Awarded Grants
Search & Filter Awarded GrantsOrbis International
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach.
Purpose of the Grant
To support an evaluation of Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital’s (SCEH) Allied Ophthalmic Professionals (AOP) Program, which trains young women from low-income backgrounds in India to become mid-level clinicians for careers at eye hospitals and clinics in SCEH’s catchment areas.
Amount
$4,423Term
2 monthsGrant Regions
South AsiaPerkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MAAbout the Grantee
Perkins School for the Blind is the worldwide leader in education services for children and young adults who have multiple disabilities and visual impairments.
Purpose of the Grant
Support for the “Shark Tank 2023” project which enables ELP participants from the 2023 graduating class to enact projects benefiting blind and visually impaired students in their home countries.
Amount
$6,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
InternationalQueens College Foundation
Flushing, NYAbout the Grantee
The New York DeafBlind Collaborative (NYDBC) is a federally funded grant (10/1/2023 – 9/30/2028) that provides technical assistance to improve services for children and youth who are DeafBlind between the ages 0-22. NYDBC is fiscally managed by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (CUNY) and provides services throughout the entire state of New York.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support social, recreational, and educational activities and provide resources for DeafBlind (DB) youth and their families
Amount
$237,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYRamapo for Children
Rhinebeck, NYAbout the Grantee
Ramapo’s mission is to keep young people from being relegated to the margins of their schools, programs, families, or communities because of challenging behaviors, cognitive disabilities, or other differences.
Purpose of the Grant
To support planning work for integrating vision/blindness information into the existing CLASSP Program curriculum.
Amount
$4,500Term
8 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaResearch to Prevent Blindness
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is the leading nonprofit organization supporting eye research directed at the prevention, treatment or eradication of all diseases that threaten vision.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide support for RPB’s Vision Funding Partnership Convening.
Amount
$2,500Term
1 monthGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateRutgers Foundation (Eye2Eye, Rutgers Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions)
New Brunswick, NJAbout the Grantee
Eye2Eye is a free, phone-based, peer support program, designed to assist adults who are blind or visually impaired and their families.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for continuing support of the Eye2Eye Peer Support Program for Individuals and Families Coping with Vision Loss
Amount
$280,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateSalus University
Elkins Park, PAAbout the Grantee
Salus University’s mission is to advance integrated healthcare through innovative education, research and clinical services.
Purpose of the Grant
To test out a recruitment model to expand the pool of applicants interested in the field of visual impairments.
Amount
$197,067Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
Out of Tri-State AreaSeedlings Braille Books for Children
Livonia, MIAbout the Grantee
Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy and education by providing high quality, free and low cost braille books for children.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support the distribution of free braille books to children (ages 0 – 21) and Teachers of the Visually Impaired, with a concentrated outreach effort to those located in the New York region.
Amount
$118,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateSense Internacional Perú
San Isidro Lima, PerúAbout the Grantee
Sense Internacional Perú works in partnership with people with deafblindness and others to remove barriers in societies and systems so that people with deafblindness are fully included and can fulfil their potential.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for Phase 2 of the “Inclusive Education Project” which will build on the learnings of Phase 1 by working in 3 sub-regions in each of four Macro Regions of Peru to improve the quality of inclusive education for deafblind children in Peru.
Amount
$153,685Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
Latin America & CaribbeanSeva Foundation
Berkeley, CAAbout the Grantee
Seva is a global nonprofit eye care organization that works with local communities around the world to develop self-sustaining programs that preserve and restore sight.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to help establish a teaching and learning center for ophthalmology (Academia de Desarollo Integral, or ADI) in Guatemala, in partnership with Visualiza Clínica Oftalmológica.
Amount
$1,025,277Term
60 monthsGrant Regions
Latin America & CaribbeanThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (FMDG Music School), founded in 1913, is committed to helping people pursue their study of music while addressing the challenges posed by vision loss.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general operating support of the FMDG Music School.
Amount
$150,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a nonprofit rehabilitation and social service organization whose purpose is to develop and implement programs to:
- Assist people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired to lead independent and active lives in their homes and communities
- Educate the public to understand the capabilities and needs of people who are blind or visually impaired so that they may be integrated into all aspects of community life.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is for continued delivery of: (1) in-home and community-based comprehensive vision rehabilitation and low vision services for consumers of all ages who are blind and visually impaired in Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley and (2) Assistive Technology Center (ATC) and residential services via VISIONS’ Center on Blindness (VCB) and Vocational Rehabilitation Center (VRC) in Rockland County.
Amount
$300,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYVisionServe Alliance
Saint Louis, MOAbout the Grantee
VisionServe Alliance helps advance crucial aspects of the vision loss field and cultivates exceptional leadership characterized by passion, respect, authenticity, accountability, and strategic thinking.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is in support of Phase 2 of the “Big Data Project” which will create the first set of comprehensive data about people ages 18 – 64 with blindness or low vision on a state-level basis
Amount
$75,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateVisionServe Alliance
Saint Louis, MOAbout the Grantee
VisionServe Alliance helps advance crucial aspects of the vision loss field and cultivates exceptional leadership characterized by passion, respect, authenticity, accountability, and strategic thinking.
