The Gibney Family Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Northwest Association for Blind Athletes4 grants · $161,885
• Future in Sight4 grants · $155,000
• Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco3 grants · $150,000
• Mab Community Services4 grants · $135,030
• The Carroll Center for the Blind3 grants · $133,000
• Blind Institute of Technology4 grants · $125,000
• University of Massachusetts Foundation2 grants · $105,769
• Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired4 grants · $105,500
• Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired4 grants · $105,000
• Blind Children'S Center3 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 299 grants.

• $103,269

  University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2024

  Support to recruit, retain, and provide partial tuition support to a cohort of up to 38 diverse scholars to complete a graduate certificate in cortical/cerebral visual impairment or deafblindness.

• $68,825

  Northwest Association for Blind Athletes · Vancouver, WA · 2025

  Funds to support the expansion of their sports adaptation program.

• $60,000

  Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022

  Support the college success program to create sustainable, positive changes in communities

• $53,000

  Future in Sight · Concord, NH · 2025

  Enable fis to strategically market and grow their volunteer program across new hampshire.

• $52,500

  Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired · Tucson, AZ · 2025

  Funding for staff to visit 25 states to attend conferences and meet with students to facilitate connections between states.

• $51,000

  National Braille Press · Boston, MA · 2022

  Assistance for a new program

• $50,818

  Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2025

  Support for innovative adjustment to vision loss services.

• $50,500

  Visionserve Alliance · Brentwood, MO · 2024

  Funding to support a meta-analysis conducted by tti health research economics, which will review existing, published research on the value of vision rehabilitation services.

• $50,000

  Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Funding for their orientation and mobility (o&m) programs to train people who are blind or have low vision to safely.

• $50,000

  Future in Sight · Concord, NH · 2024

  Support fis in expanding its volunteer program to serve individuals who are blind and visually impaired across all corners of the state. Providing essential transportation and companionship will give these individuals t… read allSupport fis in expanding its volunteer program to serve individuals who are blind and visually impaired across all corners of the state. Providing essential transportation and companionship will give these individuals the support they need to face their disability with confidence and assert their desire for independence. less
• $50,000

  Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Funding to support the salaries of lighthouse orientation & mobility specialists to train people who are blind or have low vision to safely, independently, and confidently travel at home, in their neighborhoods, and thr… read allFunding to support the salaries of lighthouse orientation & mobility specialists to train people who are blind or have low vision to safely, independently, and confidently travel at home, in their neighborhoods, and throughout their communities and beyond. less
• $50,000

  Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired · Tucson, AZ · 2024

  Funding to achieve complete access to certification privileges and enable saavi to provide professional development and training on a national scale.

• $50,000

  Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

  Ensure the continuity of orientation and mobility (o&m) services at ebc by expanding the o&m instructor staff by 1.0 fte.

• $50,000

  Future in Sight · Concord, NH · 2022

  Provide funding for a electronic medical record (emr) pilot program

• $50,000

  The Perkins School for the Blind · Watertown, MA · 2022

  Funding to help career launch, an innovative job training and career services program

• $48,500

  Newview Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

  Provide scholarships for 10 visually impaired individuals to participate in vocational training

• $48,000

  The Carroll Center for the Blind · Newton, MA · 2025

  Year two of funding for an employment specialist.

• $45,000

  The Carroll Center for the Blind · Newton, MA · 2024

  Funding for an employment specialist who will implement a multifaceted approach that addresses both systemic challenges and individual empowerment to adults with disabilities to gain employment.

• $45,000

  Northwest Association for Blind Athletes · Vancouver, WA · 2022

  Funds to assist a new program manager in a boise office

• $40,662

  Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2024

  Funding to support comprehensive services for massachusetts older adults who experience difficulty adjusting to vision loss, which can lead to depression, anxiety, and reduced independence.

• $40,000

  Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired · Daytona Beach, FL · 2025

  Funds to purchase state-of-the-art equipment and staff support for a new digital content creation class.

• $40,000

  Children'S Home Society of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2024

  Funding for approximately half of the cost of a trainer/supervisor for their new nature & animal assisted therapy program for children and families.

• $40,000

  Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023

  Grant made to vanguard charitable for 2023 shortfall

• $40,000

  Blind Institute of Technology · Thornton, CO · 2022

  To help students obtain salesforce certification and enter the bit apprenticeship program

• $40,000

  The Carroll Center for the Blind · Newton, MA · 2022

  Funds to help launch an innovative, new user testing training program

• $37,625

  American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Support the aph connect center transition hub

• $35,500

  Outdoors for All · Bellevue, WA · 2025

  Funding to enhance and expand adaptive recreation programs for individuals with visual impairments.

