American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation

Analysis

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Worth, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2025. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2021, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation reported income of $1.1m and spending of $993k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2021, income grew from $1.0m to $1.1m (+5.6%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 170% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Premier Payee Inc ($1.1m), Central de Desarrollo Educativo Deportivo Inc ($1.1m) and North Georgia Works Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $6.3m.