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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,965,070
Total expenses
$1,793,789
Contributions and grants received
$1,536,647
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,860
Investment income
$247,776
Other revenue
$178,787
Total assets, end of year
$5,105,412
Total liabilities, end of year
$493,717
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,611,695
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,519,638
Management and general expenses
$164,825
Fundraising expenses
$109,326
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,519,638

Program services were 84.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,161,061

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $375,586

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $1,860 · related or exempt $1,860

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $122,530 · excluded $122,530

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $491,439 · other assets $6,541

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $372,734

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $118,705 · other assets $6,541

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $125,246 · excluded $125,246

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $189,566

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,978

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $176,588 · excluded $176,588

  • 11a · Other revenue: 4700 MISCELLANEOUS-AFFILLIA

    total $2,199 · related or exempt $2,199

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,199

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $213,615 · program services $177,863 · management and general $20,484 · fundraising $15,268

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $644,620 · program services $543,331 · management and general $54,725 · fundraising $46,564

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,248 · program services $29,129 · management and general $4,904 · fundraising $3,215

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,466 · program services $55,922 · management and general $9,402 · fundraising $6,142

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,322 · program services $56,142 · management and general $5,593 · fundraising $4,587

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,676 · program services $35,601 · management and general $2,091 · fundraising $1,984

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $41,006 · program services $36,795 · management and general $2,161 · fundraising $2,050

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,970 · management and general $25,970

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $104,604 · program services $93,862 · management and general $5,512 · fundraising $5,230

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,412 · program services $3,449 · management and general $681 · fundraising $282

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,032 · program services $51,619 · management and general $10,191 · fundraising $4,222

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,076 · program services $68,356 · management and general $2,016 · fundraising $3,704

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $163,793 · program services $150,716 · management and general $4,887 · fundraising $8,190

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $41,632 · program services $37,356 · management and general $2,194 · fundraising $2,082

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,465 · program services $6,618 · management and general $1,306 · fundraising $541

  • 24a · Other expenses: PHOTO PROCESSING

    total $108,513 · program services $108,513

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATION

    total $43,296 · program services $33,846 · management and general $6,682 · fundraising $2,768

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $22,513 · program services $17,599 · management and general $3,474 · fundraising $1,440

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $6,666 · program services $5,211 · management and general $1,029 · fundraising $426

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,864 · program services $7,710 · management and general $1,523 · fundraising $631

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $595,645 · end of year $920,226

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $249,208 · end of year $294,187

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $467,312 · end of year $106,911

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $258

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $41,595 · end of year $44,677

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

    $490,266

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

    $336,516

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $167,832 · end of year $153,750

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,189,231 · end of year $3,350,074

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $280,635 · end of year $235,329

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,901 · end of year $52,377

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $69,792 · end of year $64,901

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $438,778 · end of year $376,439

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,078,016 · end of year $4,255,199

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $357,971 · end of year $356,496

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PREVENT BLINDNESS AND PRESERVE SIGHT THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

  • PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION-PROVIDED ONLINE NC VISION RESOURCE GUIDE TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING VISION CARE ASSISTANCE, PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO OVER 52,000 PRESCHOOL FAMILIES AND 3,192 VISION SCREENING WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS, DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND PEDIATRICIANS CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD VISION CARE UPON REQUEST.

    Expenses $550,544

  • COMMUNITY SERVICES-PHOTOSCREENED 42,574 PRESCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, INCLUDING HEADSTART AND NC PRE-K PROGRAMS AT 776 CHILD CARE CENTERS. PROVIDED VISION SCREENING SERVICES TO 4,456 ADULTS AT 57 SCREENING SITES CONVENIENT TO THEM. PROVIDED FOLLOW-UP SERVICES TO ALL PRESCHOOLERS AND ADULTS REFERRED FOR POTENTIAL VISION PROBLEMS. OPERATED VISION SERVICE PLAN, NATIONAL VISION CARES, DONOR DOCS, ZENNI OPTICAL AND ONE SIGHT VOUCHER PROGRAMS, PROVIDING FREE EYEGLASSES AND/OR EYEEXAMS TO 1,206 REFERRED INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $496,074

  • PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING-CONDUCTED VISION SCREENING CERTIFICATION WORKSHOPS TAILORED FOR SCHOOL NURSES, SCHOOL STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS. THROUGH BOTH THE ONSITE WORKSHOP AND THE ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING, A TOTAL OF 3,192 SCREENERS WERE CERTIFIED. OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS TRAINED, 797 (25%) WERE CERTIFIED ASYNCHRONOUSLY. 824 NURSES PARTICIPATED IN THE IN-SERVICE CERTIFICATIONS.

    Expenses $284,821

  • RESEARCH-WORKED WITH UNIVERSITIES, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE BEST METHODS TO SCREEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WORKED CLOSELY WITH VISION RESEARCH CORP TO TRACK INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF PRESCHOOL EYE PROBLEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA. CONTINUED PILOTED AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $188,199

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edwin Jeffords Jr

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $210,647
    From this org
    $180,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,519
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,008
    Bonus
    $16,120
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,853
    Filer's total
    $210,647

  • Tom Clinard

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Robin Shannon

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Corman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Bob Wright

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Douglas

    IMMED PAST C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jana Askeland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice Bashinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Adam Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Bennett MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Frances Blevins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • R Jeffrey Board MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bonnie Bradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sam Crisp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nelson Dollar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Dunbar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kathryn Erickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melanie Fraites PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Randy Fraser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sarah Grace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Angela Hatton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Linda Herrman RN Crno

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Deborah Holland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Greg Johnson MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Timothy D Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Randy Mounce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Samantha Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • R Sterling Perkinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kevin Perry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nan Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jeff Sampere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melissa Shipley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lakshmi Swamy MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Vukin MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Walt Winiewicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
2024
Filed
12 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202532769349300508

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