Vermont · Public charity
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc
We enable countries to cure avoidable blindness by developing high quality, cost-effective eye care in underserved areas of the world.
- $27M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $161,637
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $602,173
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Himalayan Cataract Project Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.1M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $830k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
International$875kHealth$624kReligion$392kEducation$225kPublic Safety & Disaster$23k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Global Inc | $994,346 | 2 | 2% |
| Helen Keller International | $796,561 | 2 | 0% |
| Lions World Vision Institute Inc | $575,255 | 2 | 2% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $531,523 | 3 | 0% |
| Eye Corps Inc | $141,065 | 1 | n/a |
| Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc | $112,140 | 2 | 1% |
| Seva Foundation | $46,188 | 1 | 0% |
| Sight for Souls | $28,985 | 1 | 12% |
| Surgivision Consultants Inc | $23,373 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Surgery Initiative Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
About Himalayan Cataract Project Inc
- How much does Himalayan Cataract Project Inc give?
- Himalayan Cataract Project Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,504,876, out of $26,736,753 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Himalayan Cataract Project Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (41%), Health (29%), Religion (18%).
- Who are Himalayan Cataract Project Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Serge Global Inc ($994k), Helen Keller International ($797k), Lions World Vision Institute Inc ($575k).
- Does Himalayan Cataract Project Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Himalayan Cataract Project Inc based?
- Himalayan Cataract Project Inc is based in VT.
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