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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-0780865

The Blindness Foundation

A private foundation in Newport Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $227,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2025 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2025

    $227,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $35,042

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    TREATMENT OF [individual] FOR BLINDNESS

    $227,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • CHRISTOPHER LYON MD PhDPresident Hours 13Pay $0
  • Timothy Tuttle CPA JDVice President Hours 2Pay $0
  • Russ Shuirman CPATreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Dr Jerry Sebag FacsVice President Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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