Totals
- Total revenue
- $124,341
- Total expenses
- $265,543
- Contributions and grants received
- $119,024
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,317
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $59,731
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $59,731
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $122,240
- Management and general expenses
- $143,303
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $122,240
Program services were 46.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$119,024
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$3,890
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3 · Investment income
total $5,317 · excluded $5,317
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $89,977 · program services $9,077 · management and general $80,900
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,331 · management and general $7,331
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11a · Fees: management
total $3,600 · management and general $3,600
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,575 · management and general $3,575
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $547 · management and general $547
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11g · Fees: other
total $18,300 · management and general $18,300
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,695 · management and general $1,695
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13 · Office expenses
total $986 · management and general $986
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23 · Insurance
total $9,914 · management and general $9,914
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24a · Other expenses: SURGERY COSTS
total $105,506 · program services $105,506
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24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTION
total $11,355 · management and general $11,355
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24c · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT
total $4,500 · management and general $4,500
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24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES
total $3,890 · program services $3,890
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,367 · program services $3,767 · management and general $600
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $22,821 · end of year $15,604
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $78,060 · end of year $44,127
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $100,881 · end of year $59,731
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OPERATION SIGHT IS A NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL TO RESTORE VISION AND IMPROVE LIVES OF QUALIFIED, UNINSURED SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS SUFFERING FROM CATARACTS OR URGENT, SIGHT-THREATENING RETINAL DISORDERS REQUIRING SURGICAL INTERVENTION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO RESTORE THE VISION AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF QUALIFIED, UNINSURED SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS
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OPERATION SIGHT'S GOAL IS TO AID LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED PERSONS WITH OPERABLE CATARACTS BY ELIMINATING THE DISPARITY THAT COMES WHEN PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS IS A PRODUCT OF POVERTY. RESTORING A PARTICIPANTS VISION AND ENHANCING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL HAVE A DIRECT COMMUNITY IMPACT, AS CATARACT PATIENTS CAN RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE, INCREASE TAX REVENUE, DECREASE THEIR NEED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROVIDE STABILIZATION OF THEIR FAMILY STRUCTURES. IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 2022, OPERATION SIGHT PERFORMED 62 CATARACT SURGERIES. THANKS TO IN-KIND DONATIONS FROM ALCON, OPERATION SIGHT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED ALL OF THE PHARMACEUTICALS NECESSARY TO PRE- AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE FOR FREE.
Expenses $122,240
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IN 2015, OPERATION SIGHT BEGAN PROVIDING FREE SURGERY FOR URGENT, SIGHT THREATENING RETINAL DISORDERS REQUIRING SURGICAL INTERVENTION. IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 2022, OPERATION SIGHT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED 8 RETINAL SURGERIES AND IN ITS MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR 2021, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED 7 RETINA SURGERIES.
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OPERATION SIGHT NOT ONLY PARTNERS WITH THE VOLUNTEER OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WHO PROVIDE SURGERY, BUT ALSO WITH VOLUNTEER OPTOMETRISTS AND FREE MEDICAL CLINICS. THESE EYECARE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE FREE EYE EXAMS TO POTENTIAL OPERATION SIGHT PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS POST-OPERATIVE EXAMS, CARE, AND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR GLASSES. REFERRALS FOR FREE OR LOW-COST PRESCRIPTION GLASSES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OPERATION SIGHT PROGRAM COORDINATOR.IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 2022, OPERATION SIGHT PERFORMED 1 YAG PROCEDURE.
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Brenda HornBRENDA HORN
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $52,247
- From this org
- $52,247
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Andrew FryANDREW FRY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cole Milliken MDCOLE MILLIKEN MD
BOARD PHYSIC
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Francisco Folgar MDFRANCISCO FOLGAR MD
MED ADVISORY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Boatwright MDJOHN BOATWRIGHT MD
MED ADVISORY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan Brugger MDJONATHAN BRUGGER MD
BOARD PHYSIC
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kerry Solomon MDKERRY SOLOMON MD
MED ADVISORY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul Herring MDPAUL HERRING MD
MED ADVISORY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher MoriartyCHRISTOPHER MORIARTY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thomas MinieriTHOMAS MINIERI
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maribeth MoodyMARIBETH MOODY
VICE CHAIRMA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher NowellCHRISTOPHER NOWELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cindi SolomonCINDI SOLOMON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nick WagnerNICK WAGNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Loren ZiffLOREN ZIFF
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543169349303109
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