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NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS

EIN 56-6088141 RALEIGH, NC

Revenue 2024
$1,965,070
Expenses 2024
$1,793,789

Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P86
Classification
1000
Street
4011 WESTCHASE BLVD STE 225

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS (EIN 36-3667121). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

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.

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.

  • 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

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,965,070
    Expenses
    $1,793,789
    Contributions
    $1,536,647
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,832,084
    Expenses
    $1,673,412
    Contributions
    $1,424,607
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,801,446
    Expenses
    $1,631,992
    Contributions
    $1,420,237
    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
    $1,534,754
    Expenses
    $1,435,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,515,037

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,449,006
    Expenses
    $1,294,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,342,014

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,501,020
    Expenses
    $1,379,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,728,881

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,413,008
    Expenses
    $1,436,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,739,679

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,359,225
    Expenses
    $1,377,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,754,854

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,651,110
    Expenses
    $1,330,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,679,119

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,420,215
    Expenses
    $1,342,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,404,249

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,317,943
    Expenses
    $1,275,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,389,687

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,317,912
    Expenses
    $1,214,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,338,995

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,252,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,172,025

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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 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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.