LENS FOUNDATION

EIN 85-2708790 MT PLEASANT, SC

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Revenue 2024: $548,979
Expenses 2024: $467,796

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: S20
Classification: 1278
Street: 1050 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD UNIT 912

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

THE MISSION OF THE LENS FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN CHARLESTON.

COMMUNITY EVENTS- THE LENS FOUNDATION HOSTS COMMUNITY EVENTS SO THAT YOUTH AND FAMILIES MAY ENGAGE IN RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITH CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND STAFF TO ENCOURAGE AND ENHANCE MUTUAL RESPECT. MULTIPLE EVENTS WERE HOSTED OR SPONSORED IN 2024.

Expenses $73,199
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS- THE LENS FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT TO PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH DIVISION, OR OPERATED BY OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Expenses $38,480
POLICE RECOGNITION- THE LENS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE OFFICERS AND STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES OF THE CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BY SPONSORING MORALE-BOOSTING INITIATIVES THAT SHOW THE COMMUNITY'S APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. MULTIPLE PROJECTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2024, INCLUDING THE POLICE AWARDS RECOGNITION BANQUET WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, AND THE CREATION OF THE POLICE RECOGNITION WALL TO HONOR CPD OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. PUBLIC SAFETY- THE LENS FOUNDATION PROVIDES COMMUNITY AWARENESS OPPORTUNITIES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE MOUNTED PATROL, K9 OFFICERS, AND BIKE PATROL SERVICES OF THE CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Expenses $243,828 · Grants $85,681 · Revenue $94,016

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.

Allison HiltonALLISON HILTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Bruce CaulkBRUCE CAULK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Caroline ReynoldsCAROLINE REYNOLDS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Catherine BrackCATHERINE BRACK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Dennis SchimpDENNIS SCHIMP

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dr Randhir MakkarDR RANDHIR MAKKAR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ed MarinaroED MARINARO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Helen HillHELEN HILL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jamie BosworthJAMIE BOSWORTH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
John LaverneJOHN LAVERNE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Lee Bennett JrLEE BENNETT JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Paul TamburrinoPAUL TAMBURRINO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rev Dr William SwintonREV DR WILLIAM SWINTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sara MasseySARA MASSEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susan MatthewsSUSAN MATTHEWS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Tommy HallTOMMY HALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John WalshJOHN WALSH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brad HarveyBRAD HARVEY

VICE CHAIR/MARKETING

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
George ReethGEORGE REETH

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
Iskra SalcedoISKRA SALCEDO

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5

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

$548,979

Expenses

$467,796

Contributions

$425,373

Grants paid

$85,681
2023

Revenue

$278,949

Expenses

$375,787

Contributions

$263,704

Grants paid

$25,000
2022

Revenue

$405,303

Expenses

$236,655

Contributions

$418,118

Grants paid

$3,553
2022

Revenue

$405,303

Expenses

$236,655

Contributions

$418,118

Grants paid

$3,553

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$548,979	$467,796	$425,373	$85,681
2023	$278,949	$375,787	$263,704	$25,000
2022	$405,303	$236,655	$418,118	$3,553
2022	$405,303	$236,655	$418,118	$3,553

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

$228,210

Expenses

$74,015

Assets (EOY)

$197,738
2020 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$0

Expenses

$19,972

Assets (EOY)

$0

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$228,210	$74,015	$197,738
2020	990-EZ	$0	$19,972	$0

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

CITY OF CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

$34,974

2024 OTHER DIRECT SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS
CITY OF CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

$25,000

2023 PURCHASE OF K9 LUTHER AND OTHER DIRECT SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

ISLE OF PALMS COMMUNITY CORPORATION

$147,453

2023 Transfer of LENS from IOPCC to stand alone entity
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$40,000

2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$15,000

2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$12,550

2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$9,400

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.