Christian Ophthalmology Society Inc

Analysis

Christian Ophthalmology Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Paducah, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1984, 42 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, Christian Ophthalmology Society Inc reported income of $310k and spending of $330k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $244k to $310k (+27%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Christian Ophthalmology Society Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Central Inc ($310k), International Society of Dermatopathology ($310k) and Hands of Hope Medical Clinic ($310k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $35k. At year end it held assets of $295k against liabilities of $2,242, net assets of $293k. It reported 2 employees.