Louisiana · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION
SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,831 to it, the largest being GOLDRING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $404k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Southern Eye Bank Foundation does
Mission
The Southern Eye Bank Foundation supports the greater new orleans foundation (gnof), a community foundation, and other public charities that promote and achieve the goals of gnof, which goals include the enrichment of life in the greater new orleans (continued on sch. O) area by serving as a conduit for donations dedicated to improve the community, and particularly, non-profit organizations that work to support the enhancement of vision and eyecare and related services for residents in southeast louisiana.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
No longer operating as an eye bank, the Southern Eye Bank Foundation now supports the greater new orleans foundation by serving as a conduit for donations dedicated to improve the community particularly to support the enhancement of vision and eyecare in southeast louisiana.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
For over sixty years, southern eye bank's mission has been to operate as an eye bank that provided eye tissue for transplant, research, and education in and outside louisiana in pursuit of spreading the gift of sight. In 2022, southern eye bank sold its eye bank and related assets and changed its name to Southern Eye Bank Foundation. The Southern Eye Bank Foundation no longer operates as an eye bank and thus no longer receives income from this tax exempt activity. The Southern Eye Bank Foundation's sole purpose now is to support the greater new orleans foundation particularly as it relates to the field of charitable eye care.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The Southern Eye Bank Foundation supports the greater new orleans foundation (gnof), a community foundation, and other public charities that promote and achieve the goals of gnof, whose goals include the enrichment of life in the greater new orleans area by serving as a conduit for donations dedicated to improve the community, and particularly, non-profit organizations that work to support the enhancement of vision and eyecare and related services for residents in southeast louisiana.
$547,908 spentof which $547,908 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $547,908.
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 $9.4M to $11M (+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.
0% of SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $1k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOUTHERN EYE BANK 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
SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION's revenue fell 85% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $43k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$43k
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 SOUTHERN EYE BANK 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 13 related entities
- The Greater New Orleans Foundation · exempt
- The Albert N and Hattie M McClure Fund · exempt
- New Orleans Community Support Foundation · exempt
- Gnof Support Foundation · exempt
- The John and Clara Brady Family Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHERN EYE BANK 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 SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION?
- SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,831 to it, the largest being GOLDRING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,831 in grants to SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION?
- GOLDRING FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN EYE BANK FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 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