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Surgical Eye Expeditions International
Surgical Eye Expeditions International reported $14.9 million in revenue and $15.6 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $89.29 went to program services, $4.19 to management and general costs and $6.52 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 96.9% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $244,570 (CEO). 3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue fell 30% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $16MFor context, the median across 469 covered international, foreign affairs & national security charities: $89.04 programs, $8.28 management, $2.68 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $15M- Contributions & grants (non-government)$96.27 $14M
- Program service revenue$0.27 $40,519
- Investment income$3.46 $519K
Other revenue was negative: −$100K. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 89.3% | 86.1% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 4.2% | 8.0% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 6.5% | 2.6% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.07 | $0.03 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 96.9% | 96.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $244,570 | $341,362 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 1.57% | 1.06% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 9.6 | 7.5 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 14 of 14 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseINTERNATIONAL VISION PROGRAMSEE International transforms lives by restoring sight to those in need. SEE envisions a world where everyone has access to vision care, regardless of who they are, where they live, or their ability to pay.Over the past 50 years, SEE has restored sight to more than half a million people around the world. In 2024, we normalized back from the COVID barriers of International travels by supporting 127 short term international programs (STIP), led by our volunteer network of doctors continuing in the mission of restoring sight. Our SEE volunteer teams, and international…
SANTA BARBARA VISION CARE PROGRAMSEE serves its local community through its SEE Vision Care Program (SVC). In 2024, following a rebrand and a move to a new site location in Goleta, California over 7,000 residents of the central coast received free eye care from the program. Since the inception of the program, we have served more than 90,000 low-income, uninsured, or underinsured Santa Barbara County and Ventura County residents.In 2024, the SVC program reinforced the newly reinstated partnership with largest school district, to serve the state mandated grades with eye screenings. This…
EDUCATION DIVISIONSEE offers hands on training on Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS); a low-cost, low tech form of cataract extraction that saves time, money, and energy, most commonly used in third world and remote areas, globally. Additionally, due to the nature of cataracts in areas where we work (hard, dense, and mature), surgeons are unable to use the same measures to remove the cataract that they would in the US. In 2006, we offered educational opportunities to ophthalmologists and residents in their final years of school through our training and in 2024, wecontinued focused…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO Listed in Part VII, 40.00 hrs/week | $235,000 | $0 | $9,570 | $244,570 |
| Vice President of Programs Listed in Part VII, 40.00 hrs/week | $144,392 | $0 | $17,201 | $161,593 |
| VP/Chief Dev. Off. Listed in Part VII, 40.00 hrs/week | $140,410 | $0 | $19,237 | $159,647 |
3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Surgical Eye Expeditions International (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $566K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b14 · 14 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 527
- Volunteers Part I, line 61,450
Private foundation grants it received
6 private foundations reported grants to Surgical Eye Expeditions International totaling $938K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Of every $100 Surgical Eye Expeditions International spent in 2024, $89.29 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Surgical Eye Expeditions International's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Surgical Eye Expeditions International reported that 89.3% of its $15.6 million in expenses went to program services, 4.2% to management and general and 6.5% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Surgical Eye Expeditions International pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Surgical Eye Expeditions International reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $244,570, for the role of CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Surgical Eye Expeditions International get its money?
Of $14.9 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 96.9% came from contributions and grants and 0.3% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Surgical Eye Expeditions International a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 31-1682275 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202522129349301417 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202422989349300437 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202333189349314338 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202213149349303661 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202103169349305465 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019 (amended), object 202130589349300223 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 31-1682275: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.