Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund

Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund

The Research to Prevent Blindness Endowment Fund Inc. was established in 1988 as a tax-exempt support organization. Its purpose is to manage assets that generate grants for scientific research on eye diseases. Jules Stein founded the parent Research to Prevent Blindness organization in 1960. The fund allocates across public equities, corporate bonds, core real estate through Mercer, emerging markets equity via DFA, and a commodities fund. It also holds limited partner interests in private equity and private credit vehicles. Geographic exposure centers on the United States with additional holdings in global and emerging markets. Confirmed positions include the Mercer US Core Real Estate Portfolio and DFA Emerging Markets Portfolio. The organization employs no disclosed investment staff count. It maintains its headquarters lease at 360 Lexington Avenue in New York. Service providers include Sassetti LLC as auditor and GlobeOp for fund administration. No operational investment events from the last 24 months appear in available records. The endowment functions strictly as a grant-making vehicle subordinate to Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. Its board overlaps with the parent entity while separate financial statements govern asset management and distributions.