Awarded Grants
Search & Filter Awarded GrantsVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s purpose is to develop and implement individualized programs to assist people who are blind and visually impaired of all ages to lead independent and active lives, and to educate the public to understand their capabilities and needs.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide job preparation and placement services to Lavelle Brother Kearney Scholars interested in obtaining permanent paid employment in fields corresponding to their degrees, experience, interest and expertise.
Amount
$522,351Term
48 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaVisionServe Alliance
St. Louis, MOAbout the Grantee
VisionServe Alliance leads a consortium of organizations across the United States and Canada to generate significant advancements in the Vision Loss field.
Purpose of the Grant
To support Phase 2 of the “Vision Rehabilitation with Occupational Therapists: A Hub and Spoke Approach” project which enables seniors increased access to vision rehabilitation services using OT’s.
Amount
$275,719Term
18 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateVisionServe Alliance
St. Louis, MOAbout the Grantee
VisionServe Alliance leads a consortium of organizations across the United States and Canada to generate significant advancements in the Vision Loss field.
Purpose of the Grant
To increase organizational engagement and membership retention by enabling smaller member organizations to attend VSA’s annual Leadership Conference.
Amount
$15,000Term
6 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateAdaptive Design Association, Inc.
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Adaptive Design Association advances healthcare, education, and social well-being by engaging everyone—novice to expert—in building custom adaptations, discovering untapped potential, and nurturing communities that thrive with diversity.
Purpose of the Grant
For organizational support related to the “Cue Expansion Project.”
Amount
$14,500Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
Out of Tri-State AreaAlphapointe
Kansas City, MOAbout the Grantee
Empowering people with vision loss to achieve their goals and aspirations.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for Alphapointe’s Blue Power services which provide vocational & rehabilitation support.
Amount
$3,000Term
5 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYAudiobook Ministries NW
Seattle, WAAbout the Grantee
To provide wholesome, inspirational recorded material for people who cannot read due to blindness, visual impairment or other disabilities.
Purpose of the Grant
To help further Audiobook Ministries NW’s mission of providing inspirational faith-based material to people who cannot read due to blindness and other visual impairments.
Amount
$8,500Term
5 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateCity Access New York, Inc.
Staten Island, NYAbout the Grantee
City Access New York is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works with young adults of all abilities throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Career Discovery Project (CDP) to underwrite pre-vocational education, orientation, and mobility training, and one or more paid semester- or summer-long internships at partner cultural institutions in NYC for each of 12-18 high school and college students who are blind or visually impaired in each of the project’s years.
Amount
$330,700Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaCore Career (aka NSITE)
Alexandria, VAAbout the Grantee
Through talent development, diversity awareness training, and job placement services, NSITE is the go-to consultancy for talented people who are blind or visually impaired and corporate leadership to come together to substantially reduce the unemployment rate for this untapped workforce.
Purpose of the Grant
To expand Core Career’s capacity to provide job development services and place visually impaired individuals in jobs that match their experiences and aspirations.
Amount
$150,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateDr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital
Delhi, IndiaAbout the Grantee
To make a lasting impact on the eradication of blindness and deafness in India by providing quality care to all sections of society.
Purpose of the Grant
For continued support of the Allied Ophthalmic Paramedics (AOP) training program and the establishment of a Regional Training Resource Center for AOP’s.
Amount
$500,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
South AsiaFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
Cassville, NYAbout the Grantee
Freedom Guide Dogs breeds, raises, trains and places successful working guide dogs with the blind and visually impaired through a distinctive program called Hometown Training at no cost to the blind or visually impaired individual.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general operating support to Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Amount
$150,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYFUNDAL
Mixco, GuatemalaAbout the Grantee
FUNDAL is a private, non-profit Guatemalan organization that since 1998 has been dedicated to education with a rights-based approach for babies, boys, girls and young people with deafblindness and multiple disabilities.
Purpose of the Grant
For organizational support and professional development.
