Combat Blindness International Inc

Analysis

Combat Blindness International Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Middleton, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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, Combat Blindness International Inc reported income of $530k and spending of $736k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $609k to $530k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Combat Blindness International Inc sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Health Reporting Center Inc ($529k), Urban Indigenous Collective Inc ($530k) and Journey House Foundation Inc ($529k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (8.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $58k. At year end it held assets of $532k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $503k. It reported 4 employees.