VISIONSPRING

Financials

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

30 E 60TH ST RM 201, NEW YORK, NY 10022-7109

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

ELLA GUDWIN, 30 EAST 60TH STREET SUITE 201, NEW YORK, NY 10022

Signed the 990

ELLA GUDWIN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Phone

(212) 355-5145

Return prepared by

PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC

Mission

TO PROVIDE EYEGLASSES AND VISION SCREENING TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS THOUGH GLOBAL PROGRAMS.

Program accomplishments

• VISIONSPRING WORKS TO INCREASE LIFELONG EARNING, LEARNING, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING THROUGH EYEGLASSES FOR PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO POVERTY. IN 2024, WE SCREENED MORE THAN 2.6M PEOPLE AND CORRECTED THE VISION OF NEARLY 2.13M, PEOPLE - FARMERS, WEAVERS, FACTORY WORKERS, DRIVERS, AND STUDENTS - GAINED THE CLEAR VISION THEY NEED TO SEE WELL AND DO WELL. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKED OUR TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF EYEGLASSES TO 14.1M PEOPLE AND HAS UNLOCKED AN ESTIMATED $3B IN INCOME-EARNING POTENTIAL FOR HOUSEHOLDS LIVING ON LESS THAN $4 PER DAY SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 2001.IN 2024, VISIONSPRING CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON OPTICAL SERVICES AND EYEGLASSES SALES, GROWING AT A RATE OF 13% YEAR-ON-YEAR. OUR TARGET CUSTOMERS WERE REACHED IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OUR LARGEST MARKETS IN INDIA, BANGLADESH, AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. VISIONSPRING'S PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH TWO MODELS, VISION ACCESS PROGRAMS, AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.VISION ACCESS PROGRAMS: OUR VISION ACCESS PROGRAMS ADVANCE OUR IMPACT ALONG THREE THEMES: SEE TO EARN, SEE TO LEARN, AND SEE TO BE SAFE. IN 2024, THROUGH OUR VISION ACCESS PROGRAMS, WE SCREENED THE VISION OF 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN WORKPLACES, FACTORIES, SCHOOLS, TRANSPORTATION HUBS, AND RURAL AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS. WE HELPED 546K INDIVIDUALS SEE CLEARLY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF NEAR VISION SPECTACLES (READING GLASSES) AND PRESCRIPTION GLASSES. OF THOSE WHO GOT GLASSES, 95% WERE ADULTS, 5% WERE CHILDREN. 79% RECEIVED THEIR FIRST-EVER PAIR.SEE TO EARN: WE PARTNER WITH PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OFFICES OF MAJOR BUSINESSES TO BRING FREE VISION SCREENING AND LOW-COST GLASSES TO ADULTS ENGAGED IN THE INFORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES. WE DEEPENED THE MARKET PENETRATION OF OUR LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM WHICH SHIFTS THE TASK OF CORRECTING BLURRY NEAR VISION TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS. READING GLASSES FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS (RGIL) EXPANDED WITH HEALTH ENTREPRENEURS IN ZAMBIA, SERVED NEW DISTRICTS WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN UGANDA, AND EXTENDED INTO A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF MICROFINANCE CLIENTS IN BANGLADESH. GLOBALLY IN 2024, WE SCREENED THE VISION OF 1.15M PEOPLE AND DISPENSED GLASSES TO 359K PEOPLE THROUGH RGIL, REPRESENTING 30% OF TOTAL EYEGLASSES DELIVERED THROUGH ALL OF OUR MODELS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR CLEAR VISION WORKPLACES (CVW) PROGRAM, POWERED BY AN ALLIANCE OF LEADING BRANDS, DRAMATICALLY INCREASES EYEGLASSES COVERAGE RATES AMONG WORKERS WHO PRODUCE TEXTILES, GARMENTS, AND HOME GOODS.LIVELIHOODS IN FOCUS (LIF) IS OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE EYEGLASSES COVERAGE RATES - AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME - IN COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN VISION-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AND ARTISAN CRAFT. LAST YEAR, LIVELIHOODS IN FOCUS (LIF) EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY THANKS IN PART TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE THAN $1 MILLION OF THE MACKENZIE SCOTT GIFT WE RECEIVED IN 2022 TO IMPROVE VISION CARE ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND ARTISANS IN STRATEGIC MARKETS. WE HIRED OUR FIRST DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IN GHANA AND ONBOARDED NEW PARTNERS IN GHANA, INDIA, KENYA, AND UGANDA. IN TOTAL, WE BROUGHT LIVELIHOODS INTO FOCUS FOR 234K PEOPLE THROUGH LIF.SEE TO LEARN: EYEGLASSES INCREASE A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, BOOSTING LEARNING OUTCOMES EQUIVALENT TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF YEAR OF SCHOOLING ON AVERAGE. IN 2024, WE CONTINUED THE FOCUS ON SEE TO LEARN PROGRAM IN INDIA AND SCREENED THE VISION OF 489K SCHOOL CHILDREN AND DISPENSED 42K PAIRS OF EYEGLASSES.SEE TO BE SAFE: UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 