East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$2.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$4.1m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$4.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
18
5.0 years on average
Staff
26
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank's network
18 people8 organisationsi18 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (18). Violet dotted lines (13) 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
18 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 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Faulkner | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Clare Crawford | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Frank McCall | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Fred Miller | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Gene Honeycutt | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jim Ragonese (also filed as Jim Ragonese) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Keltie Kerney | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mike Vudragovich | Past President/Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Neal Vaughan | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Nathanael Hughes | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Neil C Smith (also filed as Neil Smith) | Past President/Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| R Wayne Garland | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Rich Wilson | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Steve Lewis | Past President/Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Tony Gross | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Tony Wright | Past President/Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Tyler Hunsaker | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Wendy Cain | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Strike | Lab Director | since 2020 |
| Laura Gilleran | Office Manag | since 2020 |
| Valerie Stewart | Executive Director | since 2019 |
| Veronica White | QA Director | since 2020 |
| Yvette Venters | Qa Director | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Stewart | Executive Director | 40 | $182k | $36k | |
| Wendy Cain | President | 0 | $0 | ||
| Rich Wilson | Vice President | 0 | $0 | ||
| Clare Crawford | Secretary | 0 | $0 | ||
| Neal Vaughan | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | ||
| Steve Lewis | Past President/Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Neil C Smith | Past President/Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tony Wright | Past President/Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Mike Vudragovich | Past President/Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tony Gross | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jim Ragonese | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Fred Miller | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Frank McCall | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Gene Honeycutt | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tyler Hunsaker | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Angela Faulkner | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Keltie Kerney | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Nathanael Hughes | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| R Wayne Garland | Director | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
- EIN
- 620800221
- Address
- 7515 Beaver Ridge Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37931-3348
- State
- Tennessee
- Mission
- Sight improvement for cornea related impairments (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- E650 Health care
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Health Care
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1964
- Principal officer
- Laura Gilleran (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1972
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsClare Crawford
≥7years on the filingsJim Ragonese
≥7years on the filingsNeal Vaughan
≥7years on the filingsNeil C Smith
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.1m
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $12k
- Program service revenue
- $2.4m
- Employees
- 26
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 | $2.5m | $2.5m | Deficit $3k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.