Purpose of the Grant
This grant is to support phase 1 of the “Hub and Spoke” Occupational Therapist model project.
Amount
$12,000Term
4 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateVisionServe Alliance
Saint Louis, MOAbout the Grantee
VisionServe Alliance helps advance crucial aspects of the vision loss field and cultivates exceptional leadership characterized by passion, respect, authenticity, accountability, and strategic thinking.
Purpose of the Grant
Support for knowledge sharing.
Amount
$1,000Term
1 monthGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateA Closer Look, Inc.
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
A Closer Look’s mission is to minimize suffering, maximize empathy and inspire action on health and social justice issues. By sharing unique perspectives through film and other creative media, they promote interdisciplinary and trans-generational discussions and offer resources available for help.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the final outreach efforts for the Going Blind film, and the Going Blind and Going Forward outreach program.
Amount
$15,000Term
12Grant Regions
USA Multi-StateAmerican Printing House for the Blind
Louisville, KY, USAAbout the Grantee
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the world’s largest nonprofit organization creating educational, workplace, and independent living products and services for people who are visually impaired.
Purpose of the Grant
To create PDFs for each chapter of the book Physical Education
and Sports, which will be transferred to Perkins International so they may disseminate the
book in this additional format to their Latin American audience.
Amount
$4,750Term
1 monthGrant Regions
International, Latin America & CaribbeanAmerican Printing House for the Blind
Louisville, KY, USAAbout the Grantee
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the world’s largest nonprofit organizto 1) better serve the needs of parents of children with vision loss
through the ConnectCenter and 2) to ensure ease of navigation and streamlined, organized content within the site. The over-arching priority over the life of this grant is for APH to significantly enhance engagement with, and support for, parents of children who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.ation creating educational, workplace, and independent living products and services for people who are visually impaired.
Purpose of the Grant
To 1) better serve the needs of parents of children with vision loss through the ConnectCenter and 2) to ensure ease of navigation and streamlined, organized content within the site. The over-arching priority over the life of this grant is for APH to significantly enhance engagement with, and support for, parents of children who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.
Amount
$325,000Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateAssociation for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment
Binghamton, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
AVRE is a private, non-profit organization that creates opportunities for success and independence with people who are blind or visually impaired.
Purpose of the Grant
For equipment repairs.
Amount
$30,000Term
1 monthGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State Area, Upstate NYBetances Health Center
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Betances Health Center (Betances) is a federally qualified health center located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Their mission is to promote and provide quality health care for all, regardless of ability to pay. Since 1970, Betances has emerged as a leader in community based primary and specialty care serving over 5,000 underserved patients each year.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the integration of vision care services into Betances’ existing service model.
Amount
$200,000Term
18 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State Area, NYC Metro AreaBlind Early Services TN
Brentwood, TNAbout the Grantee
BEST works to ensure that all kids and families in the state of Tennessee receive appropriate training and resources specific to the developmental needs of blind and visually impaired children.
Purpose of the Grant
To partially cover the costs of holding a VIISA training course and an audit.
Amount
$10,000Term
10 monthsGrant Regions
Out of Tri-State AreaChristian Blind Mission (USA)
Washington, DC, USAAbout the Grantee
Christian Blind Mission International, Inc. is committed to the education and rehabilitation of persons with visual impairment and disabilities. The organization provides sight preventing NTD treatments to 61 million and serves about 10 million disabled people worldwide.
Purpose of the Grant
In support of the High-Impact Simulated Ophthalmic Surgical Training in sub-Saharan Africa Project which aims to train eye surgeons and to further develop a well-established simulation surgical training unit into a world-class, sustainable and comprehensive ophthalmic simulation training center. This training center will be located at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in South Africa.
Amount
$435,476Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
AfricaCity Access New York, Inc.
Staten Island, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
City Access New York promotes lifelong access to educational, vocational and cultural programs for New Yorkers of all abilities as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that identifies barriers to participation, in schools and in the community, and adapts the content and delivery of programs to the diverse needs of people with disabilities.
Purpose of the Grant
For renewed support of 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.
Amount
$102,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaGoodwill Vision Enterprises
Rochester, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Goodwill Vision Enterprises (formerly Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired), founded in 1911, is a premiere provider of vision rehabilitation services to people who are blind or visually impaired throughout the Greater Rochester, Finger Lakes, and Southern Tier areas of New York.
As part of its mission-focused work, GVE empowers people with vision loss to engage in fulfilling careers by offering a variety of entrepreneurial businesses, including a state-of-the-art contact center, and manufacturing and fulfillment services.
Purpose of the Grant
For the exploration of 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 while contributing to the financial sustainability of the Grantee.