Kentucky · Nonprofit
VONS VISION INC
VONS VISION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,986 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $641k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Vons Vision Inc does
Mission
The mission of von's vision is to provide low-income students with the eye care and fashcorrective eyewear they need to be their best in the classroom and in life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Von's vision day at texas a&m - as an extension of the von's vision center and vons locker programs, von's vision hosts 'exam days' on the campus of texas a&m university for undergraduate students attending von's alma mater on financial aid. Hosted at the von's vision center in the university student health services building, students are able to register for these exam days, where they receive no-cost vision screenings, eye examinations and a new pair of prescription glasses. The program aims to ensure that subpar vision is not a barrier to students exceeding in the classroom and achieving a college degree.
$74,191 spentof which $21,137 as grants13% of program spendingVon's vision day - the flagship outreach program of the foundation is vons vision day. Vons vision day provides children from across our target markets identified and invited through our relationships with schools,after-school programs, and community organizations with access to free eye-screening and, if needed, a free eye exam conducted by volunteer optometrists and ophthalmologists. Exclusive frames provider, etnia barcelona, offers a large selection of high-end, fashion-forward frames for program participants to choose from. Through our industry partnerships,vons vision fulfills the prescription lenses and delivers a final pair of prescription glasses to the program recipient. Vons vision has held annual vision day programs in denver every year since 2014, providing over 5 million in no-cost eyecare and corrective eyewear to over 9,000 students in-need. Through partnership with etnia barcelona, vons vision has also held roadshow vision day programs in miami, las vegas and kansas city.
$226,425 spentof which $101,790 as grants40% of program spendingRural colorado is a partnership von's vision has with hero practice services in which hero finds those in need of services in rural colorado and administers eye exams, which von's vision foundation pays for, and supplies glasses to the recipients, provided by von's vision.
$191,677 spentof which $191,400 as grants34% of program spendingGeneral assistance - general assistance in providing low-income children with the eye care and corrective eyewear they need to be their best in the classroom and in life.
$70,098 spentof which $59,209 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $562,391.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $3.3M (+26%).
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.
54% of VONS VISION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 held at 2 funders, grant income fell $44k → $15k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 VONS VISION 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
VONS VISION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund VONS VISION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 59% · 2019 58% · 2020 70% · 2021 61% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
8% of VONS VISION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
68% of VONS VISION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $103k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $223k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
VONS VISION INC's revenue fell 36% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VONS VISION 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 VONS VISION 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 VONS VISION INC?
- VONS VISION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,986 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VONS VISION INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $325,986 in grants to VONS VISION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VONS VISION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VONS VISION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 14 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