New York · Nonprofit
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303,944 to it, the largest being UW H P FARRINGTON - HPF FDN RSDY ($2,708,922). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $6.3M
- Net assets
- $71M
What Lighthouse International does
Mission
To provide exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research support - the research institute translates scientific findings and technological advances into practical solutions for people living with vision loss today. The pisart award in vision science, awarded annually, recognizes an early-career vision clinician-scientist whose contributions to vision science have the potential for substantial influence. Lighthouse International is engaged in more then 10+ ongoing research initiatives, collaborating with university researchers on a wide range of topics including vision rehabilitation and assistive technologies.
$576,645 spentof which $25,000 as grants96% of program spendingLgi partnership with the adapt community network preschool continued with an lgi teacher for the visually impaired working in the preschool to identify and treat children with vision loss, and to modify the school environment to accommodate students with vision impairment. The model included the development of a teacher training program to further expand education for teachers working with children with vision impairment and to expand lgi's reach.
$23,383 spent4% of program spendingYouth and teen programs include rehabilitation, education, and recreational classes and activities to individuals ages 6-21, including: a saturday youth skills program for those aged 6-13; a youth transition program for those ages 14-21; and a youth employment program for visually impaired students who wish to secure paying jobs in the community.
$0 spent$330,190 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $600,028.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $182M to $63M (−65%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 4% · 2019 1% · 2020 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Calvin W Roberts Md
President & CEO
Board chair
James M Dubin
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $346k → $1.0M.
6 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.9M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lighthouse Guild International Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL raised.
From the IRS filings of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 66% · 2019 55% · 2020 46% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,608 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- The Jewish Guild for the Blind · exempt
- Jgb Rehabilitation Corporation · exempt
- Guildnet Inc · exempt
- Jgb Mental Health and Mental Retardation · exempt
- Lighthouse Guild International Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL: 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 LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL?
- LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303,944 to it, the largest being UW H P FARRINGTON - HPF FDN RSDY ($2,708,922). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $6,303,944 in grants to LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL?
- UW H P FARRINGTON - HPF FDN RSDY is the largest funder on record, with $2,708,922 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 48 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing