GoodVision USA
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
-
Board Oversight
-
Board Size
-
Board Meetings
-
Board Compensation
-
Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
-
Effectiveness Policy
-
Effectiveness Report
Finances
-
Program Expenses
-
Fundraising Expenses
-
Accumulating Funds
-
Audit Report
-
Detailed Expense Breakdown
-
Accurate Expense Reporting
-
Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
-
Truthful Materials
-
Annual Report
-
Website Disclosures
-
Donor Privacy
-
Cause Marketing Disclosures
-
Complaints
GoodVision USA meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"to provide correction of visual defects through the establishment of sustainable basic optical care programs in impoverished countries where access to eyeglasses is limited."
Year, State Incorporated:
2018, MA
Also Known As:
OneDollarGlasses USA
GoodVision USA (GoodVision) provides basic visual correction to those who need it in resource poor countries. The organization reports offering its program in Liberia, encompassing local production, education, free vision tests, and instant fitting of durable custom glasses. Other project locations include Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Kenya, India and Myanmar. GoodVision aims to create local jobs, affordable eyecare and establish a sustainable social business model in order to ensure the continuity of the projects as far as possible.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, GoodVision USA's program expenses were:
Program services: $116,284
Total Program Expenses: $116,284
Chief Executive
Jennifer Hyde, Executive Officer
Compensation*
$22,500
Chair of the Board
Blair Wong
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Professor and Chair of Opticianry, Franklin Cummings Tech
Board Size
6
Paid Staff Size
1
*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Grant proposals, Internet
Fundraising costs were 8% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $214,795, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on GoodVision USA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Public contributions and grants | $214,795 |
| Interest income | $14,504 |
| Payments for eyeglasses | $4,621 |
| Total Income | $233,920 |
Programs: 73% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 17%
| Total Income | $233,920 |
| Total expenses: | $158,809 |
| Program expenses | $116,284 |
| Fundraising expenses | $16,133 |
| Administrative expenses | $26,392 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $75,111 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $383,145 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $458,256 |
| Total Liabilities | $0 |
| Total Assets | $425,570 |
An organization may change its practices at any time without notice. A copy of this report has been shared with the organization prior to publication. It is not intended to recommend or deprecate, and is furnished solely to assist you in exercising your own judgment. If the report is about a charity and states the charity meets or does not meet the Standards for Charity Accountability, it reflects the results of an evaluation of information and materials provided voluntarily by the charity. The name Better Business Bureau is a registered service mark of the International Association of Better Business Bureaus.
This report is not to be used for fundraising or promotional purposes.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Meets Standards
-
Standards Not Met
-
Did Not Disclose
-
Review in Progress
-
Unable to Verify
Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance