California · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,005 to it, the largest being THE ALCON FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $0
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $155k
- Net assets
- $0
What International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation does
Mission
The organization is dedicated to the support of programs that will elevate the level of ophthalmic education worldwide.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Support is given to programs such as international fellowships in ophthalmology (trainees from developing countries being educated in advanced programs throughout the world); support for the development of curricula for ophthalmology residents worldwide; support for courses for ophthalmology training directors of residency training programs around the world; teaching the teachers initiative focusing on a "training the trainers" model to improve eye care worldwide by increasing ophthalmic education through better-trained educators.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $2.7M to $281k (−90%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $135k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$29k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION?
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,005 to it, the largest being THE ALCON FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $155,005 in grants to INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION?
- THE ALCON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing