HOPE FOR VISION INC
EIN 20-2818701 · Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments
What they do
HOPE for VISION is DEDICATED to RAISING FUNDS to ADVANCE GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC/MEDICAL RESEARCH for THE TREATMENTS and CURES of BLINDING GENETIC RETINAL DISEASES - THE ORGANIZATION RAISES AWARENESS of and FUNDING for RESEARCH to CURE BLINDING DISEASE. IT SPRINGS FROM THE CONVICTION THAT PROPERLY EDUCATED and INSPIRED PEOPLE WILL JOIN THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT to SPEED THE DEVELOPMENT and DELIVERY of PROMISING TREATMENTS to THE TENS of MISSIONS of PEOPLE LOSING VISION EVERY DAY. FUNDS RAISED DIRECTLY SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH to CURE BLINDNESS AT THE NATIONS LEADING MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
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Board and leadership roster (5)
ALEX COHEN MD PHDVICE PRESIDE
ABE KOSS ESQTREASURER
BETTI LIDSKYCHAIRPERSON
DARIA ZAWADZKI ESQSECRETARY
JAIME EDELSTEIN MDPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- 601 NE 36TH STREET SUITE 2610, MIAMI, FL 33137
- County
- Miami-Dade
- In care of
- BETTI LIDSKY
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2016
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2016
- Tax preparer
- AGUIAR CABRERA MACEO & COLLP
- IRS tax category
- Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2021