Florida · Public charity
American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc
To develop and provide financial support for optometric research and education.
- $751k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $225k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $215k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $457k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $356k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $344k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $255k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $207k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $331,375 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $292,863 | 6 | n/a |
| The New England College of Optometry | $261,125 | 8 | 1% |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $99,653 | 8 | n/a |
| Midwestern University | $72,875 | 8 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $70,875 | 7 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $66,875 | 8 | n/a |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $65,375 | 8 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Optometry | $65,125 | 8 | n/a |
| Illinois College of Optometry | $62,875 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $331,375 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $292,863 | 6 | n/a |
| The New England College of Optometry | $261,125 | 8 | 1% |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $99,653 | 8 | n/a |
| Midwestern University | $72,875 | 8 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $70,875 | 7 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $66,875 | 8 | n/a |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $65,375 | 8 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Optometry | $65,125 | 8 | n/a |
| Illinois College of Optometry | $62,875 | 8 | 0% |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern College of Optometry | $59,875 | 8 | 0% |
| Ferris State University | $58,375 | 8 | n/a |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | $57,875 | 7 | 0% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | $54,375 | 8 | 0% |
| Salus University | $53,875 | 6 | 0% |
| McPhs University | $53,375 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California - Berkeley School of Optometry | $49,875 | 7 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $47,875 | 7 | n/a |
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico | $46,375 | 7 | 0% |
| Pacific University | $43,875 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma | $25,375 | 3 | n/a |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Pikeville | $24,875 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeastern State | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Foundation for Education and Research in Vision Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unthsc Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc
- How much does American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc give?
- American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $224,750, out of $751,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Health (31%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Alabama at Birmingham ($331k), University of Houston ($293k), The New England College of Optometry ($261k).
- Does American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marco Family Foundation Inc, The Alcon Foundation Inc, American Heart Association Inc.
- Where is American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc based?
- American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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