Nonprofit · EIN 04-3150037
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT
Tax-exempt · NEEDHAM, MA 02494
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,309,331 | $6,000,387 | -$691,056 | $9,338,163 | $3,795,700 | $5,542,463 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,318,864 | $5,960,108 | $358,756 | $10,568,283 | $4,336,492 | $6,231,791 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $5,962,410 | $6,023,169 | -$60,759 | $10,737,439 | $4,857,268 | $5,880,171 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $290,922
- of which government grants
- $26,653
- Program service revenue
- $4,787,430
- Investment income
- $75,405
- Royalties
- $153,276
- Other revenue
- $155,574
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,502,921
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,048,009
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,134,541
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $30,046
- Accounting fees
- $92,554
- Occupancy
- $330,044
- Travel
- $51,225
- Depreciation
- $283,373
- Program services (functional)
- $4,790,944
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,164,594
- Fundraising (functional)
- $44,849
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $10,568,283
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,338,163
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,795,700
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,542,463
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,909,875
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,266,337
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $276,126
- Gross receipts
- $5,309,331
- Employees
- 61
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 1992
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARA YOST | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $355,466 | $36,101 |
| DANIEL BROCKS MD | MD, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $341,966 | $37,025 |
| KAREN CARRASQUILLO OD PHD | CHIEF INNOVATION & EDUCATION OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $247,356 | $32,056 |
| LAUREL VILLERS | CLERK, CHIEF BUSINESS DEV. OFFICER Officer | 40 | $217,941 | $32,081 |
| ALAN KWOK | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $173,990 | $30,404 |
| CHERYL SADELI | CFO/TREASURER Officer | 40 | $192,002 | $10,927 |
| CHIRAG PATEL | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $159,163 | $15,920 |
| KLIMENTY LEVIN | SOFTWARE ARCHITECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $156,960 | $9,167 |
| OLGA TOMASHEVSKAYA | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,214 | $8,881 |
| MELINDA KIMBALL | DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $126,025 | $6,804 |
| PAMELA J ANDERSON ESQ | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS HUGHES ESQ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| HOWARD PURCELL OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| RON REMY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| CLIFFORD SCOTT OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONNA DESMOND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| RAMAM ATMAKURI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| MICHAEL NASH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARA YOST | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $341,143 | $35,212 |
| DANIEL BROCKS MD | MD, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $334,887 | $36,052 |
| KAREN CARRASQUILLO OD PHD | SVP OF CLINICAL & PROF AFFAIRS Key employee | 40 | $237,288 | $30,943 |
| LAUREL VILLERS | CLERK, CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Officer | 40 | $211,641 | $31,111 |
| CHERYL SADELI | CFO/TREASURER Officer | 40 | $188,513 | $10,752 |
| KLIMENTY LEVIN | SOFTWARE ARCHITECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $187,969 | $10,436 |
| ALAN KWOK | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $163,841 | $29,270 |
| BITA ASGHARI | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $154,493 | $8,600 |
| CHIRAG PATEL | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,118 | $15,105 |
| OLGA TOMASHEVSKAYA | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $142,712 | $8,751 |
| PAMELA J ANDERSON ESQ | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS HUGHES ESQ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| HOWARD PURCELL OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RAIZMAN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| RON REMY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| CLIFFORD SCOTT OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DONNA DESMOND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARA YOST | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $318,750 | $33,328 |
| DANIEL BROCKS MD | MD, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $315,996 | $33,948 |
| KAREN CARRASQUILLO OD PHD | SVP OF CLINICAL & PROF AFF Key employee | 40 | $221,909 | $29,006 |
| LAUREL VILLERS | CLERK, CHIEF BUSINESS DEVE Officer | 40 | $203,931 | $29,459 |
| CHERYL SADELI | CFO/TREASURER Officer | 40 | $177,357 | $9,757 |
| KLIMENTY LEVIN | SOFTWARE ARCHITECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $176,997 | $9,458 |
| ALAN KWOK | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $154,877 | $27,527 |
| BITA ASGHARI | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $141,017 | $12,850 |
| CHIRAG PATEL | OPTOMETRIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $137,576 | $13,945 |
| AGNES OLSHANSKY | SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,340 | $13,416 |
| PAMELA J ANDERSON ESQ | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| EUGENE BONTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS HUGHES ESQ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| HOWARD PURCELL OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RAIZMAN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| RON REMY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| CLIFFORD SCOTT OD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN WEINGARTEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DONNA DESMOND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 464 HILLSIDE AVE STE 205, NEEDHAM, MA 02494-1228
- In care of
- % PERRY ROSENTHAL MD
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- SARA YOST, 464 HILLSIDE AVENUE 205, NEEDHAM, MA 02494
- Signed the 990
- SARA YOST, PRESIDENT & CEO
- Phone
- (781) 726-7337
- Website
- WWW.BOSTONSIGHT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- AAFCPAS INC
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY TRANSFORMING THE UNDERSTANDING, TREATMENT, AND CARE OF THE OCULAR SURFACE.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $4,215,975 · revenue $4,712,264
- 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.Expenses $367,046
- ONE OF BOSTONSIGHT'S CORE VALUES IS TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION TO EMPOWER PRACTITIONERS TO ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR PATIENTS. WE BELIEVE BY SHARING KNOWLEDGE, WE WILL MOVE THE INDUSTRY FORWARD. OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WORLDWIDE HAVE COME TO BOSTONSIGHT FOR IN-PERSON EDUCATION AT OUR CLINIC. THIS HAS RANGED FROM CLINICAL ROTATIONS TO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETING OUR INTENSIVE PROSE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH ADDRESSES THE MOST ADVANCED CASES OF OCULAR SURFACE DISEASES. FITACADEMY EVENTS ARE SOME OF BOSTONSIGHT'S MOST RECOGNIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. FITACADEMY OFFERS OPTOMETRISTS EXPERT TRAINING IN FITTING AND HANDLING SCLERAL LENSES IN BOTH A DIDACTIC AND EXPERIENTIAL SETTING. THE TRAINING COMBINES BOSTONSIGHT'S 30 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE EXPERTISE OF THE INDUSTRY'S TOP PROFESSIONALS. BEGINNING IN 2024, WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR PARTNERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND HELD OUR FIRST GLOBAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.Expenses $207,923 · revenue $77,464
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-3150037
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P80Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,338,163
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,309,331
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $5,309,331 | $6,000,387 | $9,338,163 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $6,318,864 | $5,960,108 | $10,568,283 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $5,962,410 | $6,023,169 | $10,737,439 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,736,628 | $5,713,136 | $10,473,178 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-3150037).
Questions about THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT
- What is the EIN of THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT is 04-3150037.
- Is THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names SARA YOST.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $355,466 (SARA YOST, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,309,331, expenses of $6,000,387 and total assets of $9,338,163 at year end.
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