Private foundation · EIN 13-1740463 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Lavelle Fund for the Blind's grants went
It reported $5.64M in grants paid across 66 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 72.6% of those dollars to 38 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $4.09M 45 lines
- No confident match $1.08M 14
- Individuals, not shown $10K 2
- Outside the US $455K 5
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- IF YOUR ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING A GRANT, THE BEST PLACE TO START IS TO REVIEW GRANT GUIDELINES. PLEASE REFER TO WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG/PROPOSAL-GUIDELINES FOR INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE FUND AT WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG/GENERAL-INQUIRIES. AFTER REVIEWING THE GUIDELINES, APPLICATION LINKS CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE APPLICATION SECTION OF THE ABOVE REFERENCED WEBSITE.
- Deadlines
- PLEASE REFER TO DETAILS INDICATED ON WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY.
- Restrictions
- THE LAVELLE FUND FOR THE BLIND PROVIDES FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OR VERIFIABLE NON-U.S. CHARITABLE STATUS (IN THE CASE OF FOREIGN-BASED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT A U.S.-BASED 501(C)(3) FISCAL INTERMEDIARY). SEE WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG/PROPOSAL-GUIDELINES/ FOR ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.
- Website on filing
- WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 63 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins School for the Blind Watertown, MA · EIN 04-2103616 | $668,889 | #22-24: EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN: SCALING UP SYSTEMIC CHANGE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN LATIN AMERICA | Same address 1.00 |
| Seva Foundation Berkeley, CA · EIN 38-2231279 | $385,605 | #23-10: ESTABLISHING A WORLD-CLASS EYE CARE TRAINING AND LEARNING CENTER IN GUATEMALA | Same address 1.00 |
| Helen Keller International New York, NY · EIN 13-5562162 | $250,000 | #23-29: NEW JERSEY VISION PROGRAM | Same city 1.00 |
| Benetech Palo Alto, CA · no confident EIN match | $226,862 | #21-18: BOOKSHARE IN INDIA: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE | Unmatched Help match |
| Lutheran Braille Workers Yucaipa, CA · EIN 95-6048152 | $220,000 | #23-30: PURCHASE EQUIPMENT TO HELP LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERS MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR BRAILLE BIBLES WORLDWIDE | Same address 1.00 |
| Goodwill Vision Enterprises Rochester, NY · EIN 16-0743906 | $217,489 | #23-27: PARTNERSHIP MODEL IMPLEMENTATION | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Helen Keller International New York, NY · EIN 13-5562162 | $196,786 | #21-02: SCALING UP DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SERVICES IN BANGLADESH PROGRAM (SDRS III) | Same city 1.00 |
| Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired New York, NY · EIN 13-1624210 | $175,000 | #23-21: EXPANSION OF VISIONS SERVICES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, ROCKLAND COUNTY AND THE HUDSON VALLEY (RENEWAL GRANT) | Same address 1.00 |
| Research Foundation of City University of New York Hunter College New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $168,699 | #22-17: VISION REHABILITATION THERAPY: SUPPORTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD AT HUNTER COLLEGE | Unmatched Help match |
| Rutgers Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions Piscataway, NJ · no confident EIN match | $155,000 | #23-18: EYE2EYE: A PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COPING WITH VISION LOSS | Unmatched Help match |
| Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Cassville, NY · EIN 22-3136677 | $150,000 | #23-03: HOMETOWN TRAINING | Same address 1.00 |
| American Printing House for the Blind Louisville, KY · EIN 61-0444640 | $139,625 | #22:15: APH CONNECTCENTER | Same address 1.00 |
| Fundacion Guatemalteca Para Ninos Con Sordoceguera Alex (Fundal) GT · outside the US | $131,000 | #21-20: FORGING PATHS TOWARDS INCLUSION AND SUSTAINABILITY | Foreign |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations New York, NY · EIN 13-1887440 | $129,157 | #22-06: HEISKELL LIBRARY: TRANSLATING ACCESS PROJECT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired New York, NY · EIN 13-1624210 | $126,257 | #20-21: LAVELLE SCHOLARS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2020-2024 | Same address 1.00 |
| C L Gupta Eye Institute IN · outside the US | $121,054 | #21-29ER: ELIMINATING RURAL AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS BACKLOG DURING COVID19 PANDEMIC IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH (INDIA) | Foreign |
| City Access New York Staten Island, NY · EIN 20-3786663 | $120,700 | #23-02: CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT | Same city 1.00 |
| Dominican College of Blauvelt Orangeburg, NY · no confident EIN match | $116,493 | #21-19: HYBRID ONLINE LEARNING FOR TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (TVIS) INCLUDING THOSE WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES, IN THE GREATER NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA | Unmatched Help match |
| Project Orbis International New York, NY · EIN 23-7297651 | $110,893 | #22-23: SITAPUR EYE HOSPITAL - ORBIS COMPREHENSIVE CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS PROJECT (PHASE II) | Same address 0.87 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY (Brockport) Brockport, NY · no confident EIN match | $110,467 | #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 | Unmatched Help match |
