The Glaucoma Education & Research Fund Inc

Analysis

The Glaucoma Education & Research Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, The Glaucoma Education & Research Fund Inc reported income of $99k and spending of $45k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $99k (+82%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Glaucoma Education & Research Fund Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Autism Connection Inc ($99k), Karl Potach Foundation ($99k) and International Society for Genetic Eye Disease ($99k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $166k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $166k.