Amount
$10,000Term
6 monthsGrant Regions
Latin America & CaribbeanGoodwill Vision Enterprises
Rochester, NYAbout the Grantee
Goodwill of the Finger Lakes’ mission is “Elevating people, community, and planet for a good today and a better tomorrow.”
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support a partnership with the University of Rochester’s Flaum Eye Institute to enhance low vision and vision rehabilitation services across the Finger Lakes region for people with vision loss via a sustainable model.
Amount
$281,182Term
18 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYGuiding Eyes for the Blind
Yorktown Heights, NYAbout the Grantee
Guiding Eyes for the Blind provides guide dogs to people with vision loss.
Purpose of the Grant
To help sustain the volunteer Puppy Raising Program.
Amount
$150,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateHelen Keller International
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Helen Keller Intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty. By delivering the essential building blocks of good health, sound nutrition and clear vision, Helen Keller Intl helps millions of people create lasting change in their own lives.
Purpose of the Grant
To support Helen Keller International’s New Jersey Vision Program.
Amount
$750,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaHelping Hands for the Disabled of NYC
Astoria, NYAbout the Grantee
A non-profit organization serving the New York City community by coordinating services for adults with disabilities.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Grantee’s J & A Lend a Hand Fund, with priority given to helping individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Amount
$3,000Term
7 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaKings Bay YM-YWHA
Brooklyn, NYAbout the Grantee
Kings Bay YM-YWHA strives to build and strengthen communities, create meaningful relationships and lasting friendships, and foster deeper connections among individuals, families, and partner institutions in Brooklyn.
Purpose of the Grant
To support a camp for blind and visually impaired youth ages 7-14 in Brooklyn.
Amount
$125,000Term
18 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NYAbout the Grantee
The mission of Lavelle School for the Blind is to provide students with visual impairments and varying additional disabilities with the education, services, resources, and experiences necessary for them to reach their fullest potential in life.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Lavelle School’s gala.
Amount
$5,000Term
1 monthGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NYAbout the Grantee
The mission of Lavelle School for the Blind is to provide students with visual impairments and varying additional disabilities with the education, services, resources, and experiences necessary for them to reach their fullest potential in life.
Purpose of the Grant
To continue enabling the School’s Executive Director to explore and expand services offered at the School.
Amount
$100,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NYAbout the Grantee
The mission of Lavelle School for the Blind is to provide students with visual impairments and varying additional disabilities with the education, services, resources, and experiences necessary for them to reach their fullest potential in life.
Purpose of the Grant
To support knowledge sharing among the Lavelle School and other educational programs.
Amount
$4,500Term
6 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NYAbout the Grantee
The mission of Lavelle School for the Blind is to provide students with visual impairments and varying additional disabilities with the education, services, resources, and experiences necessary for them to reach their fullest potential in life.
Purpose of the Grant
To explore program expansion.
Amount
$10,500Term
4 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaLow Vision Rehab Solutions Foundation
Cary, NCAbout the Grantee
Low Vision Rehab Solutions Foundation empowers persons with vision loss by providing resources to help them fully engage despite vision loss.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide low vision devices to people living with vision loss.
Amount
$10,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
Out of Tri-State AreaLutheran Braille Workers, Inc.
Yucaipa, CAAbout the Grantee
Lutheran Braille Workers exists to bring the Word of God to the 338 million people throughout the world who are Blind or Visually Impaired, completely free of charge, in Braille and Specialized Large Print.
Purpose of the Grant
To support LBW in meeting the rising demand for braille Bibles worldwide.
Amount
$220,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
Latin America & CaribbeanNational Braille Press
Boston, MAAbout the Grantee
National Braille Press empowers the blind and visually impaired with programs, materials, and technology supporting braille literacy and learning through touch.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is in support of National Braille Press’ Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation.
Amount
$45,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
InternationalNational Federation of the Blind
Baltimore, MDAbout the Grantee
Through their network of blind members, National Federation of the Blind coordinates many programs, services, and resources to defend the rights of blind Americans, provides information and support to blind children and adults, and builds a community that creates a future full of opportunities.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Boot Camp program which will train two cohorts of advocates to support parents of blind children with the IEP process.