Sightsavers Inc

Analysis

Sightsavers Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2015, 11 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, Sightsavers Inc reported income of $18.8m and spending of $18.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $15.5m to $18.8m (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sightsavers Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Central Mental Health Center Inc ($18.8m), Beacon Dowagiac Inc ($18.8m) and Liberation Programs Inc ($18.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $169k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $219k. It reported 1 employees.