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RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC

EIN 13-1945117 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$6,824,102
Expenses 2024
$6,654,052

Program services were 87.5% 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
360 LEXINGTON AVE 22ND FLOOR

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

TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF EYE RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES THE ORGANIZATIONAL & FINANCIAL RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT EYE RESEARCH.

  • RESEARCH GRANTS & RESEARCH PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: DURING 2024, RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS, INC. (RPB) MADE 20 GRANTS TO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOLS TO AID IN THE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF BLINDING EYE DISEASE.

    Expenses $4,505,370 · Grants $3,360,717

  • PUBLIC & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION: RPB DISSEMINATES THE LATEST OPHTHALMOLOGICAL RESEARCH FINDINGS TO SCIENTISTS, PHYSICIANS & PATIENTS BY PUBLISHING REPORTS, BROCHURES, AND RESPONSES TO INQUIRIES.

    Expenses $939,607

  • SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS & SURVEYS: RPB SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO ITS SCIENTIFIC MISSION. SUPPORT OF SUCH MEETINGS IS CONTINGENT ON THE FISCAL & PROGRAMMATIC INTERESTS & PRIORITIES OF RPB.

    Expenses $374,857

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Diane S Swift

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $45,826
    From this org
    $12,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,823
    Hours/week
    20 + 3 related

  • John Tinker

    TREASURER, ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • David H Brenner

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Antonio Gotto

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Faye Hunter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Frederick Huntsberry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Katrina Vanden Heuvel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Yagemann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Blair Westlake

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Chan-Li Lin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dr Stephen McLeod

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Andrew Shiva

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian F Hofland

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $517,258
    From this org
    $410,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,592
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $410,666
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $69,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,592
    Filer's total
    $517,258

  • Eric Mohlenhoff

    DIR. OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $249,925
    From this org
    $181,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,801
    Filer's total
    $249,925

  • Diana Friedman

    DIR. OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $217,694
    From this org
    $138,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,477
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,217
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,658
    Filer's total
    $217,694

  • Patricia Moran

    DIR. OF GRANTS ADMIN (TO 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $143,222
    From this org
    $109,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,658
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elanor Scott

    DIR. OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $211,490
    From this org
    $143,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,952
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,538
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,906
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,046
    Filer's total
    $211,490

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
    $6,824,102
    Expenses
    $6,654,052
    Contributions
    $5,016,630
    Grants paid
    $3,360,717
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,863,019
    Expenses
    $6,651,554
    Contributions
    $3,107,826
    Grants paid
    $3,613,960
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,445,230
    Expenses
    $5,804,455
    Contributions
    $15,001,025
    Grants paid
    $2,890,819

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
    $4,438,794
    Expenses
    $6,384,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,496,612

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,783,150
    Expenses
    $5,127,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,143,248

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,502,711
    Expenses
    $5,334,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,831,031

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,356,723
    Expenses
    $3,995,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,522,071

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.

Grants made

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

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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 2024 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 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.