Center of Vision Enhancement
Donations deductibleRevenue
$478k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$459k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$60k
$47k liabilities
Net assets
$13k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.6 years on average
Staff
16
15 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Center of Vision Enhancement's network
7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) 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
7 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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Norton | Financial Officer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Esther Evans | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Felicia Bogden | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Howard Smith | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jeanette Jones | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Luann Parson | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Tanya Williams | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Buchmann-Garcia | Executive Director | since 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Buchmann-Garcia | Executive Director | 40 | $38k | ||
| Janice Stavang | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Esther Evans | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Luann Parson | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Diane Norton | Financial Officer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jeanette Jones | Vice President | 2 | $0 | ||
| Tanya Williams | President | 2 | $0 | ||
| Felicia Bogden | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Center of Vision Enhancement
- EIN
- 680670036
- Address
- 1901 G St, Merced, CA, 95340-5042
- State
- California
- Mission
- The center of vision enhancement primary mission is to provide services, support, health resource access, training, referrals, education and community outreach for the benefit of persons with any level of visual impairment so as to contribute to their health, security, happiness and usefulness and thereby, inter alia, ameliorate the lack of any such supportive services. To make donations to... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P20 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2007
- Principal officer
- Margaret Buchmann-Garcia (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2008
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDiane Norton
≥8years on the filingsHoward Smith
≥8years on the filingsTanya Williams
≥7years on the filingsJeanette Jones
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
- $60k
- Total liabilities
- $47k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $13k
- Contributions and grants received
- $10k
- Program service revenue
- $444k
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 15