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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
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