Alabama · Private foundation
The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $77,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $525,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 7 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $2.3M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $8.8M | 58% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.5M | 64% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $2.1M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $997k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $1.6M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $10,534,994 | 8 | 0% |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Inc | $699,500 | 7 | 3% |
| University of Utah | $437,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Retina Society Inc | $425,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Macula Society | $410,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $170,000 | 2 | 51% |
| University of Washington | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Robert Machemer Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Fight for Sight Inc | $78,750 | 5 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $10,534,994 | 8 | 0% |
| Research to Prevent Blindness Inc | $699,500 | 7 | 3% |
| University of Utah | $437,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Retina Society Inc | $425,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Macula Society | $410,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $170,000 | 2 | 51% |
| University of Washington | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Robert Machemer Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Fight for Sight Inc | $78,750 | 5 | 7% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sight Savers of America Inc | $12,775 | 5 | 0% |
| National Society to Prevent Blindness | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Services Vision Rehab | $10,500 | 2 | 3% |
| American Academy of Optometry | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Researchamerica | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc
- How much does The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc give?
- The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $1,712,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (32%), Science & Tech (11%).
- Who are The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vanderbilt University ($11M), Research to Prevent Blindness Inc ($700k), University of Utah ($437k).
- Does The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc based?
- The International Retinal Research Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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