Nonprofit · EIN 20-1344017
VISION-AID INCORPORATED
Tax-exempt · LEXINGTON, MA 02421
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,298,591 | $1,062,769 | $235,822 | $1,699,043 | $4,700 | $1,694,343 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $741,714 | $464,998 | $276,716 | $1,460,044 | $1,523 | $1,458,521 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $936,559 | $472,820 | $463,739 | $1,182,448 | $642 | $1,181,806 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,231,027
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $67,564
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $883,303
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $23,229
- Occupancy
- $16,374
- Program services (functional)
- $912,076
- Management and general (functional)
- $107,189
- Fundraising (functional)
- $43,504
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,460,044
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,699,043
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,700
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,694,343
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,431,929
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $262,414
- Gross receipts
- $1,298,591
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 200
- Year formed
- 2004
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LALIT SUDAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUDHIR VARMA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| RAMAKRISHNA RAJU | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| REVATHY RAMAKRISHNA | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| HIRAL DESAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARATHY KARTHA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SYED ALI RIZVI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANJAY KUDRIMOTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAVI RASTOGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAMKUMAR RAMAMIRTHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUNDAR SUBRAMANYAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAYA VATSYAYAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| UJWALA PHENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SONAL BAKRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| APARNA RAGHURAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LALIT SUDAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUDHIR VARMA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| RAMAKRISHNA RAJU | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| REVATHY RAMAKRISHNA | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| HIRAL DESAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARATHY KARTHA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SYED ALI RIZVI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANJAY KUDRIMOTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAVI RASTOGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAMKUMAR RAMAMIRTHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUNDAR SUBRAMANYAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAYA VATSYAYAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| UJWALA PHENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SONAL BAKRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| APARNA RAGHURAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONAL BAKRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HIRAL DESAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARATHY KARTHA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANJAY KUDRIMOTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| UJWALA PHENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| APARNA RAGHURAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAMAKRISHNA RAJU | CLERK Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| REVATHY RAMAKRISHNA | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| RAMKUMAR RAMAMIRTHAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAVI RASTOGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SYED ALI RIZVI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUNDAR SUBRAMANYAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LALIT SUDAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SUDHIR VARMA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JAYA VATSYAYAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8 VINE BROOK RD, LEXINGTON, MA 02421-5402
- In care of
- % RAMAKRISHNA RAJU
- Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
- 8 Vine Brook Rd, Lexington MA 02421
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LALIT SUDAN, 17 WILLOWBROOK DRIVE, FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702
- Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
- Ramakrishna Raju, 8 Vine Brook Rd, Lexington MA 02421
- Signed the 990
- LALIT SUDAN, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (781) 333-5252
- Website
- www.visionaid.org
- Return prepared by
- SANDERS WALSH & EATON CPAS LLC
Mission
PROVIDE REHABILITATION AND TRAINING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Program accomplishments
- VISION-AID CHARITABLE SERVICES (VACS) BASED IN VISAKHAPATNAM (VIZAG) INDIA IS VISION-AID'S NODAL PARTNER. IN ADDITION TO RUNNING TWO TRAINING CENTERS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN VIZAG, VACS ALSO SUPPORTS SEVERAL VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ALL OVER INDIA. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE TRAINING IN COMPUTERS, SPOKEN ENGLISH, MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND TESTING. ALL OF THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS AIM TO ENABLE, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO LIVE WITH INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY BY BECOMING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.Expenses $551,399
- VISION-AID WAS INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS:COMMUNITY EYE CARE FDN, PUNE-5,877; DIGITAL MAGNIFIFIERS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED-31,250; DR SHROFF EYE HOSPITAL- 2,465; MARKETING FOR DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY CENTER- 495; MOOC'S FEES FOR STUDENTS- 49; NETHRA, VIZAG- 1,271;SANKAR NETRALAYA- 10,542; SMART PHONES PROGRAM- MATCHING TFLF- 4,100; VISION-AID AGRA PROJECT- IOSTAR-PERKINS-31,209; VOLUNTEER HEALTH SERVICES, CHENNAI- 7,382. ALONG WITH ITS PARTNERS, VISION- AID IS PRINCIPALLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING LOW VISION SCREENING, LOW VISION DEVICES, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING IN COMPUTERS, MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY.Expenses $151,510
- THE VISION-AID RESOURCE CENTER IN COOPERATION WITH SHG TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD IN KARNATAKA, INDIA, AND HYDERABAD EYE INSTITUTE IN INDIA TO FOSTER INNOVATION IN LOW-COST ADVANCED ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; TO SET UP A DEVICE FUND, FOR DISTRIBUITON OF LOW-COST AND SUBSIDIZED DEVICES TO POOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENTS; TO DEVELOP ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND FOR EYE CARE PROFESSIONALS.Expenses $209,167
- THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF STEM EDUCATION IN BLIND SCHOOLS SO THAT VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS CAN PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STEM FIELD. THE VISION-AID RESOURCE CENTER AT AGRA AT THE LUI BRAILLE BLIND SCHOOL BRINGS TO THE RESIDENTS A RANGE OF CAPABILITIES OPENING THE DIGITAL WORLD. INCLUDES NEW COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE. THIS GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY AND SCREEN CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF AGRA, AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES SO THAT APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AND INTERVENTIONS CAN BE OFFERED TO THEM. THE VISION-AID RESOURCE CENTER AT THE ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA, PROVIDES LOW VISION SCREENING DEVICES AND TRAINING TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE CENTER ALSO PROVIDES REHABILITATION SERVICES INCLUDING DIGITAL AND MOBILE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-1344017
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G124)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,699,043
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,298,591
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,298,591 | $1,062,769 | $1,699,043 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $741,714 | $464,998 | $1,460,044 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $936,559 | $472,820 | $1,182,448 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2014 Officer: Ramakrishna Raju | June 30, 2015 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-1344017).
Questions about VISION-AID INCORPORATED
- What is the EIN of VISION-AID INCORPORATED?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VISION-AID INCORPORATED is 20-1344017.
- Is VISION-AID INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to VISION-AID INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does VISION-AID INCORPORATED file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of VISION-AID INCORPORATED due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VISION-AID INCORPORATED last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VISION-AID INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names LALIT SUDAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of VISION-AID INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does VISION-AID INCORPORATED have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,298,591, expenses of $1,062,769 and total assets of $1,699,043 at year end.
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