Ohio · Nonprofit
National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate
National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate (Ohio) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $937,542 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS ($344,772). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $938k
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate does
Mission
to prevent blindness and preserve sight
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public Education-informing the general public about the basic facts of eye care, health and safety, and motivating them to appropriate action; conducted through mass media, distribution of Prevent Blindness publications and responses to inquiries from the public. 860,225 persons participated in health education programs and information and referral services.
$455,789 spentof which $1,591 as grants$9,725 earned by the program33% of program spendingProfessional Education-serving as an authoritative source of information on the latest developments in vision and eye care so that eye care professionals, nurses, scientists, teachers, social workers, and others in the field of blindness prevention can better serve their clients. 1,460 attended professional education symposia. Prevent Blindness Ohio also provided two scholorships to young vision researchers.
$337,741 spentof which $1,587 as grants25% of program spendingCommunity Service-sponsoring and promoting screening programs for the early detection of signs of eye trouble among preschool children, school age children, and adults, particularly ambyopia in children and glaucoma and AMD in adults. Screenings were provided for 829,853 persons last year. In addition, 4,034 people received free eye exams and glasses.
$581,556 spentof which $3,173 as grants$1,000 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,375,086.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $4.6M to $5.3M (+16%).
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: 2021 34% · 2022 34% · 2023 28% · 2024 28% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Amy Pulles
President & CEO
Board chair
Jim Griveas
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $103k → $94k.
11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% 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 National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 28% · 2019 40% · 2020 31% · 2021 45% · 2022 20% · 2023 28% — 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
38% of National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $337k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Prevent Blindness · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate?
- National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate (Ohio) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $937,542 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS ($344,772). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $937,542 in grants to National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate?
- NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS is the largest funder on record, with $344,772 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 33 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