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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 86-0839382

Arizona Optometric Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Scottsdale, AZ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $54,452 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
On Going
Restrictions
Must Expand Eye Health & Vision Care Access & Promote The Visual Welfare Of The Arizona Community

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $54,452

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,211,530
  • Tax year 2023

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,120,213
  • Tax year 2022

    $32,655

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,036,312
  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,177,537
  • Tax year 2020

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,029,276
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,425

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $949,288
  • Tax year 2018

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $773,366

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

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

  1. Midwestern University Eye InstituteGlendale, AZ

    To help non-insured indigent families, especially single homeless mothers, receive charitable eye care.

    $28,000
  2. Individual

    Indigent Families w/o Ins

    $10,000
  3. Mission of MercyPhoenix, AZ

    To help non-insured indigent families, especially single homeless mothers, receive charitable eye care.

    $8,952
  4. Individual

    Provide Audio [individual] To Those Who Are Visually Impaired

    $5,000
  5. Foundation for Blind ChildrenPhoenix, AZ

    Indigent Families w/o Ins

    $2,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Arizona2 grants $36,952
  2. California1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Dr Aleta GongPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Stacey MeierDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Jan McVeySecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Chris ParotDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dr Beth Pyle-SmithDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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