Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
$678.6KTax year 2024
#22-24: every child can learn: scaling up systemic change for children with disabilities and visual impairment in latin america
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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 13-1740463 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Susan G Olivo Executive Director an
- Phone
- (212) 668-9801
- Deadlines
- Please refer to details indicated on www.lavellefund.org/how-to-apply.
- Application materials
- 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.
- 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.
Original filing text
- Contact
- SUSAN G OLIVO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AN
- Address
- LAVELLE FUND FOR THE BLIND INC 307 WEST 38TH ST STE 1905 NEW YORK, NY, 10018
- Phone
- 2126689801
- SOLIVO@LAVELLEFUND.ORG
- Deadlines
- PLEASE REFER TO DETAILS INDICATED ON WWW.LAVELLEFUND.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY.
- Application materials
- 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.
- 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.
Reported organization name: LAVELLE FUND FOR THE BLIND INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | $5.9M |
| 2024 | 77 | $5.9M |
Where Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
$486.1KTax year 2025
#25-28: transforming learning for children who are blind and low vision across brazil and mexico
Lavelle School for the Blind
Bronx, NY
$355KTax year 2024
#24-28: garden of giving
Kings Bay Ym-Ywha
Brooklyn, NY
$350KTax year 2025
#25-03: camp for children who are blind or low vision
Helen Keller International
New York, NY
$250KTax year 2025
#23-29: new jersey vision program
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (151 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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