Accepts applications
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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $18,728,218 | $7,565,532 | $7,070,606 | $173,979,591 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 40% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDWATERTOWN, MA | #22-24: EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN: SCALING UP SYSTEMIC CHANGE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN LATIN AMERICA | $668,889 | 2023 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis D Pizzarello Md Mph | BOARD CHAIR & DIRECTOR | 10.00 | $0 |
| Hon Kevin B Mcgrath Jr | VICE CHAIR & DIRECTOR | 2.00 | $0 |
| John L Corcoran Cpa | TREASURER & DIRECTOR | 4.00 | $0 |
| Jane B O'Connell | SECRETARY & DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $173,979,591 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $5,841,671 | $7,030,730 | $6,682,226 | $143,652,074 | $143,652,074 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $929,745 | $7,838,729 | $7,472,755 | $128,801,240 | $128,801,240 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $53,286,253 | $7,991,855 | $7,029,959 | $163,250,000 | $163,250,000 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $5,145,978 | $6,494,277 | $6,232,566 | $145,360,122 | $145,360,122 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDWATERTOWN, MA |
| #22-24: EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN: SCALING UP SYSTEMIC CHANGE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN LATIN AMERICA |
| $601,925 |
| 2022 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDWATERTOWN, MA | #25-28: TRANSFORMING LEARNING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND AND LOW VISION ACROSS BRAZIL AND MEXICO | $486,137 | 2025 |
| LAVELLE SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDBRONX, NY | COVID-19 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND MEASURES; TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE AND SECURITY SYSTEM; GENERAL CLASSROOM AND STUDENT EQUIPMENT; SPACE PROGRAMMING | $423,000 | 2020 |
| SEVA FOUNDATIONBERKELEY, CA | #23-10: ESTABLISHING A WORLD-CLASS EYE CARE TRAINING AND LEARNING CENTER IN GUATEMALA | $385,605 | 2023 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #19-13: CHILDSIGHT NEW YORK | $355,760 | 2021 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | CHILDSIGHT NEW YORK | $355,760 | 2020 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #19-13: CHILDSIGHT NEW YORK | $355,172 | 2022 |
| KINGS BAY YM-YWHABROOKLYN, NY | #25-03: CAMP FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR LOW VISION | $350,000 | 2025 |
| FUNDACION GUATEMALTECA PARA NINOS CON SORDOCEGUERA ALEX (FUNDAL) | COVID-RELATED EMERGENCY FUNDING | $307,000 | 2020 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #21-02: SCALING UP DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SERVICES IN BANGLADESH PROGRAM (SDRS III) | $268,790 | 2021 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDWATERTOWN, MA | BRINGING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES TO SCALE IN LATIN AMERICA | $250,117 | 2020 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #23-29: NEW JERSEY VISION PROGRAM | $250,000 | 2025 |
| LAVELLE SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDBRONX, NY | #22-22: ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING TRAINING APARTMENT | $250,000 | 2022 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #23-29: NEW JERSEY VISION PROGRAM | $250,000 | 2023 |
| ORBIS INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #22-23: SITAPUR EYE HOSPITAL - ORBIS COMPREHENSIVE CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS PROJECT (PHASE II) | $243,186 | 2022 |
| HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALNEW YORK, NY | #25-17: NOBO DRISHTI BOCHAGANJ: ELIMINATING CATARACT BLINDNESS IN BOCHAGANJ UPAZILA, DINAJPUR, BANGLADESH | $242,788 | 2025 |
| CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION INTERNATIONAL INCMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.WHEATON, IL | #22-01: HIGH IMPACT SIMULATED OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL TRAINING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | $241,149 | 2022 |
| THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIREDROCHESTER, NY | BENNY JOB PLACEMENT INITIATIVE | $239,144 | 2020 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDWATERTOWN, MA | #18-20: BRINGING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES TO SCALE IN LATIN AMERICA | $234,101 | 2021 |
| BENETECHMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PALO ALTO, CA | #21-18: BOOKSHARE IN INDIA: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE | $226,862 | 2023 |
| HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIREDWINNETKA, IL | #21-21: BRAILLE FOR EVERYDAY USE, A TACTILE BRAILLE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS | $225,000 | 2021 |
| LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERSYUCAIPA, CA | #23-30: PURCHASE EQUIPMENT TO HELP LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERS MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR BRAILLE BIBLES WORLDWIDE | $220,000 | 2023 |
| GOODWILL VISION ENTERPRISESROCHESTER, NY | #23-27: PARTNERSHIP MODEL IMPLEMENTATION | $217,489 | 2023 |
| BENETECHMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PALO ALTO, CA | #21-18: BOOKSHARE IN INDIA: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE | $214,832 | 2022 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Sister Mary Flood Op Md Phd | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Paul A Sidoti Md | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Sharon Mclennon Wier Phd Msed | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Mario M Kranjac | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Alexander G Lunney | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Jose M Roman Dmin Jd Ma | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Maria Lc Tapia | DIRECTOR | 2.00 | $0 |
| Maura J Sweeney Ms Mpa | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Susan G Olivo | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO | 48.00 | $291,192 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202531229349102228
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202401349349101490
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202341229349100709
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202201299349100225
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202111279349100036
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.