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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
See schedule oREADER'S DIGEST PARTNERS FOR SIGHT FOUNDATION is dedicated to fostering the independence of people who are blind and visually impaired. We believe in an accessible and inclusive world where people who are blind and visually impaired have the tools, resources, and opportunity to lead independent and fulfilling lives. Through…
- $283k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $72,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $207k 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 | $283k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $483k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $230k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $607k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $397k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $463k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $559k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $629k | 48% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | $275,029 | 6 | 0% |
| Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $255,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $254,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Polus Center for Social and Economic Development Inc | $240,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Learning Ally Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Guild International Inc | $189,884 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc | $187,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $165,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Suny College of Optometry Foundation | $141,000 | 4 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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: Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr · Allene Reuss Memorial Trust · Consumer Technology Association Foundation · Delta Gamma Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Tr · The New York Community Trust · William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
- How much does Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation give?
- Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $282,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Education (19%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired ($275k), Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired ($256k), Perkins School for the Blind ($254k).
- Does Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc, The Gibney Family Foundation Inc, Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr.
- Where is Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation based?
- Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is based in NY.
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