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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “blind”
Delta Gamma FoundationColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
153 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $146,435 to BLIND CHILDREN'S CENTER — aid for blind
Largest: $110,467 to THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY (BROCKPORT) — #21-15: the institute on movement studies for individuals with visual impairments or deaf blindness along with camp abilities lavelle fund for the blind grant
Largest: $50,000 to LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED - SAN FRANCISCO — funding for their orientation and mobility (o&m) programs to train people who are blind or have low vision to safely.
McDonald Family TrustPalm Beach Gardens, FL
71 matching grants · $264,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry — help elderly, poor disadvantaged in hartford, ct associated with blindness
Largest: $227,000 to INT AGCY PREVENTION BLINDNESS — support the mission to aid the blind and or visually impaired
Largest: $694,172 to CABELL WAYNE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND — aid to the blind
The National Federation of the BlindBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2025Largest: $33,500 to DAN'S BLIND AMBITION LLC — blindness projects
Largest: $4,500 to EVANSVILLE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND — program support
National Industries for the BlindAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $947,104 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC — productivity, training and compensation
American Brotherhood for the BlindBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2025Largest: $350,000 to NATIONAL FED OF THE BLIND — blindness projects
Largest: $50,000 to BEYOND BLINDNESS FORMERLY KNOWN AS BLIND CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER — to expand its low vision clinic and community-wide vision screenings.
The Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $579,659 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — eye diseases, blindness & vision impairments
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →