Art is Her Best Friend

Yvonne is living her dream. She is an artist, dedicated to raising awareness and funds for vision research.

Driven to Find a Cure

With their son Erick affected by Leber congenital amaurosis, Drive for Sight founders, Mike and Nadine Seed, decided to combine exotic cars and community fun to fight back against blindness.

Out-pacing vision loss

Cycle for Sight founder and co-chair, Michael Ovens, will cycle any distance or run any length to help support sight-saving research.

Meet Molly Burke, FFB Youth Ambassador

Youth Ambassador

Molly Burke is a youth ambassador for the FFB, educating the public about living with blindness while delivering a message of hope to those living with vision impairment.

Meet Norma Bastidas, mom on a mission

Mom on a Mission

Norma is the second person in history to run 7 of the planet's most unforgiving environments on 7 continents in 1 year in support of vision research. Read her about incredible journey.

Meet Dale Turner, proof that research does work

Miracles do happen

Dale Turner is the first Canadian to receive an experimental treatment and have some sight restored by gene therapy. Dale is proof that investing in research works.

Accountability to our Donors

How your money is used / FFB Across Canada / Accountability FAQs / Ten Research Discoveries in 2011 / Audited 2010 Financial Report

 

The mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to find the causes, treatments and ultimately cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and related eye diseases.

We work towards this goal by:

  • Funding sight-saving research at universities and hospitals across Canada
  • Promoting public awareness of the challenges and societal costs of living with vision loss – and of the promise of emerging treatments!
  • Offering innovative education programs to families across Canada affected by vision loss

Mission Spending
Our ability to achieve our mission is growing quickly – thanks to your support. This chart illustrates the growth in sight-saving research funding over our history. Since our inception, we have invested more than $21 million in sight saving research at Canadian hospitals and universities.

Our investment in research and education has grown steadily from $15,000 in 1974, to $712,667 in 1994 to $1,480,617.

 In 2011, the Foundation Fighting Blindness invested $3.6 million in research. We currently have ongoing commitments to 19 multi-year research initiatives across Canada supporting leading-edge research to help save, and restore sight. Highlights include:

  • Five new research operating grants that were awarded funding in 2011, a commitment of nearly 1 million dollars to new research over the next three years.
  • Five research funding partnerships that were created with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada’s most powerful health research agency. These critical research partnerships are translating scientific findings into life-changing treatments. In these partnerships, every FFB donation is matched by nearly five dollars from our partners.

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