Awarded Grants
Search & Filter Awarded GrantsLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Located in Bronx, New York, the Lavelle School for the Blind is a multi-cultural educational institution committed to teaching and training students with visual impairments and additional disabilities. Founded in 1904, Lavelle School for the Blind was originally a Catholic institution, based on the Catholic tradition and the compassion and dedication of the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt.
As a private, state approved and supported institution, Lavelle School for the Blind educates approximately 150 enrolled students annually from all five New York City boroughs as well as surrounding school districts outside of New York City. Students may enroll as early as age 3 and can continue until age 21.
Purpose of the Grant
To cover the School’s “out-of-pocket” expenses to date for the fire alarm and heating system projects ($55,775.27) plus the cost of the Comprehensive Facility Condition Assessment Study ($18,800).
Amount
$74,575Term
5 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Located in Bronx, New York, the Lavelle School for the Blind is a multi-cultural educational institution committed to teaching and training students with visual impairments and additional disabilities. Founded in 1904, Lavelle School for the Blind was originally a Catholic institution, based on the Catholic tradition and the compassion and dedication of the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt.
As a private, state approved and supported institution, Lavelle School for the Blind educates approximately 150 enrolled students annually from all five New York City boroughs as well as surrounding school districts outside of New York City. Students may enroll as early as age 3 and can continue until age 21.
Purpose of the Grant
For the Space-Programming Project.
Amount
$20,000Term
6 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Located in Bronx, New York, the Lavelle School for the Blind is a multi-cultural educational institution committed to teaching and training students with visual impairments and additional disabilities. Founded in 1904, Lavelle School for the Blind was originally a Catholic institution, based on the Catholic tradition and the compassion and dedication of the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt.
As a private, state approved and supported institution, Lavelle School for the Blind educates approximately 150 enrolled students annually from all five New York City boroughs as well as surrounding school districts outside of New York City. Students may enroll as early as age 3 and can continue until age 21.
Purpose of the Grant
For capital improvements at the Lavelle School and for the additional purchase of supplies as a result of COVID, and for the purposes detailed in your grant request letter entitled “Lavelle School Support December 2020”.
Amount
$423,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaLighthouse Guild International
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Lighthouse Guild is the leading not-for-profit vision + healthcare organization, with a long-standing heritage of addressing the needs of people who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities or chronic medical conditions.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Remote Care Network initiative, expanding LGI’s programs and reach.
Amount
$577,482Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateNortheastern Association of the Blind at Albany
Albany, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
NABA provides a wide range of services to individuals with visual impairments, including training and placing legally blind adults in professional employment, and providing rehabilitation services to seniors with age-related vision loss. NABA, with over a century of experience, continues to help individuals overcome the challenges of vision loss, enabling them to lead more productive, independent lives. NABA also provides free vision screening for children 18 months to 4 years old through our KidSight Program.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the continuation of the year-round youth program, RISE (Recreation, Integration, Socialization, Education) providing recreational and rehabilitative activities to blind and visually impaired youth ages 8 – 18 in the Capital region.
Amount
$252,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYOptometric Center of NY, State College of Optometry-SUNY
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
The OCNY is the allied and endowing foundation of SUNY Optometry, and is the primary source of private support for its patient care facility, the University Eye Center (UEC), providing grants for projects such as a Homebound Program and Indigent Care Initiative, among others.
Purpose of the Grant
For Covid-19 response.
Amount
$2,000Term
2 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State Area, NYC Metro AreaOrbis International
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Orbis International is an NGO that brings people together to fight avoidable blindness through a network of partners to mentor, train and inspire local teams to fight blindness in their own communities.
Purpose of the Grant
To support Phase 1 of the Sitapur Eye Hospital – Orbis Comprehensive Childhood Blindness Project in India, which will provide institutional quality improvement, increase volume of services and eventually establish a Children’s Eye Center at the hospital.
Amount
$257,273Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
International, South AsiaPerkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA, USAAbout the Grantee
Perkins is a progressive, multi-faceted organization committed to improving the lives of people with blindness and deafblindness all around the world.