• $35,500

  The Children'S Home Society of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2022

  Funding for one clinician's salary for the period of two years to support the crisis management plan

• $35,000

  Alzheimer'S Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc - Ct Chapter · Farmigton, CT · 2025

  Funding for social engagement activities and support to those individuals living in the early stage of alzheimers disease or related dementia.

• $35,000

  Blind Children'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

  Support for the salary and training of the dedicated blind children's center tvi.

• $35,000

  Minding Your Mind · Ardmore, PA · 2025

  Support to provide 65 mental health education and suicide prevention programs in maine and rhode island.

• $35,000

  Blind Children'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Support for the addition of new staff to serve more toddlers at the blind children's center.

• $35,000

  Blind Institute of Technology · Thornton, CO · 2024

  Support to hire a full-time digital accessibility project lead to teach digital accessibility analyst class and oversee the bit apprentices working on accessibility projects.

• $35,000

  Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired · Daytona Beach, FL · 2024

  Enable tactile creations to provide blind students with opportunities for artistic expression, creativity, and sensory exploration through tactile art experiences.

• $35,000

  Higher Ground USA · Ketchum, ID · 2024

  Support for the idaho school for the deaf and blind's higher ground winter partnership programs to include a new initiative for the school's blind/vi department.

• $35,000

  Blind Children'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  To support the bcc's disability services and help achieve funding requirements

• $35,000

  Lowell Association for the Blind · Lowell, MA · 2022

  Funding to hire a part time client assistance program coordinator

• $34,744

  Camp Summit · Dallas, TX · 2024

  Funding to create a sensory garden that will be rich in sensory experiences to promote relaxation, curiosity, and enjoyment while being large enough for the campers to participate together.

• $33,432

  Idaho Youth Ranch · Boise, ID · 2025

  Support to provide services by hays house and idaho youth ranch to bring opportunities for increased stability in the lives of these marginalized youth.

• $33,112

  Visionserve Alliance · Brentwood, MO · 2022

  Support reframing aging & vision loss in the second year of a three-year plan

• $33,000

  The Road Home · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

  Assistance towards their housing-focused case management program

• $32,500

  Outdoors for All · Seattle, WA · 2022

  Empower outdoors for all to purchase needed equipment, support financial aid for participants

• $32,434

  Via · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  Provide funding for a pilot program to train seniors who are visually impaired in adaptive technology to maximize their independence and purchase adaptive technology.

• $32,400

  Newview Oklahoma · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024

  Provide scholarships for 8 students to attend newviews move program, which is a vocational training program that empowers blind and low-vision individuals to return to work, school, and life.

• $31,000

  Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired · South Burlington, VT · 2025

  Funding to offset the cost of a new website designed for accessibility and a new apricot database.

• $30,890

  Kids On the Move · Orem, UT · 2022

  Enable kids on the move to acquire specialized pieces of equipment to be lent out to families

• $30,863

  Steps To End Domestic Violence · Burlington, VT · 2022

  Assist the expansion of the childrens programming to two full-time youth advocates

• $30,500

  Utah School for the Deaf and Blind Education Foundation · Ogden, UT · 2025

  Funding to provide new technology and assistive devices to blind students to aid in independent living skills.

• $30,500

  Hope Community Services · Glendale, AZ · 2024

  Assist hcs in expanding its specialized trauma therapy program for children and youth who have experienced extraordinarily complex, ongoing trauma by providing animal-assisted therapy.

• $30,250

  United States Association of Blind Athletes · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

  Funding to add a blind soccer coordinator to facilitate the holistic growth of blind soccer across grassroots sites, coach/official pipeline, and nationwide expansion.

• $30,000

  National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2025

  Funding to enable two groups from the daring sisters.

• $30,000

  The Research Foundation for Suny the College at Brockport · Brockport, NY · 2025

  Provide funding for blind tennis programming to eight camp abilities. Tennis association (usta) website & usbta website.

• $30,000

  American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Assist aph by elevating individual, parent, educator, and professional awareness, application, and peer sharing of the aph connectcenter transition hub and job seeker's toolkit through the provision of in-person trainin… read allAssist aph by elevating individual, parent, educator, and professional awareness, application, and peer sharing of the aph connectcenter transition hub and job seeker's toolkit through the provision of in-person training delivered by aph connectcenter professional staff. less
• $30,000

  Idaho Youth Ranch · Boise, ID · 2023

  Funds to directly support the idaho youth ranch youth works program which helps at-risk youth and young adults find a job and keep a job. This program includes career readiness and financial literacy training.

