New York · Public charity
Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc
Rpbef provides the organizational and financial resources necessary to support a comprehensive program of eye research.
- $8.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 54
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $115,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 20
- Total assets, FY2024
- $286M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $725k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $7.8M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $6.7M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $7.6M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $8.3M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $7.2M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $9.1M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $6.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $3,955,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $3,440,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $3,335,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,825,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $2,285,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $2,135,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $2,015,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1,805,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $1,735,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,670,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $3,955,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $3,440,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $3,335,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,825,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $2,285,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $2,135,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $2,015,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1,805,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $1,735,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,670,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Duke University | $1,640,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ophthalmology Medical Service Group Inc | $1,595,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $1,575,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1,405,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,355,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $1,340,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $1,270,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $1,205,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $1,195,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $1,143,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $1,100,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology | $1,050,000 | 5 | 3% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $875,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $875,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $850,000 | 4 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $805,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $760,000 | 5 | n/a |
| New York University | $720,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $720,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $615,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California | $610,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $575,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alliance for Eye and Vision Research | $430,000 | 7 | 30% |
| University of Florida | $415,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $415,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $230,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation | $162,000 | 4 | 36% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Academy of Sciences | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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.
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How this is measured
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About Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc
- How much does Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc give?
- Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc reported 54 grants totaling $8,639,643 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (74%), Employment (17%), Education (6%).
- Who are Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Washington University ($4.0M), Johns Hopkins University ($3.4M), Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary ($3.3M).
- Does Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Research to Prevent Blindness Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc based?
- Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc is based in NY.
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