Retina World Congress
Revenue
$542k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$430k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.1m
$780 liabilities
Net assets
$1.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
5.8 years on average
Staff
1
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
3
30% of the board
Voting members
5
reported in Part VI
Retina World Congress' network
10 people2 organisationsi10 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
10 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 10 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandra Rachitskaya | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Baruch Kuppermann | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Debbie Espe | Vice President (Executive Director) | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| J Fernando Arevalo | Executive Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jorge Rocha | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Judy Kim | Executive Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kourous Rezaei | Immediately Past President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lihteh WU | President-Elect | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rishi Singh | Executive Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tarek Hassan | Executive Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Espe | Vice President (Executive | 25 | $108k | ||
| Baruch Kuppermann | President | 5 | $15k | ||
| Kourous Rezaei | Immediately Past President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rishi Singh | Executive Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tarek Hassan | Executive Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jorge Rocha | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lihteh Wu | President-Elect | 1 | $0 | ||
| Aleksandra Rachitskaya | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Judy Kim | Executive Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| J Fernando Arevalo | Executive Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Retina World Congress
- EIN
- 475557898
- Address
- 415 Laurel Street 508, San Diego, CA, 92101-1605
- State
- California
- Mission
- To foster ongoing dialogue and to generate consensus about retinal disease, emerging technologies and treatments, best practices, and clinical research. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S4 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Debbie Espe (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 January 2016
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBaruch Kuppermann
≥8years on the filingsDebbie Espe
≥8years on the filingsKourous Rezaei
≥8years on the filingsRishi Singh
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.1m
- Total liabilities
- $780
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $218k
- Employees
- 1
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $709k | $280k | $429k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.