Funding search · EIN 237087830 · Houston, TX

Retina Research Foundation

Name: Retina Research Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

57
grants reported: $5.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $45,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

University of Wisconsin - Madison3 grants · $2.0M
Baylor College of Medicine2 grants · $570,046
Baylor College of Medicine - Cullen1 grant · $309,400
University of Kentucky3 grants · $178,883
Northeastern University3 grants · $135,000
Texas a&M Health Science Center3 grants · $135,000
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor Mi2 grants · $135,000
University of Arizona3 grants · $135,000
University of Iowa - Institute for Vision Research3 grants · $135,000
University of Illinios at Chicago3 grants · $135,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$1.9M

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$700,000
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$700,000
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$640,000
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$350,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$309,400
Baylor College of Medicine - Cullen · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$220,046
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$94,954
University of California - Irvine (Uci) · Irvine, CA · 2024
General support
$90,000
Meei Ocular Genomics Institute Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$90,000
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor Mi · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General support
$88,883
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General support
$45,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$45,000
Schepens Eye Research Institute Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$45,000
Texas a&M Health Science Center · College Station, TX · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Arizona · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of California - San Francisco (Ucsf) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Illinios at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Iowa - Institute for Vision Research · Iowa City, IA · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
$45,000
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2024
General support
$45,000
Ut Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General support
$45,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
$45,000
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General support
$45,000
Meei Ocular Genomics Institute Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Schepens Eye Research Institute Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Texas a&M Health Science Center · College Station, TX · 2023
General support
$45,000
The Regents of the University of California - Irvine (Uci) · Irvine, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor Mi · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of Arizona · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of California - San Francisco (Ucsf) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of Illinios at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of Iowa - Institute for Vision Research · Iowa City, IA · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General support
$45,000
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$45,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$45,000
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2022
General support
$45,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General support
$45,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$45,000
Texas a&M Health Science Center · College Station, TX · 2022
General support
$45,000
The Regents of the University of California · Irvine, CA · 2022
General support
$45,000
University of Arizona · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
General support
$45,000
University of Illinios at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$45,000
University of Iowa - Institute for Vision Research · Iowa City, IA · 2022
General support
$45,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General support
$45,000
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General support
$45,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
$43,000
West Virginia University - Research Corporation · Morgantown, WV · 2024
General support
$43,000
West Virginia University - Research Corporation · Morgantown, WV · 2023
General support
$43,000
West Virginia University - Research Corporation · Morgantown, WV · 2022
General support
$42,404
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2024
General support
$41,000
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2023
General support
$39,800
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2022
General support
$30,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of Texas Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Texas Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.