Purpose of the Grant
To support a scholarship for one special education teacher from Mexico to attend the 2020-2021 Perkins Educational Leadership Program (ELP) for nine months of advanced training in the education of blind children with multiple disabilities, program development and leadership.
Amount
$50,000Term
11 monthsGrant Regions
International, Latin America & CaribbeanSafe Toddles
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
Safe Toddles’ mission is to provide the first effective system of detecting clear/unclear paths for babies born with mobility visual impairment and blindness (MVI/B) learning to walk and explore with growing confidence
Purpose of the Grant
To support a virtual conference of New York professionals in vision rehabilitation therapy (VRT) and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) to discuss their strategies for meeting the needs of New York consumers who are visually impaired or blind.
Amount
$5,000Term
1 monthGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYThe Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Rochester, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI), 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, ABVI 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
To cover staffing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) funding gaps caused by lost revenue and additional expenses as a result of COVID-19.
Amount
$239,144Term
6 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
A celebrated community music school with 100 students ranging in age from five to ninety-five, The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (‘FMDG’) Music School, is dedicated to helping people pursue music in the context of living with challenges posed by vision loss. Since its inception in 1913, the FMDG Music School has consistently proven valuable to individuals with vision loss because of its core
mission of providing accessibility, fostering inclusion and adhering to standards of excellence in the world of music education, performance, technology and teacher training. It is the only community music school with a comprehensive, sequential music curriculum in the United States.
Purpose of the Grant
For general operating support.
Amount
$1,000Term
1 monthGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
A celebrated community music school with 100 students ranging in age from five to ninety-five, The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (‘FMDG’) Music School, is dedicated to helping people pursue music in the context of living with challenges posed by vision loss. Since its inception in 1913, the FMDG Music School has consistently proven valuable to individuals with vision loss because of its core
mission of providing accessibility, fostering inclusion and adhering to standards of excellence in the world of music education, performance, technology and teacher training. It is the only community music school with a comprehensive, sequential music curriculum in the United States.
Purpose of the Grant
For COVID-19 Response.
Amount
$1,500Term
2 monthGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
New York, NYAbout the Grantee
A celebrated community music school with 100 students ranging in age from five to ninety-five, The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (‘FMDG’) Music School, is dedicated to helping people pursue music in the context of living with challenges posed by vision loss. Since its inception in 1913, the FMDG Music School has consistently proven valuable to individuals with vision loss because of its core
mission of providing accessibility, fostering inclusion and adhering to standards of excellence in the world of music education, performance, technology and teacher training. It is the only community music school with a comprehensive, sequential music curriculum in the United States.
Purpose of the Grant
For the Music Transcription project.
Amount
$10,000Term
7 monthGrant Regions
NYC Metro AreaThe Fred Hollows Foundation USA
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to tackling the causes of blindness and vision loss in the developing world and growing their movement to end avoidable blindness.
Purpose of the Grant
To support Alina Vision Vietnam’s provision of free and subsidized cataract surgeries for 500 low-income patients in the Greater Hanoi, Vietnam area – and so also to advance the program towards break-even, sliding-scale fee revenue.
Amount
$50,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
Asia (Outside South Asia), InternationalThe Research Foundation for SUNY
Brockport, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
The Research Foundation works with the academic and business leadership of campuses to support research and discovery at SUNY through efficient and skillful administration of sponsored projects and adept transfer and sharing of intellectual property for public benefit and economic growth.
Purpose of the Grant
To support a comprehensive needs assessment initiative for blind or visually impaired students with other disabilities, to be conducted under the supervision of Dr. Lauren Lieberman.
Amount
$67,693Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYVIA
Buffalo, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
VIA aims to help people who are blind or visually impaired achieve their highest level of independence.
Purpose of the Grant
To (1) implement the Lavelle-BENNY Initiative in VIA’s Western New York catchment area, using new employer-partnership strategies to increase the number of working-age adults who are blind that are placed in competitive paid jobs, and (2) underwrite the Master’s-level education of an incumbent VIA staff member as an Orientation and Mobility trainer who can prepare newly placed workers to commute safely to and from work.
