· Private foundation
Boston Center for Blind Children Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k3 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $236k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $45,000 |
| ASSN OF BLIND CITIZENS | $33,000 |
| CARROL CENTER FOR THE BLIND | $30,000 |
| NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS | $25,000 |
| POLUS CENTER | $20,000 |
| WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATER | $20,000 |
| LOWELL ASSN FOR THE BLIND | $15,000 |
| THE SEEING EYE INC | $15,000 |
| MASS AUDUBON SOCIETY | $13,050 |
| GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND | $10,000 |
| ADAPTIVE SPORT OF NEW ENGLAND | $10,000 |
| LEARNING ALLY | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY ROWING | $5,000 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | $3,600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–26, $256k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2026, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND10× · 2017–2026 · $404k · revenue +49%
- TCTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC10× · 2017–2026 · $241k · revenue +53%
- NBNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC10× · 2017–2026 · $230k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- BRBOSTON RESILIENCY FUNDone grant, 2020 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $23k
- CVCANTERBURY VISION CAREone grant, 2024 · $109
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To improve the visual health of populations through excellence in collaborative and community-oriented patient care, education and research.
BLIND, Inc. was founded by blind Minnesotans who believe that, given the proper training and opportunity, blind people can lead normal, independent, and fulfilled lives. We believe that blindness is respectable and that with proper…
The mission of the Blind Children's Center, Inc. is to prepare infants, toddlers and preschoolers of all abilities to thrive through inclusive, family-focused early childhood education, with a specialized focus on children who are blind or…
Our mission is to improve quality of life by transforming the understanding, treatment, and care of the ocular surface.
Audio Journal, Incorporated's mission in Central Massachusetts is to connect individuals who are blind, visually impaired or have an inability to access printed material, to their communities through broadcasting of local news, information…
Description of organization mission the schepens eye research institute ("schepens") fights blindness by developing new technologies, therapies and knowledge to retain and restore vision. through a continuum of discovery, the institute…
Beyond blindness empowers children with visual impairments and other disabilities to achieve their fullest potential.
Able provides audio and braille transcription services to increase access to a wide variety of information for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled. materials can be produced in braille, tactile, or audio digital…
To positively transform the lives of those with vision loss. (See Schedule O)
Provide innovative training and tools for people who are blind or visually impaired to help them achieve their goals and dreams
The mission of the florida center for the blind is to foster hope, confidence and independence in individuals with visual impairments; and to educate the community about preventing vision loss.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF BLIND CITIZENS INC ↗
- Who funds LOWELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Paul Center for Learning & Recreation Inc ↗
- Who funds OUR SPACE OUR PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Learning Ally Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ROWING INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds ADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION INC BEVERLY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds Hearts and Noses Hospital Clown Troupe Inc ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · The Peabody Foundation Inc · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Boston Center for Blind Children Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boston Center for Blind Children Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lowell Association for the Blind Inc: 49% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
- Children's Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
- Community Rowing Inc: 2% of income from government
- The New England College of Optometry: 2% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Childrens Center for Communication Inc Beverly School for the Deaf: 0% of income from government
- National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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