Public Charity

SIGHTS FOR HOPE

Based in ALLENTOWN, PA, SIGHTS FOR HOPE operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.5M in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, $1.9M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 47 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $3.4M.

EIN: 231352260 ALLENTOWN, PA Blind & Visually Impaired Centers NTEE: P86 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.5M
Total Expenses$1.4M
Total Assets$1.9M
Grant Records47
Funding Total$3.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SIGHTS FOR HOPE EMPOWERS PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S LEHIGH VALLEY AND MONROE COUNTY TO SUCCEED NO MATTER HOW THEY SEE THE WORLD.SIGHTS FOR HOPE PROVIDES ADAPTIVE SKILLS TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR LIVING WITH VISION LOSS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, INCREASE

Where $100 goes at Sights for Hope

How Sights for Hope divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$57
Client and patient services
82% of program spending
$6
Prevention services
9% of program spending
$6
Outcomes and impacts
About 9% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 6,241 children
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Daniel Lombardo
BOARD MEMBER Denise Shaffer
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO Dennis W Zehner
SECRETARY Devin Darby
BOARD MEMBER Fred Folland
BOARD MEMBER Gary Dvorshak

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,194,414 39 grants
Human & Social Services
$161,800 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$38,500 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.5M $1.4M $1.9M
2024 $1.3M $1.6M $1.9M
2023 $1.6M $1.5M $2.1M
2022 $1.2M $1.2M $1.9M
2021 $1.3M $1.1M $2.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $1.5M (+11%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.9M.

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