Ohio · Nonprofit
THE MACULA SOCIETY
THE MACULA SOCIETY (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $574,600 to it, the largest being THE INTERNATIONAL RETINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($410,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $575k
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What The Macula Society does
Mission
To advance the study of retinal-vascular and macular diseases.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To provide a vehicle for research, cooperative studies, data and information accumulation and dissemination with respect to retinal-vascular and macular diseases for approximately 545members. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information among ophthalmologists with specific interest in the management of retinal-vascular and macular diseases. Providing sub-specialty educational services for the american academy of ophthalmology.
$1,584,687 spentof which $337,325 as grants$1,123,677 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,584,687.
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.
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 $5.8M to $6.5M (+11%).
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: 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $95k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 THE MACULA SOCIETY’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 MACULA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 61% · 2023 74% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE MACULA SOCIETY draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 THE MACULA SOCIETY
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 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
84%
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 THE MACULA SOCIETY: 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 MACULA SOCIETY?
- THE MACULA SOCIETY (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $574,600 to it, the largest being THE INTERNATIONAL RETINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($410,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MACULA SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $574,600 in grants to THE MACULA SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MACULA SOCIETY?
- THE INTERNATIONAL RETINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $410,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MACULA SOCIETY 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.
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 6 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