Funding search · EIN 530196564 · Washington, DC

Aid Association for the Blind of

Name: Aid Association for the Blind of grants, 2021–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $21,978
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

blind services expenses vision area ophthalmology residents clinic

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Washington National Eye Center4 grants · $233,260
Children'S National Medical Foundation4 grants · $219,460
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metro Washington4 grants · $143,550
American Council of the Blind4 grants · $123,365
Bread for the City4 grants · $96,910
Independence Now4 grants · $94,190
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs3 grants · $75,455
So Others Might Eat3 grants · $59,913
American Association for People With Disablities2 grants · $50,910
Iona Senior Services4 grants · $48,455

Giving over time

$452,640

2021

$321,713

2023

$254,500

2024

$245,050

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$90,000
Washington National Eye Center · Washington, DC · 2021
Operating expenses
$70,000
Children'S National Medical Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Ophthalmology services
$55,760
Children'S National Medical Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Ophthalmology services
$55,760
Washington National Eye Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating expenses
$51,000
Children'S National Medical Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Ophthalmology services
$50,000
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metro Washington · Washington, DC · 2021
Operating expenses
$47,500
Washington National Eye Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating expenses
$45,000
American Council of the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2021
General operations in dc metropolitan area
$42,700
Children'S National Medical Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Ophthalmology services
$40,000
Washington National Eye Center · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating expenses
$34,850
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metro Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating expenses
$34,050
Independence Now · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
Services to blind/low vision dc area residents
$32,000
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metro Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating expenses
$32,000
Dc Center for Independent Living · Washington, DC · 2024
Services to blind/low vision dc area residents
$31,500
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs · Washington, DC · 2021
Advocacy for blind/low vision services
$31,365
American Council of the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operations in dc metropolitan area
$30,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2025
Vision clinic's geneal operations
$30,000
American Association for People With Disablities · Washington, DC · 2021
Costs to pay for blind interns working in dc
$30,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2021
Vision clinic's geneal operations
$29,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2021
For ophthalmology services
$27,000
American Council of the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operations in dc metropolitan area
$26,700
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metro Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating expenses
$26,200
Independence Now · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Services to blind/low vision dc area residents
$22,000
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs · Washington, DC · 2025
Advocacy for blind/low vision services
$21,955
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs · Washington, DC · 2023
Advocacy for blind/low vision services
$20,910
American Association for People With Disablities · Washington, DC · 2023
Costs to pay for blind interns working in dc
$20,910
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2023
Vision clinic's geneal operations
$20,213
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2023
For ophthalmology services
$20,000
American Council of the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operations in dc metropolitan area
$20,000
Independence Now · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Services to blind/low vision dc area residents
$20,000
National Council On Independent Living · Washington, DC · 2021
Projects serving blind/low vision metro dc residents
$16,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2024
Vision clinic's geneal operations
$15,000
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2021
Programs for blind seniors
$15,000
The Abraham & Laura Lisner Home · Washington, DC · 2021
Services for blind residents
$13,940
Independence Now · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Services to blind/low vision dc area residents
$13,000
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2024
Programs for blind seniors
$11,200
Montgomery County Public Schools · Rockville, MD · 2023
Blind/low vision students' activities program
$10,700
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2024
For ophthalmology services
$10,455
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2023
Programs for blind seniors
$10,455
Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2025
Programs for blind seniors
$7,300
Omnium Circusense · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operating expenses
$7,140
Montgomery County Public Schools · Rockville, MD · 2021
Blind/low vision students' activities program
$6,970
Metro Washington Ear · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Operating expenses
$6,970
Omnium Universe Foundation · Lilburn, GA · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,400
Metro Washington Ear · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating expenses
$1,000
Omnium Circusense · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operating expenses

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