2025-11-17T14:16:21-06:00 2024-12-31 411360831 OLSEN THIELEN & CO LTD 2675 LONG LAKE ROAD ST PAUL MN 55113 990EZ 2024-01-01 201500262 THE MINNESOTA EYE FOUNDATION MINN 9523462192 10709 WAYZATA BLVD MINNETONKA MN 55305 OMAR E AWAD MD FACS PRESIDENT 9523462192 2025-11-14 1 1 RYAN VETTRUS CPA P01243596 6514834521 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.MNEYEFOUNDATION.COM X X 145942 X 145942 145942 1886 36295 54808 86732 179721 -33779 118079 1212 85512 X 152145 119578 27 27 152172 119605 34093 34093 118079 85512 X VISION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, EYE CARE FOR THE NEEDY THE MINNESOTA EYE FOUNDATION PROVIDES EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR OPTOMETRIC AND OPHTHALMOLOGY POST-GRADUATES ASSISTING INDIGENT COMMUNITIES. 0 169965 IN 2024, MINNESOTA EYE FOUNDATION (MEF) CONDUCTED ITS MISSION OF ENRICHING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH CHARITABLE OUTREACH AND CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF EYE CARE. MEF DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE DELIVERY OF EYE CARE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED AND THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPTOMETRISTS, AS WELL AS THE MISSION TRIP EXPERIENCES FOR OUR FELLOWS WHO SERVE PATIENTS IN HONDURAS. MEF EXHIBITS ITS MISSION THROUGH THREE KEY PROGRAMS: THE VISION PROJECT (TVP), PERSPECTIVES IN EYE CARE (ODP) AND STRIDES 4 SIGHT (S4S).THROUGH THE VISION PROJECT (TVP) WHICH PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY VISION CARE EVALUATIONS AND SURGERIES AT NO COST FOR UNINSURED, LOW-INCOME PATIENTS IN NEED, MEF COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 41 VISION PROJECT SURGERIES AND NINE (9) CROSSLINKING PROCEDURES FOR 37 PATIENTS DURING 2024. TVP IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEER NURSES, STAFF, SURGEONS, FELLOWS, ANESTHETISTS, AND TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.50 SURGERIES IN TOTAL FOR 2024: - 41 SURGERIES INCLUDING GLAUCOMA/CATARACT/CORNEA RELATED PROCEDURES - 9 CROSS-LINKING SURGERIES - 37 PATIENTS DURING 2024 VISION PROJECT SURGERY DAYS: - 32 SURGERIES WERE COMPLETED WITH 22 PATIENTS - 13 VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS, 45 VOLUNTEER STAFF AND 6 INTERPRETERS (SPANISH, FRENCH, AND HMONG) = 64 INVOLVEDTHE NEED FOR VISION SURGERIES FOR THOSE WITHOUT INSURANCE HAS GROWN IN NEED EACH YEAR. TVP DID PERFORM ADDITIONAL SURGERIES OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL DESIGNATED WINDOW OF SURGERY DAYS PROVIDING 9 PROCEDURES FOR 6 PATIENTS. THROUGH THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, MEF WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A TRAVEL GRANT TO ONE OF THE MD FELLOWS WHO WAS INTERESTED AND AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE IN MAY 2024. MD FELLOW DR. MARK LARSON TRAVELLED AND ASSISTED DR. MARK S. HANSEN ON HIS ANNUAL HONDURAS MISSION TRIP. THE WEEK-LONG JOURNEY FROM SUNDAY 5/26/24 THROUGH FRIDAY 5/31/24 WAS AIMED AT BRINGING SUPPLIES, KNOWLEDGE, AND SURGICAL SKILLS TO THE RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, AND PATIENTS. CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS AND SURGICAL PLANNING WITH THE LOCAL TEAM TOOK PLACE DAILY. SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING CASES SEEN AT THIS HOSPITAL WERE DESIGNATED FOR THIS MISSION TRIP, AND EACH SURGERY DAY WAS RIGOROUS. POST-OPERATIVE EVALUATIONS WITH PATIENTS AND STAFFING CLINIC PATIENTS WITH FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR RESIDENTS TOOK PLACE DURING THE SPAN OF THIS MISSION TRIP. 1885 2451 ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2024, THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, STRIDES 4 SIGHT, WAS HELD ONCE AGAIN AT THE BLOOMINGTON, MN NORMANDALE LAKE BANDSHELL. THIS 5K FUN RUN/WALK, KIDS FUN RUN AND SILENT AUCTION IS THE MAIN FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE MEF ORGANIZATION. 56 RACERS AND 10 FUN RUNNERS TOTALING 66 PARTICIPANTS THE 2024 STRIDES 4 SIGHT SPONSORS GENERATED $33,454 FROM SPONSORSHIP, CLINIC, AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. 38 ITEMS WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION AND GENERATED $4,215THE MINNESOTA EYE FOUNDATION ALSO WAS A RECIPIENT OF AN ASCRS GRANT (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY) TOTALING $6,500 IN 2024. THE GRANT WAS DISBURSED IN TWO (2) SEPARATE ALLOCATIONS OF $3,250; ONE IN MARCH AND ONE IN SEPTEMBER 2024. THIS ANNUAL GRANT ASSISTS WITH FUNDING OF CATARACT SURGERIES FOR UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS. 0 4167 176583 OMAR E AWAD MD PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 ANNA MUELLER VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 JANET MARTINEAU SECRETARY 1.00 0 0 0 MARK S HANSEN MD TREASURER 1.00 0 0 0 JOHN BERESTKA MD DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 KAITLYN HOLLENBACH OD DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 RICHARD LINDSTROM MD DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 BECKY MALKERSON DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN THE ORGANIZATION 10709 WAYZATA BLVD MINNETONKA MN 55305 9523462192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 16349 30832 153552 112114 145942 458789 16349 30832 153552 112114 145942 458789 21472 437317 458789 0.95320 0.90610 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT. GRANTEE NAME: MARK LARSON, MD. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,886. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: MN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE. AMOUNT: 25. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 415. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 2,691. DESCRIPTION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AMOUNT: 599. DESCRIPTION: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT. AMOUNT: 1,563. DESCRIPTION: THE VISION PROJECT. AMOUNT: 566. DESCRIPTION: STRIDES 4 SIGHT. AMOUNT: 4,167. DESCRIPTION: OD PERSPECTIVES. AMOUNT: 76,313. DESCRIPTION: BANK CHARGES & FEES. AMOUNT: 333. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 60. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 86,732. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20 - OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS DESCRIPTION: PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT. AMOUNT: 1,212. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 27. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 27. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: OTHER LIABILTIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 34,093. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 34,093. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.