Awarded Grants
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Center for Disability Services, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
To allow the Langan School to purchase new technology to effectively support its classroom for visually impaired students.
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New York StateCL Gupta Eye Institution
Purpose of the Grant
In support of a project to “Eliminate Rural Avoidable Blindness Backlog During COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Uttar Pradesh, India.”
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International: AsiaCommunity Health Care Association of New York State
Purpose of the Grant
To help cover Phase 2 costs of a multi-year project aiming to increase vision health services to low-income New Yorkers through the Federally Qualified Health Center system.
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New York StateDominican College
Purpose of the Grant
To help sustain the core operations of the TVI Program and to increase the supply of highly qualified certified TVI’s.
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New York StateFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general operating support for Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Northeast’s lowest-cost provider of guide dogs for people who are blind.
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New York StateFUNDAL
Purpose of the Grant
To support the “Forging Paths towards Inclusion and Sustainability” project.
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International: Latin AmericaHadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Purpose of the Grant
To support development of its new tactile braille workshop series, Braille for Everyday Use.
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NationalHelen Keller International
Purpose of the Grant
To initiate the third phase of its “Scaling up Diabetic Retinopathy Services in Bangladesh” (SDRSIII) project.
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International: AsiaHelen Keller Services
Purpose of the Grant
In support of the “Feeling Through” curriculum development project which plans to take advantage of and build on the enormous popularity of the “Feeling Through” Academy-award nominated short film, to build a robust, already-in demand professional training curriculum.
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International: Africa, International: Asia, International: Latin America, International: OtherHimalayan Cataract Project
Purpose of the Grant
To cover equipment costs for the Community Eye Hospital currently under construction in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
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International: AsiaGrant Regions
New York StateLavelle School for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To provide discretionary funds which will enable the School’s Executive Director to explore and expand services offered at the School, examples of which were provided in the grant request dated April 5, 2021.
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New York StateLavelle School for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Lavelle School Fire Alarm Project.
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New York StateLutheran Braille Workers, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
For the purchase of a new Braillo digital braille embossing printer and a new internal kit to upgrade the existing Braillo printer at its Southern California headquarters.
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International: Latin AmericaNew York Public Library
Purpose of the Grant
For four months of bridge funding for the Heiskell Library’s “Translating Access” project.
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New York StateNortheastern Association of the Blind at Albany
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Lower Hudson Valley project.
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New York StateOur Space Our Place, Inc.
Purpose of the Grant
For Our Space Our Place programming for the 2021 – 2022 school year.
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NationalPerkins School for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To support scholarships for four special education teachers from Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Guatemala) to participate in the Perkins Educational Leadership Program (ELP) for advanced training in the education of blind children with multiple disabilities, program development and leadership.
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International: Latin AmericaRutgers University Foundation
Purpose of the Grant
To continue support of the Eye2Eye Peer Support Program for Individuals and Families Coping with Vision Loss.
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NationalSafe Toddles
Purpose of the Grant
To support a research study designed to determine the efficacy of the Pediatric Belt Cane (PBC) designed by Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken to improve independent walking in learners aged five and younger with visual impairments.
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NationalSense Internacional Perú
Purpose of the Grant
In partnership with the Ministry of Education, to improve the quality of inclusive education for children with deafblindness in Peru.
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International: Latin AmericaThe Carroll Center for the Blind
Purpose of the Grant
To support the Carroll Center for the Blind’s (CCB) year-round internship program for VRT’s, TVIs, certified O&M specialists (COMS) and social workers who are interested in working with individuals with visual impairments.
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NationalThe Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
Purpose of the Grant
To provide general support for the Grantee.
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NationalThe Fred Hollows Foundation USA
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.
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International: Asia