EIN 04-3150037

BostonSight

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
59
Year formed
1992
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
BostonSight is an internationally renowned 501(c)(3)nonprofit eye healthcare organization dedicated to restoring vision and improving quality of life for patients and their families.
Also known as...
The Boston Foundation for Sight
Total revenues
$5,736,628
2022
Total expenses
$5,713,136
2022
Total assets
$10,473,178
2022
Num. employees
59
2022

Program areas at BostonSight

Boston Foundation for Sight, d/b/a Bostonsight, is a world renowned nonprofit eye health care organization. Our mission is to improve quality of life by transforming The understanding, treatment, and care of The ocular surface. Since 1992 we have restored Sight to thousands of patients from around The world. Prosthetic replacement of The ocular surface ecosystem (prose) is an integrated and iterative treatment pioneered by Bostonsight that restores visual function, supports healing, reduces symptoms and improves quality of life for patients suffering with ocular surface disease. Bostonsight prose uses fda cleared custom designed and fabricated prosthetic devices to replace or support impaired ocular surface system functions.
Bostonsight's clinical experience in ocular surface disease creates The necessary Foundation for driving research and ultimately innovation in The design and application of scleral lenses for improving quality of life for patients around The world. The organization's prospective clinical research program is unique as we draw from our history of direct patient care, aiming to solve new clinical challenges with direct in-house access to engineering, software design and our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. In 2018, Bostonsight was named The number one contributor to scleral lens peer-reviewed publications; and in 2021, an analysis in contact lens and anterior eye listed Bostonsight as The most impactful institution in scleral lens publications.

Who funds BostonSight

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$19,700
The Barbara Epstein FoundationGeneral Support of Receipent's Charitable Purpose$10,000
Schwab Charitable FundHuman Services$8,000
...and 5 more grants received

Personnel at BostonSight

NameTitleCompensation
Sara YostPresident and Chief Executive Officer$322,103
Cheryl SadeliChief Financial Officer$167,171
Glen R BunnellChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$108,673
Daniel BrocksMD , Chief Medical Officer$296,153
Laurel LucreziaChief Business Development and Clerk / Chief Business Development Officer$183,920
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for BostonSight

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$352,235
Program services$5,249,658
Investment income and dividends$3,475
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$112,865
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$18,395
Total revenues$5,736,628

Form 990s for BostonSight

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-08-31990View PDF
2021-122022-05-26990View PDF
2020-122021-07-22990View PDF
2019-122021-04-02990View PDF
2018-122020-01-24990View PDF
...and 11 more Form 990s
Data update history
October 23, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
October 23, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
August 18, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 26, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
June 26, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from The Barbara Epstein Foundation
Nonprofit Types
ClinicsDisease-focused nonprofits
Issues
HealthHuman servicesDiseases and disorders
Characteristics
Endowed supportTax deductible donations
General information
Address
464 Hillside Ave 205
Needham, MA 02494
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Website URL
bostonsight.org/ 
Phone
(781) 726-7337
Facebook page
bostonsight 
IRS details
EIN
04-3150037
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1992
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
G40: Diseases of Specific Organs
NAICS code, primary
621: Outpatient Health Care Practitioners and Facilities
Parent/child status
Independent
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