Help us drive the research with a donation from your donor-advised fund.
Making a charitable gift through your donor-advised fund (DAF) is a powerful way to support the mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness to drive the research for treatments and cures for blinding diseases affecting 1 in 53 individuals around the world.
With the support of generous friends like you, we’ve been able to help:
- Identify more than 270 retinal disease-causing genes.
- Fund more than 93 research grants annually.
- Provide genetic testing and counseling for $2,000 per person.
Donating from your donor-advised funds is safe, easy, and fast.
Using the donation form above, making a charitable gift is a quick process:
- Select the DAF provider and login directly to your account
- Check your DAF account balance and enter your desired gift amount
- Share your personal information (i.e. email and address) for your receipt records
- Select if you would like to cover the processing fee, as well as need leave a note or designation (if applicable)
- Be sure to select "Foundation Fighting Blindness, 6925 Oakland Mills Rd #701, Columbia, MD 21045"
- Hit submit and your grant donation request is complete!
Upon making a donation, you can elect to receive an automatic grant request confirmation that will be sent to the email address you provided. All donor-advised fund donations are non refundable.
Why use donor-advised funds (DAFs) to make a donation?
donor-advised funds are the fastest-growing giving method and a tax-efficient way to manage charitable donations. donor-advised funds allow you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend donations from the fund over time.
I need assistance with my donation. How can I get in touch?
If you would like to learn more about how you can help us fund cures through a donor-advised fund, please contact Judy Taylor, SVP, chief development officer, at 410-423-0592 or JTaylor@FightingBlindness.org. If you are sending an email, please include "DAF Donation" in the subject line.
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) restrictions.
Donors may not receive personal benefit (including goods and services) from grants. For example, donors cannot recommend a grant to an organization’s gala event, and then receive tickets to attend. Those tickets are a benefit, and therefore, are against the rules. Donors also cannot recommend grants from DAFs for membership fees.
Donors may not use DAF funds to fulfill a personal pledge. No payments from a donor-advised fund can be used to satisfy a legally binding pledge. DAF sponsors can, however, help donors make multi-year commitments that are not treated as a legally-binding pledge, i.e. letters of intent.
