Texas · Public charity
Retina Research Foundation
The mission of the RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION is to reduce retinal blindness worldwide by funding programs in research and education. As a public charity, rrf raises funds from the private sector and the investment of its endowment funds.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Retina Research Foundation 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; $205k 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 | 21 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.8M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.6M | 19% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $1.2M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.1M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $970k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 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 Wisconsin Madison | $4,888,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $2,540,946 | 8 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Health Science Center | $298,000 | 8 | n/a |
| John Sealy Hospitalutmb | $285,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $253,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $238,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $224,954 | 4 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $208,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $208,000 | 5 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $208,000 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $4,888,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $2,540,946 | 8 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Health Science Center | $298,000 | 8 | n/a |
| John Sealy Hospitalutmb | $285,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $253,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $238,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $224,954 | 4 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $208,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $208,000 | 5 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $208,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $183,000 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $178,883 | 3 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $175,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $175,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Augusta University | $132,404 | 3 | n/a |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $129,000 | 3 | 0% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $103,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Utmd Anderson | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $66,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Retina Research Foundation 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: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · University of Pittsburgh · American Heart Association Inc
How this is measured
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About Retina Research Foundation
- How much does Retina Research Foundation give?
- Retina Research Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,934,287, out of $2,458,577 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Retina Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Health (35%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Retina Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin Madison ($4.9M), Baylor College of Medicine ($2.5M), Texas A&M Health Science Center ($298k).
- Does Retina Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Retina Research Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, American Heart Association Inc.
- Where is Retina Research Foundation based?
- Retina Research Foundation is based in TX.
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