Alabama · Public charity
The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc
To serve as a catalyst for improving eyesight through education, research and access to care.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250,362
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,250,362
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $57M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc 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; $5k 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 | 2 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $2.1M | 45% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6.2M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $1.9M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $18,389,350 | 9 | n/a |
| Sight Savers of America Inc | $795,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Eye Foundation Inc | $625,814 | 4 | 48% |
| The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham | $295,179 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Services Vision Rehab | $174,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Impact America | $120,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Red Barn | $58,685 | 3 | 2% |
| United Ability Inc | $46,018 | 3 | 0% |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $21,625 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $18,389,350 | 9 | n/a |
| Sight Savers of America Inc | $795,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Eye Foundation Inc | $625,814 | 4 | 48% |
| The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham | $295,179 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Services Vision Rehab | $174,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Impact America | $120,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Red Barn | $58,685 | 3 | 2% |
| United Ability Inc | $46,018 | 3 | 0% |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $21,625 | 3 | 0% |
| Alabama Lions Sight Association Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cahaba Valley Health Care Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs | $5,259 | 1 | 0% |
| Advancing Sight Network | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Protective Life Foundation · Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama · Baptist Health Foundation Inc · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · The Hackney Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc
- How much does The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc give?
- The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc reported 2 grants totaling $1,546,716 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (95%), Philanthropy (5%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Alabama at Birmingham ($18M), Sight Savers of America Inc ($795k), The Eye Foundation Inc ($626k).
- Does The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc based?
- The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc is based in AL.
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