Help us find cures with a donation from your donor advised fund.
Giving through your donor advised fund (DAF) is a powerful way to help the Foundation Fighting Blindness find treatments and cures to blinding retinal diseases.
A donation from your donor advised fund will help drive:
- Breakthrough research and innovative science to accelerate progress in the fight to end blinding diseases.
- Additional funding for 93 ongoing research grants, in addition to initiating 14 new research projects.
- Valuable information to our community, expanding awareness to introduce new audiences to our mission, enhancing communications to our stakeholders.
- Genetic testing and counseling for $2,000 per person.
Donating from your donor advised funds is safe, easy, and fast.
Using the donation form below, 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)
- 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.
