Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$5,068,074

Total expenses

$4,199,418

Contributions and grants received

$3,822,127

Grants paid

$129,500

Program service revenue

$911,847

Investment income

$314,450

Other revenue

$19,650

Total assets, end of year

$18,176,110

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,841,882

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$16,334,228

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,217,957

Management and general expenses

$746,709

Fundraising expenses

$234,752

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,217,957

Program services were 76.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PUBLIC EDUCATION/AWARENESS - PREVENT BLINDNESS INCREASES AWARENESS AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR EYES THROUGH BROCHURES, FACT SHEETS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWSLETTERS, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, SPECIAL EVENTS, MONTHLY OBSERVANCE CALENDAR, OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. EACH YEAR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE READ, HEAR OR SEE OUR MESSAGES ABOUT EARLY DETECTION OF EYE DISEASE AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS THAT CAN CAUSE PERMANENT LOSS OF SIGHT. SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWS OUTLET PLACEMENTS IMPRESSIONS TOTALED OVER 2 BILLION LAST YEAR.

  Expenses $711,057 · Grants $34,329 · Revenue $109,037

• COMMUNITY SERVICE/PATIENT SUPPORT - PREVENT BLINDNESS ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT IMPROVE HEALTH SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE AND RESOURCES THAT ENSURE EVERYONE HAS AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND QUALITY EYE CARE OPTIONS. CURRENT EFFORTS INCLUDE ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED SURVEILLANCE OF VISION PROBLEMS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH, ACCESS TO EYE HEALTH CARE, SAFETY IN AND ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS, A STRENGTHENED EYE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE, AND FAIR OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS. WE PROVIDE PATIENT SUPPORT THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, FREE/LOW-COST EYE CARE ASSISTANCE THROUGH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS, AND ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH VISION CHALLENGES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. IN ADDITION, OUR AFFILIATE SYSTEM SCREENED OVER 1 MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS NATIONWIDE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF VISION DISORDERS.

  Expenses $825,539 · Grants $10,882

• HEALTH EDUCATION & TRAINING - PREVENT BLINDNESS SERVES AS AN EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON AREAS RELATED TO EYE HEALTH THROUGH DIRECT VISION PROGRAM REVIEW AND GUIDANCE, AN ANNUAL NATIONAL EYE HEALTH SUMMIT, WEBINARS, ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION, SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS, ONLINE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, RESEARCH GRANTS, AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AWARDS. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE TARGETED TOWARDS EYE CARE PROFESSIONALS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS ALONG WITH OTHERS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF BLINDNESS PREVENTION. WE EDUCATED, TRAINED OR CERTIFIED OVER 700,000 PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LAST YEAR.

  Expenses $1,442,500 · Grants $78,443 · Revenue $243,438

• RESEARCH - TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT ADVANCEMENTS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF VISION AND EYE HEALTH, PREVENT BLINDNESS MOBILIZES GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR PROTECTING AND INCREASING FUNDING FOR VISION AND EYE HEALTH RESEARCH THROUGH THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. PREVENT BLINDNESS MADE MORE THAN 5,000 CONTACTS TO KEY POLICYMAKERS LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT VISION AND EYE HEALTH. THE PREVENT BLINDNESS JOANNE ANGLE INVESTIGATOR AWARD PROVIDES FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INVESTIGATING PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED TO EYE HEALTH AND SAFETY. THIS RESEARCH GRANT PROMOTES THE CORE MISSION OF PREVENT BLINDNESS - PREVENTING BLINDNESS AND PRESERVING SIGHT.

  Expenses $238,861 · Grants $5,846 · Revenue $559,372

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA

  $26,000

  VISION PROGRAMS

• PREVENT BLINDNESS OHIO

  $26,000

  VISION PROGRAMS

• PREVENT BLINDNESS TEXAS

  $26,000

  VISION PROGRAMS

• PREVENT BLINDNESS WISCONSIN

  $22,000

  VISION PROGRAMS

• PREVENT BLINDNESS GEORGIA

  $21,000

  VISION PROGRAMS

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.

• NSPB OHIO AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · OH

• NSPB WISCONSIN AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · WI

• NSPB IOWA AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · IA

• NSPB NORTH CAROLINA AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · NC

• NSPB GEORGIA AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · GA

• NSPB TEXAS AFFILIATE

  501(C)(3) · PB PROGRAMS · TX

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303179349308385

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