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Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn provides eye exams and eyeglasses at no cost to students in low-income communities.

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Iowa

Read the Iowa Annual Report

Vision To Learn launched in Dubuque, Iowa in January 2016, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque in an effort to increase access to vision care for students attending school in Dubuque and Jackson County.  The pilot project was part of an area Campaign for Grade-Level Reading strategy that focuses on reducing barriers impacting academic success.

Supporters

Allamakee Community Foundation
Black Hawk County Gaming Association
Cedar Valley Medical Specialists
Cedar Valley Readers
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Community Foundation of Jackson County
Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
Cushing Family Charitable Fund
Delta Dental Iowa Foundation
Dubuque Morning Optimists
Dubuque Noon Optimists
Dubuque Racing Association
Jackson County Community Foundation
Jones County Community Foundation
Steve and Elaine Kahler
Klauer Optical Co.
Max & Helen Guernsey Foundation
McDonough Charitable Foundation
McElroy Trust
Merchants Bonding Company
Midwest One Bank
Operation Threshold
Prevent Blindness Iowa
Trey Sucher Law
Theisen’s Home Farm Auto
United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
United Way of Central Iowa
United Way of the Quad Cities
Unity Point Health – Waterloo
Variety – the Children’s Charity
Wolfe Foundation
100 Women Who Care

Contact

Jennifer Schmit
Program Manager
+1 (402) 517-5828
iowa@visiontolearn.org

Video provided by Merchants Bonding Company.
Vision To Learn Iowa was the 2021 recipient of the Bill Warner Sr. Memorial Charity Golf Classic as a partner with United Way of Central Iowa and Variety – the Children’s Charity.
Greenwood Elementary Student celebrating their new glasses.
Community partners from the United Way of Central Iowa and the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #33 attend a glasses celebration at Greenwood Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools
Two elementary school students pose together in front of a book shelf.
Greenwood Elementary students receiving their glasses and are excited that they have matching frames! Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools

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Vision To Learn is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization · EIN 45-3457853
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1275, Los Angeles, CA 90025
© 2025 · Vision To Learn · All Rights Reserved · Privacy Policy

To Give by Wire or DAF Gifts

Please contact Rita Campos at [email protected] or 818-426-0069 for more information.

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!

To give gifts of appreciated stock

Appreciated securities held more than one year may allow you to avoid capital gains tax while also receiving a tax deduction for your gift. Marketable securities held by a broker may be delivered by wire through Pershing, LLC. Our brokerage details are:
Pershing, LLC
DTC # 0443
A/C Vision To Learn, Inc.
A/C # PPL-007513
Federal Tax ID #45-3457853

In advance of transfer, email Rita Campos at [email protected] the following so we connect the gift to you and alert our broker to accept the securities appropriately:
1) The name of the stock
2) The number of shares you are gifting
3) The name and contact information of your broker

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!

To give by check:

Gifts of less than $10,000 should be sent directly to Vision To Learn. Make your check payable to Vision To Learn and mail to:
Vision To Learn
12100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1275
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Note “Kristof” in the memo field of your check.

Gifts of more than $10,000 can be sent either to Vision To Learn (above) or Focusing Philanthropy. Make your check payable to Focusing Philanthropy and mail to:
Focusing Philanthropy
1637 16th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Note “Kristof – Vision To Learn” in the memo field of your check.

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!