Alabama · Nonprofit
THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC
THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,865 to it, the largest being CARL BUCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($453,216). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $525k
- Net assets
- $57M
What The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc does
Mission
To serve as a catalyst for improving eyesight through education, research and access to care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During 2024, the eyesight foundation of alabama continued to focus on grants, particularly in support of the university of alabama at birmingham department of ophthalmology and visual sciences' research, education and clinical care endeavors. Eyesight foundation's support also adds value to the work of community-based (non-uab) nonprofits serving blind and visually impaired people by providing vision screenings, eye glasses, sensory equipment for therapy for babies and children, transportation to vision appointments and so forth.
$1,615,624 spentof which $1,546,716 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,615,624.
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 2021 to 2022, from $61M to $48M (−21%).
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.
7% of THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $65k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $837k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC’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
THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — 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 THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham · exempt
- Uab Callahan Eye Hospital Health Care Authority · exempt
- Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · exempt
- Alabama Lions Sign Conservation Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC: 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 THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC?
- THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,865 to it, the largest being CARL BUCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($453,216). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $524,865 in grants to THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC?
- CARL BUCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $453,216 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 3 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