All contributions that support the cause ‘Blindness’ are donated to the Sightsavers organization. They are a 501(c)3 registered non-profit based in Massachusetts. Here are their details:

• Name: Sightsavers
• Website: https://www.sightsavers.org/
• EIN: 47-4657747
• Location: Boston, MA, USA
• Annual Revenue: $15,521,735
• Impact: $50 provides eyesight to one person
• 990(k) - Financial Filing: https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/474657747_201912_990_2021012817667796.pdf
• Annual Report: https://www.sightsavers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sightsavers-Annual-Report-2020.pdf
• Charity Navigator Profile: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/474657747

We calculated Sightsavers’s impact based on impact calculations made by Charity Navigator, we have found that $50 cures one person of blindness.

We have also found that:

• By helping someone’s eyesight, you are increasing their chances of participating in the workforce by over 40% and making on average $10,000 more.
  • Bell, E. C., & Mino, N. M. (2015). Employment outcomes for blind and visually impaired adults. Retrieved June 7, 2022, from https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir15/jbir050202.html
• Through giving someone a better vision, you are decreasing their chances of developing depression due to feeling lonely or isolated by 2-3 times.
  • Nollett, C., Ryan, B., Bray, N., Bunce, C., Casten, R., Edwards, R. T., Gillespie, D., Smith, D. J., Stanford, M., & Margrain, T. H. (2019). Depressive symptoms in people with vision impairment: a cross-sectional study to identify who is most at risk, BMJ open, 9(1), e026163. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026163