Eye Diseases & Vision Impairments

"ANRF funds grants to early career scientists at a time when their ideas are ready for development into research, when support is critical and the unknown could be the path to treatments and cures that change millions of lives." - https://curearthritis.org/about-anrf/

Cure Glaucoma and restore vision through innovative research.

EVERSIGHT OHIO PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHEAST OHIO TO BRING THE TRANSPLANT GAMES OF AMERICA TO CLEVELAND IN JUNE 2016. THE TRANSPLANT GAMES DREW A CROWD OF NEARLY 7,000 ATTENDEES TO DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND DURING THE 4 DAY EVENT. THE GAMES HONOR THE LIVES OF EYE, ORGAN AND TISSUE DONORS AND SHOWCASE THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPLANTATION. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME CORNEAL RECIPIENTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAMES. OUR PARTICIPATION SHOWED THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION EYE BANKS MAKES TO THE WORLD OF DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION.

THE MISSION OF THE RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS TO REDUCE RETINAL BLINDNESS WORLDWIDE BY FUNDING PROGRAMS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. AS A PUBLIC CHARITY, RRF RAISES FUNDS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE INVESTMENT OF ITS ENDOWMENT FUNDS.

THE MISSION OF THE ORF IS TO RECEIVE AND MAINTAIN FUNDS THAT ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

GRANTS TO MEDICAL AND RESEARCH FACILITIES ENGAGED IN EYE RESEARCH.

TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO DISEASES OF THE EYE AND CAUSES OF BLINDNESS AND OTHER EYE PROBLEMS

VSW NURTURES EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPANSIVE APPROACHES TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA ARTS, AND BUILDS COMMUNITY AMONG ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND RESIDENCIES.

Eye injury is the primary clinical research emphasis of the Foundation. The Foundation's mission and its primary education component is to perpetuate and advance the legacy of Helen Keller.

THE ORGANIZATION WAS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE AND CULTIVATE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS AMONG THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE STATE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY. THE ORGANIZATION'S MAIN FUNCTION IS TO SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE COLLEGE'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

LOW VISION RESEARCH AND REHABILITATION

THIS FOUNDATION WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WHICH WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICAL RESEARCH, LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

KEEPING AN EDUCATIONAL EDGE FOR OPHTHALMIC PROFESSIONALS AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENTS.

THE OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND UVEITIS FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AND FINDING THE CAUSES AND CURES OF UVEITIS AND OTHER OCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES, INCREASE AWARENESS OF UVEITIS AMOUNG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC, AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE.

HARVESTING CORNEAS AND PROVIDING THEM FOR TRANSPLANT

TO ESTABLISH A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC OPTHALMOLOGY THAT WILL ADVANCE EXCELLENCE IN EYE CARE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

Neurological Health International DBA Sight Surgery International (SSI) provides free sight restoring surgery to blind patients in medically underserved areas of the world. SSI recruits ophthalmologists from both the developed and economically emerging countries to donate their professional services. In addition to sight-restoring cataract surgeries, SSI provides professional skills enhancement programs for local surgeons, including didactic lectures, hands on wet-labs and live surgeries.

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND PROVIDE CARE TO FINANCIALLY-CHALLENGED CHILDREN/INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE BLINDNESS AND SUFFERING FROM EYE DISORDERS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES IMPACTED BY BLINDING PEDIATRIC RETINAL DISEASES AND CHAMPION THE QUEST FOR A CURE.