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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 “eyeglasses”
Where the money went
Largest: $52,757 to VOSH-SOMALIA INC — to increase access to eye care services and eyeglasses to low-income communities in rural somalia.
Teach for AmericaNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to Baltimore City Public Schools — the purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the pupil project, 2. ensure teachers are…
Lions of Arlington Heights FoundationArlington Heights, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $67,790 · through 2024Largest: $32,575 to SALT CREEK RURAL PARK DISTRICT — support charitable organizations with assisting community residents in obtaining eye exams,eyeglasses, hearing tests and hearing aids.
Largest: $81,572 to VISIONSPRING — #22-03: learning grant to assess the effectiveness of pharmacies in increasing eyeglasses coverage among garment factory workers in bangladesh
Largest: $6,455 to CLNLC eyeglass program — provide eye exams and eye glasses to people that cannot afford them
Largest: $2,000 to VISION TO LEARN — provide free eye exams and eyeglasses to elementary school students in low-income communities.
Warby Parker Impact FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to VISION SPRING INC — to support service delivery costs for visionspring's special projects to deliver eyeglasses
Minnesota Lions Vision FoundationSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $28,750 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to LIONS EYEGLASSES RECYCLING CENTER — to support the operations of the recycling center.
Largest: $1,915 to TSO — cover cost of eyeglasses
Largest: $5,000 to Senior Charity Care — funding to continue providing mobile vision clinics that serve the medically underserved low-income age 55 seniors by increasing access to comprehensive vision care and prescriptio…
Largest: $5,000 to RECOVERY POINT — to support the needs of individual women working though the program; supply eyeglasses, feminine hygiene products, etc
Largest: $100,000 to ADVANCE CENTER FOR EYECARE — donation for eyeglasses
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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 →