Amount
$2,000Term
2 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Started by six women in 1926 and pioneered racially integrated programs in the early 1920’s,VISIONS is a 501c3 nonprofit rehabilitation and social service agency celebrating over 90 years of service, assisting people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired to lead independent and active lives in their homes and communities, and educating 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
To build, deliver, and sustain: (1) comprehensive vision rehabilitation and low vision services for consumers of all ages who are blind and visually impaired in Westchester County and (2) assistive technology and residential (only) vision rehabilitation services for eligible residents of all Lower Hudson Valley counties.
Amount
$525,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaVISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Started by six women in 1926 and pioneered racially integrated programs in the early 1920’s,VISIONS is a 501c3 nonprofit rehabilitation and social service agency celebrating over 90 years of service, assisting people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired to lead independent and active lives in their homes and communities, and educating 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
In support of the Lavelle Scholars Assistance Program providing 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
$483,390Term
48 monthsGrant Regions
Entire NY Tri-State AreaAmerican 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 support the further development and operation of the FamilyConnect Information & Referral website within APH’s national ConnectCenter: a center offering a consolidated mix of expertly moderated I & R websites, a 1-800 phone service, and a national data base of services for people who are blind – all for the purposes of connecting blind/v.i. Americans of all ages with needed services, expert guidance, and peer support.
Amount
$350,000Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
USA Multi-StateAravind Eye Foundation
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
The Aravind Eye Foundation, formerly the Friends of Aravind, was founded in 2000 to support the Aravind Eye Care System in its mission to eliminate needless blindness and spread Aravind’s sustainable model of high-quality, patient-centric healthcare throughout the world.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO) in: (1) building LAICO’s capacity to provide standardized, modularized trainings in six specific organizational functions (e.g., outreach services, vision center development and operations) and (2) helping 60 three-person teams from existing South Asian eye hospitals to lead their respective hospitals in strengthening one of these competency areas.
Amount
$607,758Term
48 monthsGrant Regions
International, South AsiaCentral Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Utica, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
CABVI operates as a not-for-profit agency that serves people who are blind or visually impaired, from newborns to the elderly, offering comprehensive vision rehabilitation, employment and technology services personally tailored to meet an individual’s needs.
Purpose of the Grant
To expand awareness and utilization of the agency’s vision rehabilitation and health and wellness services among Central New York residents who are blind and visually impaired.
Amount
$268,506Term
24 monthsGrant Regions
Upstate NYChristian 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
To partner with the University of Cape Town to provide simulation-based surgical training in cataract and/or glaucoma surgery for a total of 28 sub-Saharan African ophthalmologists and ophthalmic clinical officers – and also to educate two sub-Saharan ophthalmologists as trainers of future eye surgeons.
Amount
$102,500Term
36 monthsGrant Regions
Africa, InternationalCommunity Health Care Association of New York State
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
Established to give a voice to the state’s network of community health centers as leading providers of primary care, the Community Health Care Association of New York State’s (CHCANYS) mission is to champion community-centered primary care in New York State through leadership, advocacy, and support of Community Health Centers.
Purpose of the Grant
To undertake feasibility study and planning grant work to advance the building of sustainable primary eye care services at selected Community Health Centers (CHCs) in NYS.
Amount
$10,000Term
12 monthsGrant Regions
NYC Metro Area, Upstate NYFJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
New York, NY, USAAbout the Grantee
A celebrated community music school with 100 students ranging in age from five to ninety-five, The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (‘FMDG’) Music School, is dedicated to helping people pursue music in the context of living with challenges posed by vision loss. Since its inception in 1913, the FMDG Music School has consistently proven valuable to individuals with vision loss because of its core mission of providing accessibility, fostering inclusion and adhering to standards of excellence in the world of music education, performance, technology and teacher training. It is the only community music school with a comprehensive, sequential music curriculum in the United States.
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School’s sustainability planning, fundraising and associated activities in 2019.