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RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST

EIN 51-0151514 DALLAS, TX

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Revenue 2025
$11,477,798
Expenses 2025
$8,564,087

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H410
Classification
1000
Street
9600 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 200

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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST IS TO PREVENT VISION LOSS AND RESTORE SIGHT THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION WAS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE THE RESEARCH, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF BLINDNESS AND IMPAIRED VISION. THE FOUNDATION ALSO STRIVES TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PREVENT, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT SIGHT-THREATENING CONDITIONS, AND TO ENHANCE THE REHABILITATION, TRAINING AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PARTIALLY SIGHTED OR BLIND.

  • STUDIES TO OPTIMIZE VISUAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL AND EARLY-ONSET EYE CONDITIONS AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOP MORE SUCCESSFUL AND EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR EARLY SCREENING, TREATMENTS, AND ADHERENCE. RESEARCH INTO INNOVATIVE NEW TREATMENTS FOR INHERITED RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASES, SUCH AS RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. COLLECTING AND MAINTAINING CLINICAL AND GENETIC DATA FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INHERITED EYE DISEASES. CONDUCT VARIOUS TYPES OF RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, DEVELOP WAYS TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION, AND DISCOVER BETTER TREATMENT OPTIONS.

    Expenses $6,790,768 · Grants $350,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rajiv Anand MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Boddy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex M Cena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lori Dao MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Eisnaugle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Louis Grabowsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Gray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grant Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William L Hutton MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Richard A Massman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Therese Rourk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Schaar PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rand Spencer MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tia S Tomlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Martha Pickens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Willam Voss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Dotter CPA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James H Merritt MD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karl Csaky

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MEDICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $549,921
    From this org
    $532,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,737
    Hours/week
    29 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $412,184
    Bonus
    $120,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $237
    Filer's total
    $549,921

  • Naomi Emmett

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $200,037
    From this org
    $179,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,265
    Filer's total
    $200,037

  • Eileen Birch

    PEDIATRIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $354,756
    From this org
    $327,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,612
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $327,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,357
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,255
    Filer's total
    $354,756

  • Mark Pennesi

    LAB DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $458,589
    From this org
    $429,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,765
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,452
    Bonus
    $42,372
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,265
    Filer's total
    $458,589

  • David Birch

    SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,490
    From this org
    $164,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,504
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,986
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,249
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,255
    Filer's total
    $184,490

  • Natalie Gilbert

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,301
    From this org
    $140,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,314
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,987
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,049
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,265
    Filer's total
    $159,301

  • Lucinda Baillie

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $146,762
    From this org
    $129,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,717
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $11,477,798
    Expenses
    $8,564,087
    Contributions
    $11,211,635
    Grants paid
    $350,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,362,518
    Expenses
    $8,037,674
    Contributions
    $8,055,288
    Grants paid
    $805,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,846,410
    Expenses
    $7,801,201
    Contributions
    $7,603,799
    Grants paid
    $1,764,989
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,584,764
    Expenses
    $5,481,987
    Contributions
    $5,583,143
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,235,992
    Expenses
    $15,328,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,529,577

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,548,229
    Expenses
    $4,762,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,458,102

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,685,137
    Expenses
    $4,481,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,190,220

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,241,915
    Expenses
    $4,262,372
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,720,168

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,582,419
    Expenses
    $3,799,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,102,569

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,710,221
    Expenses
    $3,577,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,794,164

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,956,022
    Expenses
    $3,772,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,475,837

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,280,053
    Expenses
    $3,698,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,877,820

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,544,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,499,816

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,242,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,255,295

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

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.