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Prevent Blindness

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Our vision is vision

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness America touches the lives of millions of people each year. Every year more than 120 million people read, hear or see our messages about early detection of eye disease and prevention of accidents that can cause permanent loss of sight. We train and certify adult and children's vision screeners and screening instructors through the only national program of its kind, providing 20,000 vision screening personnel with the skills they need to help people in their communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.68Overall score
out of 100

85.72Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,336,741

Total expenses · USD$10,604,924

Program expenses

$8,356,680.11 recorded amount

78.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,039,282.55 recorded amount

9.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,187,751.49 recorded amount

11.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Hugh Parry
Recorded compensation: $244,862.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.30%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Prevent Blindness
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness America touches the lives of millions of people each year. Every year more than 120 million people read, hear or see our messages about early detection of eye disease and prevention of accidents that can cause permanent loss of sight. We train and certify adult and children's vision screeners and screening instructors through the only national program of its kind, providing 20,000 vision screening personnel with the skills they need to help people in their communities.
`ein` EIN	36-3667121
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10604924.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.098
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7879999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	85.72
`leader` Recorded leader	Hugh Parry
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	244862.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.023
`motto` Tagline	Our vision is vision
`name` Charity name	Prevent Blindness
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9336741.0
`score` Overall score	89.68
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8356680.111999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1039282.552
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1187751.488

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3667121
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Diseases, Disorders, and Disciplines
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.