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Optometry Giving Sight

Optometry Giving Sight is a Canadian registered charity based in Calgary, Alberta. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $123,000 a year, mostly to education and health organizations in Quebec and Alberta.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $123,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $222,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 12 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $28,000 and the largest was about $170,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 6 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included Université de Montréal, CANADIAN VISION CARE and OPERATION EYESIGHT.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (59%) and health (39%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Quebec (49%), Alberta (43%) and Ontario (7%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT RAISES FUNDS FOR PROJECTS THAT TARGET THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS AND IMPAIRED VISION DUE TO A LACK OF ACCESS TO EYE EXAMS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF GLASSES; FUNDS ONGOING SUSTAINABLE EYE CARE PROGRAMS, LARGELY IN AFRICS & ASIA.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website listed in the CRA charity register: https://www.givingsight.org (as of 2025-01-31).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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