SIGHTS FOR HOPE

EIN 23-1352260 ALLENTOWN, PA

Revenue 2024: $1,466,667
Expenses 2024: $1,413,034

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: P860
Classification: 1000
Street: 845 W WYOMING 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

SIGHTS FOR HOPE EMPOWERS PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S LEHIGH VALLEY AND MONROE COUNTY TO SUCCEED NO MATTER HOW THEY SEE THE WORLD.SIGHTS FOR HOPE PROVIDES ADAPTIVE SKILLS TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR LIVING WITH VISION LOSS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, INCREASE

Activities or mission (Part I)

SIGHTS FOR HOPE EMPOWERS PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR LIVING WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS TO BUILD THE HEALTHY, CAPABLE, AND FULFILLING LIVES EVERYONE DESERVES. IT ALSO PROMOTES HEALTHY EYESIGHT AND SCHOOL SUCCESS FOR PRE-K CHILDREN THROUGH VISION SCREENINGS AND EARLY-INTERVENTION SERVICES

CLIENT AND PATIENT SERVICES: SERVICES FOR PEOPLE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ABILITIES TO CONDUCT DAILY ACTIVITIES ARE AFFECTED BY VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS OR BLINDNESS THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED. MORE THAN 49% OF SIGHTS FOR HOPE'S CLIENTS HAVE INCOMES BELOW OR NEAR THE FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD AND 63% OF CLIENTS ARE AGES 65 AND UP. SERVICES INCLUDE GROUP AND ONE-ON-ONE LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMS; CASEWORKER SUPPORT; GUIDED TRANSPORT SERVICES THAT INCREASE THEIR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, AND OTHER ESSENTIALS; PEER SUPPORT GROUPS; PERSONAL COUNSELING; SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES; FUNCTIONAL LOW VISION EXAMS BY A PROFESSIONAL OPTOMETRIST; AND INDIVIDUALIZED CONSULTATIONS PERFORMED TO MATCH CLIENTS AND PATIENTS WITH THE ASSISTIVE DEVICES THAT BEST MEET THEIR NEEDS.

Expenses $983,175 · Revenue $432,453
PREVENTION SERVICES: COMMUNITY-BASED VISION PREVENTION SERVICES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN AGES 0-6. FREE VISION SCREENINGS THAT IDENTIFY COMMON VISION CONDITIONS, INCLUDING NEARSIGHTEDNESS, FARSIGHTEDNESS, ASTIGMATISM, STRABISMUS, AND AMBLYOPIA, IN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS. FAMILY REFERRAL SERVICES THAT CONNECT CHILDREN TO EYE EXAMS, EYEGLASSES, AND OTHER NECESSARY TREATMENTS AT LITTLE OR NO COST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

Expenses $103,579
OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS: 98% OF PARTICIPATING CLIENTS IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM DAILY ACTIVITIES; MORE THAN 96% GAIN GREATER ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL RESOURCES; 99% MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR EXISTING EYESIGHT, AND 95% IMPROVE THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. 6,241 PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN SCREENED IN 2024-2025; 839 WERE REFERRED FOR CLINICAL CARE; AND AT LEAST 125 RECEIVED EYE EXAMS

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.

LINWOOD GEHRIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
KATE RAYMOND

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DANIEL LOMBARDO

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DEVIN DARBY

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
PAUL MILLER

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GARY DVORSHAK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
FRED FOLLAND

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MARTIN LANG

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LUCILLE PIGGOT-PRAWL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
H ROSS RAMALEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL SAVAGE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
STEVEN SAVINO

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
NICOLE WILLIAMS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
TONEY HORST

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
WALTER ROLAND IV

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DENISE SHAFFER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DENNIS W ZEHNER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO

Total calculated

$87,057

From this org

$77,945

From related orgs

$0

Other

$9,112

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$1,466,667

Expenses

$1,413,034

Contributions

$977,719

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,320,774

Expenses

$1,602,911

Contributions

$764,380

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,636,198

Expenses

$1,468,437

Contributions

$1,241,685

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,466,667	$1,413,034	$977,719	$0
2023	$1,320,774	$1,602,911	$764,380	$0
2022	$1,636,198	$1,468,437	$1,241,685	$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

$1,212,995

Expenses

$1,209,531

Assets (EOY)

$1,892,780
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,322,237

Expenses

$1,081,551

Assets (EOY)

$2,071,751
2019 · 990

Revenue

$975,543

Expenses

$1,005,927

Assets (EOY)

$1,792,134
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,340,422

Expenses

$1,044,252

Assets (EOY)

$1,835,803
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,100,635

Expenses

$921,166

Assets (EOY)

$1,491,130
2016 · 990

Revenue

$795,755

Expenses

$928,495

Assets (EOY)

$1,309,835
2015 · 990

Revenue

$904,718

Expenses

$926,218

Assets (EOY)

$1,403,333
2014 · 990

Revenue

$946,984

Expenses

$975,514

Assets (EOY)

$1,456,847
2013 · 990

Revenue

$865,133

Expenses

$1,010,831

Assets (EOY)

$2,103,687
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$991,820

Assets (EOY)

$2,338,481

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,212,995	$1,209,531	$1,892,780
2020	990	$1,322,237	$1,081,551	$2,071,751
2019	990	$975,543	$1,005,927	$1,792,134
2018	990	$1,340,422	$1,044,252	$1,835,803
2017	990	$1,100,635	$921,166	$1,491,130
2016	990	$795,755	$928,495	$1,309,835
2015	990	$904,718	$926,218	$1,403,333
2014	990	$946,984	$975,514	$1,456,847
2013	990	$865,133	$1,010,831	$2,103,687
2012	990	not reported	$991,820	$2,338,481

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

SIGHTS FOR HOPE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$400,000

2022 SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION
SIGHTS FOR HOPE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$375,000

2024 SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

$74,141

2024 DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT ; PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

$53,715

2022 DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$52,206

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

$50,607

2023 DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
SENIOR ASSIST NETWORK

$50,000

2024 OPERATING GRANT
LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$38,735

2023 HUMAN SERVICES
PHILLIES CHARITIES INC

$35,000

2023 SUPPORT EXEMPT MISSION
LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$21,639

2022 HUMAN SERVICES

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

SIGHTS FOR HOPE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

501(C)(3) · SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF SIGHTS FOR HOPE · PA

Declared as related by

SIGHTS FOR HOPE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

On its 2024 return

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 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.