Massachusetts · Public charity
Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc
Grants to medical and research facilities engaged in eye research.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $138,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $138,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $1.0M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $780k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $835k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $600k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $772k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $701,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $601,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $566,262 | 5 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
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About Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc
- How much does Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc give?
- Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc reported 8 grants totaling $1,020,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (87%), Education (3%).
- Who are Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Joslin Diabetes Center Inc ($701k), Children's Hospital Corporation ($601k), Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc ($566k).
- Does Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc based?
- Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc is based in MA.
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