• $30,000

  American Council of the Blind · Alexandria, VA · 2022

  Funding to support the acb media network for distribution and hosting community events

• $30,000

  Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022

  Assist with funding for the conklin davis creative arts program

• $30,000

  Eye To Eye · New York, NY · 2022

  Enable eye to eye to provide near-peer mentoring to colorado students with learning disabilities

• $29,884

  American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Enable members of the aph familyconnect advisory board to assess and improve upon new and ongoing aph programs.

• $29,875

  Camp Summit · Dallas, TX · 2022

  Assist camp summit in launching a seasonal staff recruitment & retention project

• $29,500

  Waypoint Adventures · Lexington, MA · 2024

  Provide funding for staff and direct costs related to open enrollment programming, marketing, & outreach support.

• $29,400

  Northwest Association for Blind Athletes · Vancouver, WA · 2023

  Funds for a new program manager in the boise office who will be responsible for the expansion of programs and services in idaho for individuals who are blind.

• $29,350

  Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2023

  Enable mabvi to expand their mental health support statewide to help older adults with visual disabilities better cope with their eye disease and vision loss while also maintaining independence; and train families and c… read allEnable mabvi to expand their mental health support statewide to help older adults with visual disabilities better cope with their eye disease and vision loss while also maintaining independence; and train families and caregivers how to better support and empower their loved ones who are living with vision loss. less
• $29,250

  University of New Hampshire - Wildcat Blind Sports Camp · Durham, NH · 2025

  Support to create a summer sports camp for visually impaired children and youth at the university of new hampshire.

• $29,083

  Northwest Children'S Home · Lewiston, ID · 2024

  Funding to supply three essential components of a therapeutic treatment model for the new nch psychiatric treatment facility: construction of a gazebo, renovation of an interior atrium, and furnishings for a family apar… read allFunding to supply three essential components of a therapeutic treatment model for the new nch psychiatric treatment facility: construction of a gazebo, renovation of an interior atrium, and furnishings for a family apartment. less
• $28,700

  Northeast Passage Program of the University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2023

  Support northeast passage to provide individuals with physical disabilities improved emotional and physical well-being through recreational therapy. This will be done through a continued partnership with area rehab hosp… read allSupport northeast passage to provide individuals with physical disabilities improved emotional and physical well-being through recreational therapy. This will be done through a continued partnership with area rehab hospitals and disability service organizations. less
• $28,000

  Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Weatogue, CT · 2025

  Enable healing meals to engage a development manager to build corporate relationships that are intended to lead to increased donations and grants.

• $27,489

  Camp Summit · Dallas, TX · 2023

  Enable camp summit to add a sensory room to create a safe place where campers with diverse needs could find comfort and support when needed, ensuring inclusivity for all and greatly enhancing the camp experience.

• $26,000

  Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Enable cots to provide daily nutritious meals to an estimated 1,800 unique guests who visit.

• $26,000

  United States Association of Blind Athletes · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

  Funding to add a blind soccer coordinator to facilitate the holistic growth of blind soccer across grassroots sites, coach/official pipeline, and nationwide expansion.

• $26,000

  Cast for Kids · Salem, OR · 2022

  To create a strategic information / promotional marketing plan

• $25,750

  Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Weatogue, CT · 2024

  Support hmcp to deepen engagement with spanish-speaking clients through the work of a bi-lingual community liaison, who will build bridges to directly deliver resources to people and organizations who join on a journey … read allSupport hmcp to deepen engagement with spanish-speaking clients through the work of a bi-lingual community liaison, who will build bridges to directly deliver resources to people and organizations who join on a journey to health. less
• $25,500

  Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2023

  Flexible support for housing navigators working with households experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

• $25,200

  Helen Keller Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Enable helen keller services to offer two paid internships for o&m/vrt students.

• $25,000

  American Council of the Blind · Alexandria, VA · 2025

  Support to enhance the existing adp website.

• $25,000

  Blind Institute of Technology · Thornton, CO · 2025

  Support to hire a full-time digital accessibility project lead.

• $25,000

  Computers for the Blind · Richardson, TX · 2025

  Funding to provide 100 laptops to low-income families with a member with visual impairments.

• $25,000

  Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation · Farmers Branch, TX · 2025

  Grant funding to support the cost of services, training, rehabilitation, and equipment needed for those with low vision.

