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Fund a scholar's summer

Gifts underwrite stipends for scholars with demonstrated need, program coordination, diagnostic equipment access, and travel to present research.

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How funds are used

  • Scholar stipends so a summer in clinic does not cost a family a summer of wages
  • Program coordination: onboarding, compliance documentation, mentor matching
  • Diagnostic equipment and imaging access for teaching sessions
  • Travel and registration for scholars presenting research at national meetings
  • Curriculum development so more practices can become training sites
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Sustainability

Funding & institutional supporters

  • Excellence in Ophthalmology Foundation / National Medical Association
  • National Eye Institute (NEI) training and diversity mechanisms
  • Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
  • Fight for Sight
  • Regional and community foundations supporting health career pipelines

Industry

Corporate & device partners

  • Unrestricted educational grants supporting scholar stipends and curriculum
  • Equipment donations and loaner imaging devices for teaching sessions
  • Technician led training sessions on diagnostic technology
  • Support for scholar travel to national scientific meetings
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Community

Volunteer & community outreach

  • Vision screening events with churches and faith based health ministries
  • Career talks at Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA youth programs
  • Mentoring partnerships with 100 Black Men and Jack and Jill of America
  • Health equity programming with the National Urban League
  • Alumni led high school outreach in the communities scholars come from

Carry the standard forward

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