Illinois · Public charity
National Society to Prevent Blindness
We prevent blindness and preserve sight across all age spectrums and multiple eye conditions. We focus on improving the nation's vision and eye health by educating the american public on the importance of taking care of their eyes and vision, by promoting advances in public health systems of care that support eye health needs, and by…
- $283k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $504,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations National Society to Prevent Blindness 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.
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 | $649k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $295k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $227k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $140k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevent Blindness Texas | $752,260 | 9 | 31% |
| National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate | $344,772 | 9 | 4% |
| National Society to Prevent Blind- | $291,888 | 9 | 5% |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin | $220,753 | 9 | 5% |
| Prevent Blindness Georgia | $211,872 | 8 | 3% |
| Prevent Blindness Iowa | $45,526 | 3 | 12% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fight for Sight Inc | $23,750 | 2 | 3% |
| Idaho Bureau of Educational Service for Blind | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevent Blindness Texas | $752,260 | 9 | 31% |
| National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate | $344,772 | 9 | 4% |
| National Society to Prevent Blind- | $291,888 | 9 | 5% |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin | $220,753 | 9 | 5% |
| Prevent Blindness Georgia | $211,872 | 8 | 3% |
| Prevent Blindness Iowa | $45,526 | 3 | 12% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fight for Sight Inc | $23,750 | 2 | 3% |
| Idaho Bureau of Educational Service for Blind | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Haverhill Public Schools | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
National Society to Prevent Blindness supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Society to Prevent Blindness
- How much does National Society to Prevent Blindness give?
- National Society to Prevent Blindness reported 6 grants totaling $283,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Society to Prevent Blindness fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (97%), Education (2%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are National Society to Prevent Blindness's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Prevent Blindness Texas ($752k), National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate ($345k), National Society to Prevent Blind- ($292k).
- Does National Society to Prevent Blindness fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Society to Prevent Blindness?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is National Society to Prevent Blindness based?
- National Society to Prevent Blindness is based in IL.
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