North Carolina · Nonprofit
OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS
OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,490 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $862k
What Ophthalmic World Leaders does
Mission
Ophthalmic World Leaders promotes and develops diverse leadership to advance ophthalmic innovation and patient care. Ophthalmic World Leaders works across eyecare providing professional and personal development and creates opportunities for collaboration.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community-building events - Ophthalmic World Leaders organizes events throughout the year to help members make cross-industry connections and learn from one another. Events are held in conjunction with annual eyecare meetings, including: american academy of ophthalmology, american society of cataract & refractive surgery,hawaiian eye, american-european congress of ophthalmic surgery,american academy of optometry, american optometric association, seco international.
$140,256 spent$23,433 earned by the program31% of program spendingRegional Ophthalmic World Leaders meetings - in 2025, we held these local meetings to bring people together for networking and professional development. We hosted 2 meetings in southern california,and 2 meetings in new england. Our chapter in fort worth, tx had to cancel its meeting.
$97,504 spent$22,755 earned by the program21% of program spendingLeadership development programs - Ophthalmic World Leaders offers professional development programs designed to help members gain the leadership and soft skills and confidence needed to advance in their careers. Programs are offered year-round at low or no cost to Ophthalmic World Leaders members.program sessions are held in conjunction with major ophthalmic conferences (eg american academy of ophthalmology and american society of cataract & refractive surgery), as well as live and on-demand webinars and online archived course content. They also host an annual leadership summit to develop leaders in early and mid-career, as well as a mentorship program designed to elevate rising leaders. Leadership recognition - Ophthalmic World Leaders annual awards recognize ophthalmic professionals who have demonstrated leadership and contributed to the advancement of diverse leadership in eyecare. Candidates are nominated and voted on by Ophthalmic World Leaders'members, and awards are presented at Ophthalmic World Leaders signature event held during the annual meeting of the american academy of ophthalmology. Additionally, Ophthalmic World Leaders produces a semi-annual magazine designed to…
$221,572 spentof which $6,000 as grants$42,478 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $459,332.
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 $504k to $753k (+49%).
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.
80% of OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS’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
OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
“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
OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS: 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 OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS?
- OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,490 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,490 in grants to OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS.
- Who is the largest funder of OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS?
- AbbVie Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPHTHALMIC WORLD LEADERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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