| Lavelle School for the Blind Bronx, NY · no confident EIN match | $100,000 | #23-07: DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS | Unmatched Help match |
| Vision Forward Association West Allis, WI · EIN 39-0808506 | $98,401 | #22-08: TECHNOLOGY CREATES POSSIBILITIES: A NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PROFESSIONALS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLI… | Exact name 1.00 |
| Salus University Elkins Park, PA · no confident EIN match | $97,240 | #23-08: PROJECT REACH: A PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT MODEL | Unmatched Help match |
| Christian Blind Mission Internat'L Washington, DC · EIN 36-2959883 | $92,010 | #22-01: HIGH IMPACT SIMULATED OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL TRAINING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | Exact name 1.00 |
| Queens College Foundation Flushing, NY · EIN 11-6080521 | $79,000 | #23-17: NEW YORK DEAFBLIND COLLABORATIVE | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Visionserve Alliance Saint Louis, MO · EIN 04-3613836 | $75,000 | #23-22: BIG DATA PHASE TWO: DATA ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WITH BLINDNESS AND LOW VISION AGED 18-64 YEARS, WORKING AND NOT WORK… | Same address 1.00 |
| The Filomen M Dagostino Greenberg Music School New York, NY · EIN 83-2582279 | $75,000 | #23-05: FMDG MUSIC SCHOOL: EDUCATION, PERFORMANCE, AND RESOURCE CENTER | Same address 1.00 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Yorktown Hts, NY · EIN 13-1854606 | $75,000 | #23-28: PUPPY RAISING PROGRAM | Same street 1.00 |
| Visionspring New York, NY · EIN 31-1811558 | $73,920 | #22-03: LEARNING GRANT TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHARMACIES IN INCREASING EYEGLASSES COVERAGE AMONG GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS IN BANGLAD… | Same city 1.00 |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind Newton, MA · EIN 04-2106173 | $73,175 | #21-12: CARROLL INTERNS | Same address 1.00 |
| Core Career Alexandria, VA · EIN 87-3001143 | $73,129 | #23-26: CAREER ACCESS FOR BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED PROFESSIONALS | Same city 1.00 |
| Seedlings Braille Books for Children Livonia, MI · EIN 38-2565354 | $59,000 | #23-19: BRAILLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN WITH VISION LOSS AND TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED | Same city 1.00 |
| The National Federation of the Blind Baltimore, MD · EIN 02-0259978 | $52,333 | #23-31: INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN (IEP) BOOT CAMP | Same address 1.00 |
| Success Beyond Sight Tucson, AZ · EIN 83-3502019 | $50,000 | #22-26: NATIONAL TSVI RECRUITMENT ("TRTP") PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| Kings Bay Ym-Ywha Brooklyn, NY · EIN 11-3068515 | $50,000 | #23-06: CAMP FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH | Same address 1.00 |
| National Society to Prevent Blindness Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3667121 | $44,763 | #22-25: ASPECT- EVALUATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| St John's University Queens, NY · no confident EIN match | $44,601 | SCH2019-11: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Unmatched Help match |
| Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ · EIN 22-1500645 | $43,590 | SCH2019-10: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Sense International Peru PE · outside the US | $43,186 | #23-09ER: PROMOTING A QUALITY AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS WITH DEAFBLINDNESS IN PERU - PHASE 2. | Foreign |
| Fordham University Bronx, NY · EIN 13-1740451 | $29,888 | SCH2019-4: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Exact name 1.00 |
| Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY · EIN 13-1628206 | $27,110 | SCH2019-8: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Same address 1.00 |
| Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY · no confident EIN match | $24,702 | SCH2019-9: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Unmatched Help match |
| Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY · EIN 14-1442493 | $18,258 | SCH2019-7: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Same address 1.00 |
| National Braille Press Boston, MA · EIN 04-2104740 | $15,000 | #23-16: THE TOUCH OF GENIUS PRIZE FOR INNOVATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Manhattanville University Purchase, NY · EIN 13-1740469 | $14,880 | SCH2019-6: BROTHER KEARNEY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, PHASE 4, JULY 2019 - JUNE 2024 | Same address 1.00 |
| Adaptive Design Association New York, NY · EIN 13-4170232 | $14,500 | #23-15D: CUE EXPANSION PROJECT: CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | Same address 1.00 |
| Seva Foundation Berkeley, CA · EIN 38-2231279 | $14,093 | #22-18: BRINGING COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE TO SANTA ROSA JAUREGUI THROUGH ONE NEW VISION CENTER | Same address 1.00 |
| Visionserve Alliance Saint Louis, MO · EIN 04-3613836 | $12,000 | #23-35D: VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, A HUB AND SPOKE MODEL | Same address 1.00 |
| Lavelle School for the Blind Bronx, NY · no confident EIN match | $10,500 | #23-33D: LAVELLE SCHOOL ADULT PROGRAM EXPLORATION | Unmatched Help match |
| Therapeutic Solutions Outreach Cary, NC · EIN 47-3256284 | $10,000 | #23-34D: LVRS FOUNDATION DEVICE SPONSORSHIP | Same address 1.00 |
1 more line ($150K) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.