Nevada · Public charity
Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc
To educate and support those who suffer from macular degeneration by providing informationm resources working with low vision centers to recycle donated lowvision deviices providing low cost magnification funding grants for support groups and to further research to restore vision
- $282k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $272k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $57,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 6 | $272k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $235k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $180k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $251k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $232k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Services Vision Rehab | $430,000 | 6 | 61% |
| Dept of Medicine Medical Service Group at Suny Health Science Cntr at Syr Inc | $429,539 | 6 | n/a |
| Macular Degeneration Support Inc | $195,968 | 6 | n/a |
| Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $82,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Visually Impaired Support Group of Tennessee Inc | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Council of the Blind Enterprises and Services Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talking Information Center Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc
- How much does Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc give?
- Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $272,000, out of $282,148 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (93%), Human Services (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Community Services Vision Rehab ($430k), Dept of Medicine Medical Service Group at Suny Health Science Cntr at Syr Inc ($430k), Macular Degeneration Support Inc ($196k).
- Does Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc based?
- Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc is based in NV.
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