New York · Nonprofit
THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC
THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,593,217 to it, the largest being THE MARY TYLER MOORE LEVINE & S ROBERT LEVINE MD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,492,717). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $464k
What The Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Inc does
Mission
To accelerate the development of new methods to preserve and restore vision in people with diabetes
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Convened and led numerous conferences and workshops with participation of hundreds of global experts to discuss research progress and needs, and continued our key opinion leader working group process to identify and validate the metrics to better define diabetic retinal disease. Published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals on our work. Strengthened key collaborations with major universities and non-profits. Provided directed grants to continue the building of our ocular biorepository and resource center, develop a new patient-reported outcome measure (pro), and establish a pre-competitive, public-private, consortium at the university of michigan to enable industry participation in our efforts to accelerate development on new therapeutics to cure and prevent vision loss from diabetic retinal disease. Furthered collaborations at joslin diabetes center/harvard medical school and the drcr retina network to plan clinical trials to assess potential of advanced measures of visual function in clinical care and research.
$882,961 spentof which $634,826 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $882,961.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $179k to $470k (+162%).
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.
98% of THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
S Robert Levine Md
President/ CEO/ chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 5 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 MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE 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 MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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
96% of THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE 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 MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC?
- THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,593,217 to it, the largest being THE MARY TYLER MOORE LEVINE & S ROBERT LEVINE MD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,492,717). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,593,217 in grants to THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC?
- THE MARY TYLER MOORE LEVINE & S ROBERT LEVINE MD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,492,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARY TYLER MOORE VISION INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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