Public Charity

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION

Based in FORT WORTH, TX, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.7M in revenue, $1.3M in expenses, $7.1M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 23 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $549K.

EIN: 237388748 FORT WORTH, TX Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.7M
Total Expenses$1.3M
Total Assets$7.1M
Grant Records23
Funding Total$549K
Filing Years2018–2025

Mission

THE ASCRS FOUNATION IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS PHYSICIAN EDUCATION AND PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN CATARACT SURGERY IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF MODERN OPHTHALMOLOGY.

Where $100 goes at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation

How American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$25 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$68
Charitable/humanitarian eye care
95% of program spending
$3
Young eye surgeons international service grants
3% of program spending
$1
Resident excellence awards; traditionally provides ten 1,000 awards annually to enable ophthalmology residents exhibiting exemplary performance to attend the ascrs annual meeting
2% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,000 awards
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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

PRINCIPAL OF Abigail Markward
BOARD MEMBER Andrew Chang
BOARD MEMBER Audrey Rostov Md
BOARD MEMBER Bruce Maller
BOARD MEMBER Cathleen Mccabe Md
BOARD MEMBER David F Chang Md

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$337,800 16 grants
Health & Medicine
$139,850 3 grants
Research & Policy
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$61,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.7M $1.3M $7.1M
2021 $1.1M $993K $6.4M
2020 $894K $3.1M $6.1M
2019 $1.0M $949K $8.1M
2018 $1.6M $961K $8.3M

Between 2018 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $1.7M (+7%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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