Operation Sight

Analysis

Operation Sight is a registered charity in United States, based in Mt Pleasant, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2012, 14 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 June 2024, Operation Sight reported income of $168k and spending of $290k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $490k to $168k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Operation Sight sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recovery Without Walls Inc ($168k), South Carolina Rheumatism Society ($168k) and Seneca Diabetes Foundation ($167k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $117k. At year end it held assets of $101k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $101k. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.