Sankara Eye Foundation’s Four-Star Rating

1. Sankara Eye
Foundation’s Four-Star
Rating
Rao Chalasani

2. Sankara Eye
Foundation’s
Four-Star
Rating
 Outside of his work for companies like Bank of America (BofA) in
the New York and New Jersey area, Rao Chalasani has contributed
to a number of charities. One of the nonprofits especially
important to Rao Chalasani is the Sankara Eye Foundation, which
has earned Charity Navigator’s coveted top rating of four stars.

3. Sankara Eye
Foundation’s
Four-Star
Rating
 Charity Navigator works to make finding well-run nonprofits
easier for donors looking to maximize the impact of their dollars.
The organization rates charities based on transparency, efficiency,
and ethics, then distills its findings into an easy-to-understand star
system . In 2013, Sankara Eye Foundation received the four-star
designation for the second year in a row , a distinction only 19
percent of charities rated by Charity Navigator have earned.

4. Sankara Eye
Foundation’s
Four-Star
Rating
 Sankara Eye Foundation uses the funds it raises to support
community eye care in India, where its partner organization
operates eight hospitals dedicated to eye care. The two groups
have set ambitious goals, including offering more than 12 million
free surgeries in 2014 and making 20/20 vision a reality in India by
2020.