42 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
PeachCare for Kids is Georgia's health insurance program for uninsured children. It helps eligible children get coverage for doctor visits, checkups, vaccines, dental care, vision care, prescriptions, hospital care, emergency care, and mental health care.
4 services
Dogs Inc is a nonprofit in Palmetto, Florida that trains guide dogs, service dogs, skilled companion dogs, and facility therapy dogs. It serves people across the United States, including people with vision loss, veterans, people with type 1 diabetes, Gold Star families, military facilities, and first responder facilities. Dogs, training, alumni support, dog food, and preventive veterinary care are provided at no cost to recipients.
11 services
Georgia Eye Bank is a nonprofit eye bank in Atlanta. It recovers, tests, processes, and provides donated eye tissue for cornea transplants, research, medical training, and public education about eye donation.
7 services
Foundation Fighting Blindness funds research for treatments and cures for retinal diseases that can cause blindness. Its Atlanta Chapter connects people with education, local resources, events, and fundraising opportunities, while the national organization offers genetic testing information, webinars, doctor directories, and research updates.
10 services
Guide Dogs of America | Tender Loving Canines is a service dog school based in Sylmar, California. It breeds, raises, trains, and places guide dogs for blind or visually impaired adults, service dogs for veterans, service dogs for some children with autism, and facility dogs.
10 services
Vision To Learn is a nonprofit that brings mobile eye clinics to schools and community sites. In Georgia, it gives free vision screenings, eye exams, and glasses to children in low-income communities, including students in Atlanta-area counties.
4 services
The ASCRS Foundation runs Operation Sight, a U.S. program that helps people get charitable cataract surgery. It screens people who cannot afford or access care and tries to match eligible patients with volunteer eye surgeons in their home community.
1 service
A Cure In Sight is a national nonprofit run by ocular melanoma patients and volunteers. It helps people with ocular melanoma through financial aid, patient packets, education, support connections, an app, research support, and awareness events.
9 services
En-Vision America makes accessible prescription label tools for people who have trouble reading medicine labels. They help people get talking labels, large print labels, Braille labels, and labels in more than one language through participating pharmacies.
5 services
Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia helps people of all ages who are blind or have low vision. They provide low-vision exams, daily living skills, mobility training, technology help, job readiness, counseling, and programs for youth and adults age 55 and older.
10 services
VSP Vision is a vision care company with an Eyes of Hope program that helps people get eye exams and glasses. Its no-cost gift certificate program helps eligible students age 19 and under see a VSP network eye doctor in their community.
3 services
ReSpectacle is a nonprofit that collects gently used eyeglasses and lists them in an online database. People in the United States can search by their eye prescription, choose a used pair, pay a shipping and handling fee, and have the glasses mailed to them.
5 services
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is a large nonprofit medical center and hospital campus. It provides doctor visits, testing, hospital care, specialty care, pharmacy services, interpreters, social work, support groups, and financial assistance for patients who qualify.
11 services
Walmart, Inc. is a national retailer that operates pharmacies, including Walmart Pharmacy locations in the Atlanta area. Its pharmacy services help people fill, refill, transfer, and sometimes get low-cost generic prescriptions, vaccines, delivery, and other health services.
8 services
Hadley is a nonprofit based in Winnetka, Illinois that helps people adjusting to vision loss. It offers free help online, by phone, and by mail, including practical lessons, support from staff, peer connections, virtual groups, and podcasts.
10 services
The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is connected to EyeCare America, a public service referral program from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. It helps eligible people request a referral for eye care through volunteer ophthalmologists, including help for glaucoma-related eye exams.
4 services
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. trains and provides guide dogs for people who are legally blind or have low vision. Accepted clients get the dog, travel, lodging, training, equipment, and lifetime follow-up support at no cost.
4 services
American Glaucoma Society is a national group of glaucoma doctors and researchers, not an Atlanta-based agency. It helps patients learn about glaucoma, find eye doctors, find low-cost care resources, and apply for no-cost glaucoma surgery through volunteer AGS surgeons if they qualify.
7 services
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is a nonprofit based in New York that provides trained guide dogs to people with vision loss. Its guide dog training, travel to campus, equipment, meals, housing during training, and follow-up support are free for eligible students in the United States and Canada.
10 services
Sight Savers America is a nonprofit that helps children get eye care after failed vision screenings. They arrange eye exams, glasses, medical treatment, surgeries, transportation help, low-vision devices, and follow-up case management, often at no cost for underserved families.
4 services
