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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RETINA WORLD CONGRESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$572,383
Total expenses
$269,220
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$572,382
Investment income
$1
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$381,665
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,110
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$379,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$224,402
Management and general expenses
$44,818
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$224,402

Program services were 83.4% 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 $572,382 · related or exempt $572,382

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · unrelated business $1

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 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 $61,743 · program services $30,872 · management and general $30,871

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,911 · program services $2,456 · management and general $2,455

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $531 · program services $478 · management and general $53

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,000 · program services $10,800 · management and general $1,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,267 · program services $12,267

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $142,769 · program services $142,769

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,530 · program services $2,530

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,739 · management and general $2,739

  • 24a · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $8,360 · program services $8,360

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE

    total $4,544 · program services $4,544

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $2,957 · program services $2,957

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,950 · program services $2,950

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $919 · program services $919

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $77,315 · end of year $381,665

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $923 · end of year $2,110

  • 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 $76,392 · end of year $379,555

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $224,402 · Revenue $572,382

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

Listed in Part VII

  • 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-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kourous Rezaei

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Debbie Espe

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SVP

    Total calculated
    $61,743
    From this org
    $61,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Andre Gomes

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Kaiser

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pravin Dugel

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jorge Rocha

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349329307

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