,400

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Mills

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Scott Sattler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • George Winkeler

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Larry Boettcher

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amy Leslie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Al Dohmen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marc Vincent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Pat Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mike Sliger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Schaeperkoettner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Harold Spire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paul Carr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tony Bavuso

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $409,697
    From this org
    $190,837
    From related orgs
    $199,750
    Other
    $19,110
    Hours/week
    35 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,837 + $199,750 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,510
    Filer's total
    $209,947 + $199,750 related

  • Tina Livesay

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $261,253
    From this org
    $149,280
    From related orgs
    $87,100
    Other
    $24,873
    Hours/week
    40 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,280 + $87,100 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,355
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,518
    Filer's total
    $174,153 + $87,100 related

  • Patrick Gore

    CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $238,682
    From this org
    $135,991
    From related orgs
    $88,900
    Other
    $13,791
    Hours/week
    35 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,991 + $88,900 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,400
    Filer's total
    $149,782 + $88,900 related

  • Annie Kuhl

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $167,663
    From this org
    $124,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,994
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,046
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,623
    Filer's total
    $167,663

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

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 partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • VITAL TEARS LLC

    RELATED · EYE CARE SERVICES · KY · 50% owned · share of income $278,354 · share of assets $464,824

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433589349300223

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