Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $14,737,614
- Total expenses
- $14,475,823
- Contributions and grants received
- $14,400,117
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $13,995
- Investment income
- $320,671
- Other revenue
- $2,831
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,676,959
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $411,750
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $12,265,209
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $12,579,070
- Management and general expenses
- $758,497
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,138,256
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $12,579,070
Program services were 86.9% 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
$14,400,117
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$11,408,733
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue
total $13,995 · related or exempt $13,995
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3 · Investment income
total $294,412 · excluded $294,412
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,774,450
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,748,191
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $26,259
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $26,259 · related or exempt $26,259
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Other
total $2,831 · related or exempt $2,831
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,831
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $401,184 · program services $185,892 · management and general $137,735 · fundraising $77,557
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,431,087 · program services $656,780 · management and general $207,588 · fundraising $566,719
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $45,600 · program services $19,080 · management and general $12,868 · fundraising $13,652
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $122,198 · program services $66,523 · management and general $12,527 · fundraising $43,148
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $146,008 · program services $69,536 · management and general $25,324 · fundraising $51,148
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $7,750 · management and general $7,750
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,000 · management and general $27,000
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $63,677 · management and general $63,677
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11g · Fees: other
total $36,769 · fundraising $36,769
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $188,141 · program services $2,595 · management and general $204 · fundraising $185,342
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13 · Office expenses
total $80,372 · program services $60,122 · management and general $16,846 · fundraising $3,404
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14 · Information technology
total $101,009 · program services $40,601 · management and general $21,333 · fundraising $39,075
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $358,854 · program services $220,469 · management and general $107,724 · fundraising $30,661
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17 · Travel
total $58,123 · program services $17,639 · management and general $39,101 · fundraising $1,383
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $18,860 · program services $9,492 · management and general $8,488 · fundraising $880
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $94,375 · program services $57,531 · management and general $36,844
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23 · Insurance
total $60,996 · program services $35,167 · management and general $19,692 · fundraising $6,137
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24a · Other expenses: DONATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES
total $10,680,207 · program services $10,674,107 · fundraising $6,100
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24b · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES
total $404,664 · program services $404,551 · management and general $113
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $108,461 · program services $23,243 · management and general $9,661 · fundraising $75,557
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24d · Other expenses: Clinics and programs
total $40,488 · program services $35,742 · management and general $4,022 · fundraising $724
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $627,757 · end of year $0
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $416,886 · end of year $1,239,682
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $698,879 · end of year $96,307
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $785,754 · end of year $1,277,115
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $74,612 · end of year $45,629
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,613,604
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,452,265
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $185,969 · end of year $161,339
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,686,345 · end of year $9,580,471
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $29,511 · end of year $276,416
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $508,463 · end of year $129,235
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $282,515
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $9,486,134 · end of year $11,375,362
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,511,116 · end of year $889,847
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Surgical Eye Expeditions INTERNATIONAL, INC. is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization that provides medical, surgical, and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the primary goal of restoring sight to blind individuals worldwide.
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INTERNATIONAL VISION PROGRAMSEE International transforms lives by restoring sight to those in need. SEE envisions a world where everyone has access to vision care, regardless of who they are, where they live, or their ability to pay.Over the past 50 years, SEE has restored sight to over half a million people around the world. In 2023, we continued to see an increase in requests from our volunteer network of doctors, traveling again to continue in the mission of restoring sight. Although there is some residual aftermath of the unforeseen corona virus pandemic impacting the level of support we can offer our programs today, the readiness and commitment to restore sight continued to rise in 2023. Our SEE volunteer teams, and international provider partners performed more than 46,000 major eye surgeries and 64,000 eye exams, in 40 countries.Care is provided at no cost to the patient. With immense gratitude for our valued donors, crucial volunteer medical teams, and global partners, SEE can continue to be an active organization in restoring sight globally and transforming lives, one surgery at a time. When preventable blindness is left untreated, independence is lost not only by the afflicted individual, but also by his or her family and caretakers. A 1015-minute surgery can change many lives and SEE is committed to continue to reach those who need it most.
Expenses $11,726,018
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SANTA BARBARA VISION CARE PROGRAMSEE serves its local community through its Santa Barbara Vision Care Program. In 2023 close to 6,000 locals received free eye care from the program. Since the inception of the program, we have served more than 85,000 low-income, uninsured, or under insured Santa Barbara County and Ventura County residents. In 2023, the Santa Barbara Vision Care Program reinforces the newly reinstated partnership with two large school districts, halted during the pandemic, to serve the state mandated grades with eye screenings. This partnership continued to prove the great need of the students of Santa Barbara County. Our efforts to grow the local program continued with an additional partnership in 2023 to serve more Ventura County residents. The program offers safety-net vision care services throughout Santa Barbara County and neighboring counties. In addition to providing eye exams, no-cost glasses, and eye drops, we offer specialty care services, that can include surgery through a network of local volunteer eye surgeons, for residents that have no other means of receiving the needed eye care.
Expenses $577,041
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EDUCATION DIVISIONSEE offers hands on training on Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS); a low-cost, low tech form of cataract extraction that saves time, money, and energy, most commonly used in third world and remote areas, globally. Additionally, due to the nature of cataracts in areas where we work (hard, dense, and mature), surgeons are unable to use the same measures to remove the cataracts that they would in the US. In 2006, we offered educational opportunities to ophthalmologists and residents in their final years of school through our training and in 2023, we focused efforts of supporting the training of international residents. We offer two levels of training:- Level 1 MSICS courses: lecture and wet lab for those new to the technique.- Level 2 MSICS courses: supervised hands-on surgery in the field.We supported the training of 236 trainees in 2023, 108 of which were international. Throughout 2023, SEE continued to support the Vision 2020 LINKS-USA program which matches international needs with institutional expertise to create stronger vision care systems. The RIIO and Wills Eye Hospital LINKs project displayed great success leading to a second 3rd year cycle of SEE support in 2022. SEE also continued to work with the second LINKS program between Emory University and Addis Ababa University through 2023. SEEs strategic vision of focusing most of our educational efforts internationally, was practiced in great depth and with more intention in 2023. We found success in this change to reach the longer term goal of supporting the build of sustainable eye care models, globally.
Expenses $252,297
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Donald W Bell
CEO
- Total calculated
- $249,592
- From this org
- $240,808
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,784
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $240,808
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,224
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,560
- Filer's total
- $249,592
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Arianna M Castellanos
Vice President of Programs
- Total calculated
- $151,592
- From this org
- $139,691
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,901
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,049
- Bonus
- $6,642
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $3,991
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,910
- Filer's total
- $151,592
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Rachel B Tennant
VP/Chief Dev. Off.
- Total calculated
- $149,167
- From this org
- $137,549
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,618
- Hours/week
- 40
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Scott W Groff
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Howard Hudson CPA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeffery Levenson MD
Chief Med Offic
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wright Watling
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenneth D Gack Esq
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George Rudenauer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dante Pieramici MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Randal Goodman MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bill OConnor
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lauren Shatz MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Madhavi Reddy MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lt Col Travis Morrow Esq
Director
- 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. 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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 24 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202422989349300437
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