Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
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About this organization
Mission
Our mission compels us to provide and improve direct services to donor families, improve service delivery systems with medical professionals, and provide eye tissue transplantation training, education and consultation programs throughout Colorado and Wyoming. RMLEB is also very proud to increase eye tissue donor awareness, engage in advocacy, and secure and provide resources for anyone to “Share the Circle of Light" through eye donation. The eye bank has carried out this wish of over 41,000 eye donors in Colorado and Wyoming by facilitating more than 40,000 sight-restorative transplants locally, throughout the U.S. and the world. Another 14,000 tissues were used in valuable medical research to overcome blindness.
About
EYE TISSUE RECOVERY AND TRANSPLANTATION: THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE EYE BANK IS TO FULFILL THE WISHES OF EYE DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HELP ANOTHER IN NEED. DONATED EYE TISSUES ARE FIRST PLACED WITH RECIPIENTS ON A LOCAL TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST. IF A SUITABLE RECIPIENT CANNOT BE FOUND LOCALLY, A SEARCH IS CONDUCTED WITH OTHER EYE BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES. IF A SUITABLE RECIPIENT STILL CANNOT BE FOUND, A SEARCH IS CONDUCTED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS TO FIND A RECIPIENT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. IN THIS WAY, NO TRANSPLANTABLE CORNEA IS EVER WASTED. TISSUES THAT CANNOT BE TRANSPLANTED FOR MEDICAL REASONS CAN OFTEN BE PLACED IN RESEARCH PROGRAMS.INTERNATIONAL SURGERY FUND: THIS FUND DEFRAYS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL TISSUE PLACEMENT, SUCH AS INCREASED SHIPPING FEES, ADDITIONAL TESTING AND A LOWER COST REIMBURSEMENT. WITHOUT THIS VITAL SUPPORT, EYE TISSUES UNABLE TO BE PLACED WITH RECIPIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE DESTROYED. THE FUND ALSO SUPPORTS HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS OF LOCAL TRANSPLANT SURGEONS WHO DONATE THEIR TIME AND SKILLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ADDRESSING THE WORLDWIDE NEED, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIONS EYE BANK HAS HELPED ESTABLISH EYE BANKING PRACTICES AND DONATION PROGRAMS ON EVERY CONTINENT.EYE SURGERY FUND: ESTABLISHED IN 1983, THE EYE SURGERY FUND ASSISTS PATIENTS WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO COVER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CORNEAL SURGERY. CANDIDATES ENTER THE PROGRAM THROUGH SPONSORSHIP FROM THEIR LOCAL LIONS CLUB. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIONS EYE BANK REVIEWS THE APPLICATION AND MAY ASSIST WITH A GRANT TOWARD SURGERY COSTS. IN ADDITION, THE EYE BANK WORKS TO NEGOTIATE WAIVERS OR FEE REDUCTIONS FROM SURGEONS AND HOSPITALS TO MATCH MONEY AWARDED THROUGH THE FUND.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is stated in the filing as “The rocky mountain lions eye bank's mission is to fulfill the wishes of eye donors and their families to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and research. our dedication to this mission allows eye, organ and tissue donors in colorado and wyoming to provide over 2,500 sight-restorative transplants each year.”.
Their activities were defined as: “The rocky mountain lions eye bank's mission is to fulfill the wishes of eye donors and their families to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and research. our dedication to this mission allows eye, organ and tissue donors in colorado and wyoming to provide over 2,500 sight-restorative transplants each year.”.
- As per legal requirements, the non-profit's state of operation is reported as CO.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 as per the filing is 1675 AURORA CT MAIL STOP F751, AURORA, CO, 800452610.
- The form of the non-profit organization shows 56 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $1,574,993.
- The organization has 9 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1982.
- The organization pays $2,710,864 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $79,516 in fundraising expenses.
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