Program areas at Vosh (Vosh-Minn)
Vosh/minnesota is a chapter of vosh/international. Volunteer optometric services to humanity was organized in 1972 by a Kansas optometrist, dr. franklin harms. Vosh is the leading provider of professional volunteer vision care to the developing countries of the world, serving over 100,000 people per year and has helped establish permanent eye clinics in honduras, guatemala, el salvador, nicaragua, haiti and mexico. Vosh has also set up clinics in disaster areas such as in bosnia following a war, in el salvador following an earthquake, and in honduras and the dominican republic following hurricanes. Vosh/minnesota was one of the first to open the doors into cuba for other chapters to follow. In 2022 multiple workshops were held for volunteers to sort and organize donated glasses in preparation for upcoming trips. In october 2022, volunteers from Vosh mn traveled to belize where they served over 800 patients with eye exams, medical care and dispensed more than 1,000 pair of glasses.
Personnel at Vosh (Vosh-Minn)
| Name | Title | Date of data |
|---|
| Alex Paradis | Treasurer | 2023-05-12 |
| Kirk Thomas Treasurer | Past Vice President Treasurer | 2019-11-29 |
Financials for Vosh (Vosh-Minn)
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $3,725 | $6,860 | -45.7% |
| Investment income and dividends | $9 | $9 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Gross sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $3,734 | $6,869 | -45.6% |
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Data update history
July 11, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2021
July 6, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2022
June 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
May 7, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 7, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 9 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Provides grantsPartially liquidatedState / local levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsNo full-time employees
General information
- Address
- 12170 Aberdeen St Ne
- Blaine, MN 55449
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Website URL
- voshminnesota.org/
- Phone
- (612) 655-0543
IRS details
- EIN
- 41-1298649
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990-PF
- Year formed
- 1977
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- T20: Private Foundations
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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