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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 21 January 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$852,180
Total expenses
$1,264,785
Contributions and grants received
$838,025
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$82,626
Investment income
$11,878
Other revenue
-$80,349
Total assets, end of year
$1,465,322
Total liabilities, end of year
$752,366
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$712,956
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$853,516
Management and general expenses
$22,166
Fundraising expenses
$389,103
Program service expenses (Part III)
$853,516

Program services were 67.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $276,424

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $29,235

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $532,366

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Childrens Vision program

    total $53,400 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Adult Vision program

    total $29,226 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,878 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $11,878

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $117,476

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $276,424

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $197,825

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$80,349 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$80,349

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $139,651 · program services $94,963 · management and general $1,396 · fundraising $43,292

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $404,845 · program services $275,295 · management and general $4,048 · fundraising $125,502

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,043 · program services $4,109 · management and general $61 · fundraising $1,873

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $83,978 · program services $57,105 · management and general $840 · fundraising $26,033

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,800 · program services $27,064 · management and general $398 · fundraising $12,338

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,615 · program services $0 · management and general $9,615 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $214,177 · program services $145,640 · management and general $2,142 · fundraising $66,395

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $69,303 · program services $47,126 · management and general $693 · fundraising $21,484

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,801 · program services $29,105 · management and general $428 · fundraising $13,268

  • 17 · Travel

    total $58,999 · program services $40,119 · management and general $590 · fundraising $18,290

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,004 · program services $6,803 · management and general $100 · fundraising $3,101

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $75,716 · program services $51,487 · management and general $757 · fundraising $23,472

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,083 · program services $49,016 · management and general $721 · fundraising $22,346

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,045 · program services $6,151 · management and general $90 · fundraising $2,804

  • 24a · Other expenses: Direct exp-eyeglasses

    total $12,013 · program services $8,169 · management and general $120 · fundraising $3,724

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,712 · program services $11,364 · management and general $167 · fundraising $5,181

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $634,323 · end of year $296,842

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $306,322 · end of year $123,281

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $62,156 · end of year $57,332

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

    $856,521

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

    $338,396

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $229,246 · end of year $518,125

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $394,018 · end of year $274,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,164 · end of year $195,517

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $177,463 · end of year $209,394

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $154,215 · end of year $138,250

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $206,494 · end of year $198,825

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $36,959 · end of year $205,897

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,269 · end of year $42,573

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,070,829 · end of year $670,383

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

to prevent blindness and preserve sight

  • Community Service - Prevent Blindness Georgia serves thousands of Georgians each year through early detection vision screenings as well as eye examinations and low cost eye glasses. This year, Prevent Blindness Georgias Childrens Vision Screening program, utilizing the services of certified vision screeners, screened 38,020 children in 121 counties. Through the Vision Outreach program, Prevent Blindness Georgia provided 5,500 adults at health fairs, screenings or eye exams and assisted these adults to obtain low cost eye glasses.

    Expenses $823,782 · Revenue $82,626

  • Public Education - Prevent Blindness Georgia educates clients, teachers, school nurses, public health officials, and students in allied health professions as well as the public at large about eye health and safety, eye diseases, best practices in eyecare, and the important connections between eye health and a persons overall physical health. PBGA works to motivate health consumers to care for their eyes and to inspire healthcare professionals to use best practices to ensure good vision outcomes. PBGAs methods of educating include public awareness through mass media such as our webiste and social media, television, radio, newspapers, magazines and Prevent Blindness publications, participation in vision screenings and health fairs, training and certification programs for school nurses and public health officials, and partnerships with university-affiliated medical training programs to provide teaching, training, and internship opportunities.

    Expenses $29,734

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jill Thornton

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $139,651
    From this org
    $113,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,151
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dave Paule

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phoebe Lenhart

    Chair Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Bullock

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Smith

    Emeritus Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Rome

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Surles

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ninita Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gavin Cohen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Dunn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacki Grove

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Will Humphries

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kara Joiner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Lindenbaum

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Montana

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Minh Nguyen MD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanne Perrine OD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth J Rosengren OD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Seals

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nichelle Warren MD

    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530169349300648

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