California · Public charity
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Cure Glaucoma and restore vision through innovative research.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Glaucoma Research Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 | 16 | $2.7M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $2.0M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.0M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.5M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.5M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.5M | 43% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $798k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaucoma Research and Education Group | $2,971,250 | 9 | 98% |
| University of California Davis | $1,950,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $1,790,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $1,300,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $795,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $635,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $600,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mayo Clinic | $600,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $390,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $255,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaucoma Research and Education Group | $2,971,250 | 9 | 98% |
| University of California Davis | $1,950,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $1,790,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $1,300,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $795,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $635,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $600,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mayo Clinic | $600,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $390,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $255,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $160,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Doheny Eye Institute | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Unt Health Science Center | $140,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $136,830 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Universite de Montreal | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nanscope Technologies LLC | $34,477 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $31,494 | 1 | 0% |
| ReNervo Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Glaucoma Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $13,097 | 1 | n/a |
| Fight for Sight Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Upmc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Glaucoma Research Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Johns Hopkins University · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Glaucoma Research Foundation
- How much does Glaucoma Research Foundation give?
- Glaucoma Research Foundation reported 20 itemized grants totaling $3,090,000, out of $3,167,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Glaucoma Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Glaucoma Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Glaucoma Research and Education Group ($3.0M), University of California Davis ($1.9M), University of California San Francisco ($1.8M).
- Does Glaucoma Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Glaucoma Research Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Johns Hopkins University.
- Where is Glaucoma Research Foundation based?
- Glaucoma Research Foundation is based in CA.
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