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E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind: 3 grants to organizations, $9.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)

E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, a private foundation in Greenwich, CT, paid 3 grants to organizations totaling $9,939,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 15, 2025. The largest was $3,639,000 to American Action Fund for Blind in Baltimore, MD for research "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"researcj "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"to care, maintenance, or eduaction of individuals with blindness.

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EIN
136086195
Based in
Greenwich, CT
Assets
$10,349,412
Grants paid
$9,939,000
Tax year ended
December 2024

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed November 15, 2025, IRS object ID 202503199349101360. It reported $9,939,000 in grants paid; 3 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
American Action Fund for BlindBaltimore, MDResearch "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"researcj "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"to care, maintenance, or eduaction of individuals with blindness$3,639,000apps.irs.gov
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually ImpairedValley Stream, NYTo care, maintenance, or eduaction of individuals with blindness$3,300,000apps.irs.gov
The Connecticut Institute for the BlindHartford, CTTo care, maintenance, or eduaction of individuals with blindness$3,000,000apps.irs.gov

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Maryland$3,639,000
New York$3,300,000
Connecticut$3,000,000

Updated November 15, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.