Private funding

  • The Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation (KLEF)

    KLEF is a charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to provide vision services through education, detection, prevention, treatment and empowerment. Through collaborative partnerships, they enable greater independence and increased quality of life for all Kentuckians while focusing on children and adults in financial need.

  • George Weeks Foundation

    George Weeks created a perpetual charitable Trust Foundation under his will in the 1930s, which provides assistance to persons who are blind or who have visual impairments and who live in Bourbon and Fayette Counties. This assistance can include the purchase of assistive devices.

  • Beth Joanna Habbert Memorial Fund

    The Habbert family established this fund as a memorial to their daughter. The Fund, which concentrates it’s giving in the greater Cincinnati area, primarily provides assistance to families with children with disabilities to enable the children to remain in the home. Assistive devices and equipment can be part of the assistance and awards typically range from $