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Fight for Sight Inc

Since 1946, Fight for Sight, Inc.

$34k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Health$538kEducation$35k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,250
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Loyola University Chicago$11,250
Albert Einstein College of Me$11,250
Regents-University of Calif$11,250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Schepens ERI: $34k → 16%Trustees of Univ of Penn: $11k → 22%Regents-University of Calif: $11k → 10%Regents of the University of California: $23k → 11%Univ of Southern California: $13k → 14%University of California SB: $11k → 14%Buffalo Institute for Medical: $11k → 13%Trustees of Columbia Uni: $11k → 17%Albert Einstein College of Me: $11k → 28%UT Southwestern Medical Cente: $23k → 14%University of Houston: $8k → 16%Regents of the Univ Michigan: $25k → 14%University of Oregon: $11k → 15%Univ of Connecticut: $23k → 11%Miami University: $11k → 12%Loyola University Chicago: $11k → 14%Schepens ERI: $11k → 16%Trustees of Univ of Penn: $11k → 22%The Uni of California Regents: $11k → 10%Regents of the University of California: $8k → 11%Univ of Southern California: $11k → 14%University of California SB: $11k → 14%Buff Inst For Med Research: $11k → 13%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNI: $11k → 17%ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEG OF MED: $11k → 28%REGENTS OF THE UNIV MICHIGAN: $14k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $11k → 15%Schepens ERI: $11k → 16%University of Cali Regents: $11k → 10%Albert Einstein Cllg of Med: $11k → 28%University of Michigan: $23k → 14%Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary: $11k → 16%Albert Einstein Cllg of Med: $11k → 28%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
TN
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 12 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$328k
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+4%

Still filing today

25%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2020–2021 · $23k · revenue +66%
  • AE
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    2× · 2021–2023 · $23k · revenue +297%
  • BI
    BUFFALO INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $23k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $23k · revenue +139%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $23k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTE
    one grant, 2018 · $23k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc

MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR ASSOCIATES, INC. ("MEEA") IS A SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE. IT PROVIDES CARE FOR PATIENTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, INC. ("MEEI"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THE PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN…

Health
3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
5
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
6
Marshall B Ketchum University

To educate caring, inspired health care professionals who are prepared to deliver collaborative, patient-centric health care in an interprofessional environment.

Education
7
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
8
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
9
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
10
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
11
University of Miami
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12
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Albert Einstein College of Medicine; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $38,750 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $30,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGOSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON: $22,500 · OtherSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTONUniversity of Michigan: $22,500 · OtherUniversity of MichiganREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $22,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIATHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: $22,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $22,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGONTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTE: $22,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTECOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $22,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $22,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA+10 more: $108,750 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $24,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHE…University of Miami: $22,500 · EducationUniversity of MiamiAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: $22,500 · EducationAlbert Einstein Coll…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $22,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIV…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $11,250 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF…Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $56,250 · HealthSchepens Eye Rese…BUFFALO INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $22,500 · HealthBUFFALO INSTITUTE…MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY: $11,250 · HealthMASSACHUSETTS EYE…
Other$380,000Education$102,750Health$90,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSchepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $56,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $22,500 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $22,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds Albert Einstein College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY ↗

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.

The Trustees of Colum…President and Fellows…American Cancer Socie…Fidelity Investments …
The Trustees of Columbia UniversityNY15.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University · President and Fellows of Harvard College · American Cancer Society Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fight for Sight Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fight for Sight Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Fight for Sight Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fight for Sight Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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