• $25,000

  Rutgers the State University · Newark, NJ · 2025

  Funding to develop an online training curriculum designed to prepare peer support specialists.

• $25,000

  Blind Institute of Technology · Thornton, CO · 2023

  Enable bit's student support services to offer group and individual coaching and social and emotional support services to 100-150 students as they prepare for professional careers.

• $25,000

  Envision Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2023

  Support for envision pathways to create a pipeline between envision's national level up program, college success program, and workforce innovation center to close the gaps associated with college and career transitions … read allSupport for envision pathways to create a pipeline between envision's national level up program, college success program, and workforce innovation center to close the gaps associated with college and career transitions for students who are blind or visually impaired (bvi). less
• $25,000

  The Iris Network · Portland, ME · 2023

  Funding to assist individuals with blindness or vision impairment in overcoming barriers to employment and ownership of a business, while helping those individuals become more economically self-sufficient.

• $25,000

  The Research Foundation for Suny the College at Brockport · Brockport, NY · 2023

  Enable camp abilities - brockport to assist other camp abilities programs that had to stop during covid as well as assist new camps around the us. These new and revised programs will help the hundreds of children and yo… read allEnable camp abilities - brockport to assist other camp abilities programs that had to stop during covid as well as assist new camps around the us. These new and revised programs will help the hundreds of children and youth with visual impairments who have been extremely marginalized due to covid, learn new sports and become more integrated into society as a result. less
• $25,000

  City Access New York · Staten Island, NY · 2022

  Assist the career discovery project's year-round career development program

• $25,000

  Foundation for Blind Children · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

  Support for two staff members who create and oversee the opportunities for 100 students

• $25,000

  Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision · Tampa, FL · 2022

  Continued support for the early intervention services program

• $25,000

  Resource · Williston, VT · 2022

  Provide funding to add a full-time position to oversee the virtual programming

• $25,000

  The Children'S Center · Vancouver, WA · 2022

  Support the treatment to child victims of sexual abuse and non-offending family members

• $25,000

  Waypoint Adventures · Lexington, MA · 2022

  Enable waypoint adventure to re-launched their leaders in training (lit) program

• $24,148

  Via · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Provide funding for a pilot program to train seniors who are visually impaired in adaptive technology to maximize their independence and purchase adaptive technology.

• $24,000

  Outdoors for All · Seattle, WA · 2024

  Funding for outdoors for all to provide adaptive recreation programs to individuals with disabilities, including those who are blind or have visual impairments.

• $24,000

  Waypoint Adventures · Lexington, MA · 2023

  Empower waypoint adventures to grow an open enrollment outdoor adventure program for the general public alongside those with a disability.

• $23,840

  Computers for the Blind · Richardson, TX · 2022

  Support the "compute with confidence" training program

• $23,780

  Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision · Tampa, FL · 2024

  Funding to replace a vehicle used to transport community members who are blind to orientation and mobility training sessions to gain greater independence.

• $22,250

  Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Bloomfield, CT · 2023

  Empower healing meals to add operational capacity to its staff by hiring a seasoned, culinary-trained executive chef. With this addition, staff assignments will be adjusted to meet operational needs, and the ceo will be… read allEmpower healing meals to add operational capacity to its staff by hiring a seasoned, culinary-trained executive chef. With this addition, staff assignments will be adjusted to meet operational needs, and the ceo will be able to focus on strategic resource development and advocacy efforts. less
• $21,996

  Utah School for the Deaf and Blind Education Foundation · Ogden, UT · 2024

  Enable usdb to provide new technology programs and assistive devices to blind students to aid in independence.

• $21,616

  Smart Living Learning & Earning With Autism · Eugene, OR · 2022

  Supporting, obtaining and sustaining program to focus on employment for people with disabilities

• $21,600

  Bridle Up Hope · Alpine, UT · 2023

  Funds to support the building of an all-weather covered round pen to accommodate an additional 100+ program participants per year.

• $21,000

  Homeshare Vermont · South Burlington, VT · 2025

  Funding to execute a multi-platform marketing strategy to reach and inform more participants about homeshare's services.

• $21,000

  The Research Foundation for Suny the College at Brockport · Brockport, NY · 2024

  Funding for new or restart 4-5 camp abilities summer camps for those with visual impairments and blindness to learn how to stay active and healthy, be independent, and self-advocate for inclusion.

• $20,090

  The Joy Bus · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

  Financial support towards the purchase of a temperature-controlled van that is used to deliver shelf-stable and frozen meals to 100 cancer patients each week.

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