3.6 SEEKS TO HALVE THE NUMBER OF GLOBAL DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BY 2030. YET EVEN THOUGH 60% OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO POOR SIGHT, VISION ACUITY IS NOT A PART OF GLOBAL INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE ROADS SAFER. WE ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT THROUGH SEE TO BE SAFE (S2S).EQUIPPING DRIVERS WITH EYEGLASSES ENABLES THEM TO SEE MORE CLEARLY, THEREBY MINIMIZING ROAD HAZARDS. TO LOWER THE INCIDENCE OF VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND THE ASSOCIATED RISKS OF INJURY AND MORTALITY, WE SCREEN THE VISION OF TRUCKERS, BUS DRIVERS AND ALLIED TRANSPORT WORKERS IN MAJOR TRANSIT HUBS WITH CORPORATE SPONSORS AND MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS. IN 2024, VISIONSPRING SCREENED 169K DRIVERS AND TRANSPORT WORKERS, BRINGING OUR SEE TO BE SAFE TOTAL TO 861K SINCE 2018. IN NIGERIA AND ZAMBIA WE EXPANDED S2S THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRANSPORT COMPANIES, SCREENING 117K DRIVERS AND DISPENSING 32K EYEGLASSES.PHARMACIES: OUR PHARMACY PROGRAM MATURED OUT ITS R&D PHASE, CONTINUING EXPANSION IN GHANA, BANGLADESH, AND NIGERIA WITH KEY ADJUSTMENTS TO FOCUS ON NEAR VISION SCREENING FOR PRESBYOPIA. SPECIFICALLY, WE IMPLEMENTED AN IMPROVED DEMAND GENERATION PILOT WITH A LOCAL MARKETING AGENCY IN KUMASI, GHANA, LEADING TO A TRIPLING OF SALES IN PILOT PHARMACIES (+150 PAIRS PER PHARMACY). WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO REACH MORE PHARMACIES AND CONDUCTED A SURVEY TO COLLECT FEEDBACK AND KPI METRICS AROUND SCREENING AND SALES. THROUGH THE PHARMACY PROGRAM WE HELPED 39K PEOPLE SEE CLEARLY THROUGH READING GLASSES, AND MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR FOOTPRINT FROM 297 TO 615 PHARMACIES.INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, VISIONSPRING SELLS BULK QUANTITIES OF EYEGLASSES, COUPLED WITH TRAINING AND MARKETING SUPPORT, TO OUR NETWORK OF HOSPITAL, PHARMACY, EYE CARE CENTER, NGO, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS. OUR PARTNERS RELY ON VISIONSPRING'S QUALITY PRODUCT, TIMELY DELIVERY, FAVORABLE PAYMENT TERMS, AND SELL-THROUGH SUPPORT TO EXPAND THEIR VISION SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS. IN 2024, WE HELPED 1.2M PEOPLE SEE CLEARLY THROUGH OUR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS CHANNEL. OF THE 1.2M, 59% WERE SERVED THROUGH PRIVATE MISSION-ALIGNED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND 41% WERE SERVED THROUGH GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS. OUR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TEAM MARKED A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT IN 2024 BY INTRODUCING AN INNOVATIVE EYEWEAR COLLECTION IN BANGLADESH, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA.TO SUPPORT VISIONSPRING'S GLOBAL REACH AND IMPACT, WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS BASED IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING BANGLADESH, GHANA, INDIA, KENYA, NIGERIA, UGANDA, VIETNAM, AND ZAMBIA. THESE TEAMS ADVANCE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION THROUGH LOCALIZED STRATEGIES AND PARTNERSHIPS, ENSURING THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE. ADDITIONALLY, OUR SUPPORT OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES ESSENTIAL BACKING, ENABLING US TO EXCEED OUR TARGETS AND CONTINUE EXPANDING OUR SCOPE. THIS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY VISION SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
  Expenses $10,063,011 · grants $4,629,017

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

31-1811558

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

2002

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T12)

Assets (IRS master file)

$28,859,261

Income (IRS master file)

$65,134,708

Filing history

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about VISIONSPRING

What is the EIN of VISIONSPRING?

The employer identification number (EIN) of VISIONSPRING is 31-1811558.

Is VISIONSPRING tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.

Are donations to VISIONSPRING tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does VISIONSPRING 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 VISIONSPRING due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did VISIONSPRING last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of VISIONSPRING?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ELLA GUDWIN.

Who are the officers and directors of VISIONSPRING?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $296,045 (ELLA GUDWIN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).

How much revenue does VISIONSPRING have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $12,889,591, expenses of $13,410,822 and total assets of $28,859,261 at year end.

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