Blue Ridge International Ophthalmology Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200567554
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Phone
- 4342953227
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $126,023
- Expenses
- $109,814
- Assets
- $75,312
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ASHLEY SCHAUER (PRESIDENT/DI)
People named in this filing
- ASHLEY SCHAUER (PRESIDENT/DI)
- ANDREW COLLINS (VICE PRES/DI)
- RITA PAGE (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Charitable and educational
What it reported doing in 2025
Blue ridge international ophthalmology, inc. (brio) donated clinical and surgical instruments supplies to two hospitals in cameroon, africa. The donated ophthalmic clinical and surgical instruments and supplies helped an estimated 1,750 individuals in cameroon and uganda in 2025. The hospitals provide medical care to individuals who cannot afford to pay for care. Brio exercises control and discretion over its grants by directors visiting the hospitals and by email to determine that brio's grants are being used for charitable and/or educational purposes. In march 2016, ashley schauer, president/director, and marc shields, director, visited the hospitals in cameroon, as a part of brio's control and discretion over its grants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.