Lavelle Fund for the Blind

• Lavelle Fund for the Blind supports organisations working in medical eye care, vision rehabilitation, and education support services for people who are blind or visually impaired, so your project should sit clearly within one of these themes.
• It gives general priority to direct-service programmes in the New York Tri-State Area, while also considering requests with national and international impact, so location outside that area need not rule you out.
• Most grants to organisations fall between $4,250 and $175,000, with a median of about $53,500, so a modest request in that range is realistic, and half of its 215 grants were about $53,500 or less.
• A large share of its grant dollars, 77%, went to organisations it had already funded, so the Fund looks relationship-led and competitive for newcomers; current or former grantees should contact the Fund first to confirm fit, then apply with a 1-2 page concept note and a high-level budget through Temelio.
• It does not fund individuals, medical research programs, advocacy efforts to influence legislation or elections, or requests for deficit reduction, so organisations seeking support for these should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Perkins School for the Blind · #25-28: transforming learning for children who are blind and low vision across brazil and mexico
  $486,1372025 tax year
• Kings Bay YM-YWHA · #25-03: camp for children who are blind or low vision
  $350,0002025 tax year
• Helen Keller International · #23-29: new jersey vision program
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Helen Keller International · #25-17: nobo drishti bochaganj: eliminating cataract blindness in bochaganj upazila, dinajpur, bangladesh
  $242,7882025 tax year
• Lighthouse Guild International · #25-04: tech training 2.0: expanding assistive tech training in-person and through the remote care network
  $209,9022025 tax year
• Benetech · #24-10: saksharta (literacy)
  $204,5782025 tax year
• SUNY College of Optometry Foundation · #24-29: suny optometry + syracuse community health center vision partnership
  $198,3192025 tax year
• Visionsservices For The Blind And Visually Impaired · #25-19: support for visions services in westchester county, rockland county and the hudson valley (renewal grant)
  $175,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.