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SEVA FOUNDATION

EIN 38-2231279 BERKELEY, CA

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Revenue 2024
$11,046,870
Expenses 2024
$15,446,191

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q300
Classification
1000
Street
1786 5TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEVA FOUNDATION PARTNERS WORLDWIDE TO CREATE SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAMS THAT PRESERVE AND RESTORE SIGHT. OUR VISION IS A WORLD FREE OF AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARTNER WORLDWIDE TO CREATE SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAMS THAT PRESERVE AND RESTORE SIGHT.

  • SIGHT SERVICES & RESTORATION PROGRAMSEVA IS A GLOBAL NONPROFIT EYE CARE ORGANIZATION THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES BY RESTORING SIGHT AND PREVENTING BLINDNESS. SINCE 1978, SEVA HAS PROVIDED SIGHT-SAVING SURGERIES, EYEGLASSES, MEDICINE, AND OTHER EYE CARE SERVICES TO 72MILLION PEOPLE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.GLOBALLY, AT LEAST 2.2 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE A VISION IMPAIRMENT, AND OF THESE, OVER 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE A VISION IMPAIRMENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED OR IS YET TO BE ADDRESSED. OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING EYE CARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT. THEY ARE DRIVEN BY 4 PILLARS - ESTABLISHING SELF-SUSTAINING VISION CENTERS, EYE CARE FOR CHILDREN, BRINGING THE BEST IN TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING & JOB CREATION.TOWARDS THIS AIM, SEVA WORKS WITH 150+ PARTNER HOSPITALS AROUND THE WORLD TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL HOSPITALS AND DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE EYE CARE PROGRAMS WITH LONG-TERM IMPACTDURING THIS REPORT YEAR, SEVA'S NETWORK OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS PROVIDED EYE CARE SERVICES TO 7,652,042 PEOPLE (MORE THAN 50% WOMEN AND GIRLS) AND 998,786 SIGHT SAVING SURGERIES. IN ADDITION, 69,450 CHILDREN RECEIVED EYEGLASSES. IN ASIA, SEVA MADE EYE CARE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO APPROXIMATELY 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE BY ESTABLISHING 39 PRIMARY EYE CARE VISION CENTERS IN BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, INDIA, AND NEPAL.IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, CATARACT REMAINS THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF BLINDNESS. THIS PAST YEAR, SEVA SUPPORTED PARTNER HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE 6,372 CATARACT SURGERIES AND 103,984 EYE EXAMS AND SERVICES. IN THE AMERICAS, SEVA FUNDED 5 VISION CENTERS AND SUPPORTED PARTNER HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE 26,629 CATARACT SURGERIES AND 220,432 EYE EXAMS AND SERVICES.GLOBALLY, 8,946 DOCTORS, OPHTHALMIC SUPPORT STAFF, HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTERS RECEIVED TRAINING IN EYE HEALTH CARE PROVISION AND OUTREACH. SPECIFICALLY, SEVA LED 88 TRAININGS, REACHING 636 PEOPLE TO ESTABLISH AND IMPROVE TRAINING PROGRAMS AT THEIR HOSPITAL. IN ALL PROGRAMS, SEVA CONTINUALLY MONITORS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES TO DETERMINE THE EVIDENCE OF IMPACT AS WE GO, AND COURSE CORRECT AS NEEDED.SEVA BELIEVES THAT RESTORING SIGHT IS ONE OF THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND REDUCE POVERTY. THIS YEAR, SEVA AND THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS PUBLISHED A REPORT THAT DEMONSTRATES WHY IT IS ESSENTIAL TO INVEST IN EYE CARE FOR CHILDREN. A CHILD WITH POOR VISION LEARNS APPROXIMATELY HALF AS MUCH AS A CHILD WITH GOOD OR CORRECTED VISION. THIS TRANSLATES DIRECTLY INTO LIFETIME EARNINGS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL; FOR EXAMPLE, IF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IS PROVIDED WITH GLASSES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND CONTINUES TO WEAR THEM UNTIL THEY ARE 18, THEY WILL EARN, ON AVERAGE, 78% MORE OVER THEIR LIFETIME THAN IF THEY NEVER HAD THEIR VISION CORRECTED.

    Expenses $12,434,151 · Grants $7,438,894

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mariano Yee

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Claudio M Privitera

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lisa Laird

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Vaughan Acton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wavy Gravy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Plowright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dhivya Ravilla Ramasamy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Spencer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Wojnas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Moynihan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $248,788
    From this org
    $218,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,118
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,918
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $752
    Deferred
    $11,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,868
    Filer's total
    $248,788

  • Deborah Moses

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $192,713
    From this org
    $181,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,560
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $6,841
    Deferred
    $9,049
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,263
    Filer's total
    $192,713

  • Julie Nestingen

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $192,167
    From this org
    $180,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,690
    Bonus
    $9,500
    Other
    $15,549
    Deferred
    $9,152
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,276
    Filer's total
    $192,167

  • Heidi Chase

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,870
    From this org
    $177,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,880
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,805
    Bonus
    $9,600
    Other
    $7,585
    Deferred
    $8,916
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,964
    Filer's total
    $188,870

  • Giri Sastromihardjo

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,877
    From this org
    $144,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,405
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $272
    Deferred
    $7,210
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,195
    Filer's total
    $163,877

  • Chundak Tenzing

    GLOBAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,260
    From this org
    $138,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,495
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathryn McMillan

    DIRECTOR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

    Total calculated
    $123,110
    From this org
    $121,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,466
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,046,870
    Expenses
    $15,446,191
    Contributions
    $10,225,163
    Grants paid
    $7,438,894
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,031,643
    Expenses
    $13,237,872
    Contributions
    $9,319,735
    Grants paid
    $5,844,397
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,378,969
    Expenses
    $12,573,891
    Contributions
    $9,629,176
    Grants paid
    $5,287,391

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,363,938
    Expenses
    $10,868,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,516,078

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,746,556
    Expenses
    $10,544,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,769,669

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,380,983
    Expenses
    $9,364,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,184,596

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,881,778
    Expenses
    $7,746,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,903,980

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,419,683
    Expenses
    $7,924,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,776,236

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,621,482
    Expenses
    $7,518,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,180,027

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,748,453
    Expenses
    $5,943,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,533,159

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,188,631
    Expenses
    $6,532,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,790,851

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.