New York · Public charity
Research to Prevent Blindness Inc
To provide the organizational and financial resources necessary to support a comprehensive program of eye research.
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Research to Prevent Blindness Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 | 13 | $2.7M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.8M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.4M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $3.4M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $2.2M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.4M | 54% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.5M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco | $1,510,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,380,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Duke University | $960,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $944,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $868,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Inc | $840,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $830,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $830,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $745,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco | $1,510,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,380,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Duke University | $960,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $944,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $868,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Inc | $840,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $830,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $830,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $745,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $615,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $465,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $388,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington University | $360,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $345,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New York University | $345,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $265,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ophthalmology Medical Service Group Inc | $230,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of California | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Research Institute | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $101,112 | 1 | 0% |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $98,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Glaucoma Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($300k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Research to Prevent Blindness Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Research to Prevent Blindness · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Research to Prevent Blindness Inc
- How much does Research to Prevent Blindness Inc give?
- Research to Prevent Blindness Inc reported 20 grants totaling $3,360,717 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Research to Prevent Blindness Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (63%), Employment (24%), Education (13%).
- Who are Research to Prevent Blindness Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco ($1.5M), Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc ($1.5M), Johns Hopkins University ($1.4M).
- Does Research to Prevent Blindness Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Research to Prevent Blindness Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Research to Prevent Blindness, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Research to Prevent Blindness Inc based?
- Research to Prevent Blindness Inc is based in NY.
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