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US nonprofit · EIN 330780865 · Newport Beach, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 330780865) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Blindness Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$326k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$327k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$26k
$1 liabilities
Net assets
$26k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
8.4y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
7
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Blindness Foundation's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Dr Than AungDirector2018
8 yrs
Dr Vithoune VissonavongDirector2018
8 yrs
Prof R Jose F Felarca MDDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Christopher Lyon MD PhDPresidentsince 2018
Congressman ED RoyceChairman2018
Dr Jerry Sebag FacsVice Presidentsince 2018
Dr NGY MengVice President2018
Prof Prachak Parchavej MDVice President2018
Russ Shuirman CPATreasurersince 2018
Timothy Tuttle CPA JDVice Presidentsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
CHRISTOPHER LYON MD PhDPresident13$0
Timothy Tuttle CPA JDVice President2$0
Russ Shuirman CPATreasurer2$0
Dr Jerry Sebag FacsVice President2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Blindness Foundation
EIN
330780865
Address
1401 Avocado Ave Ste 401, Newport Beach, CA, 92660-8726
State
California
Mission
A charitable foundation for treating blindness in south east asia through education, training, medical supplies and research. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
G41 Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1998
IRS ruling date
1 April 1998
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2018
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDr Than Aung
≥8years on the filingsDr Vithoune Vissonavong
≥8years on the filingsProf R Jose F Felarca MD

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$26k
Total liabilities
$1
Net assets or fund balances
$26k
Contributions and grants received
$321k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$274k
Employees
0