KIRCHGESSNER VISION FOUNDATION

Kirchgessner Vision Foundation (the "Foundation") is a private foundation qualified under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3) whose purposes are exclusively charitable. The Foundation supports tax exempt institutions located primarily in the Southern California area which are actively engaged in the provision of services in the field of vision. The Foundation seeks to assist economically disadvantaged persons, especially those among the young, the elderly, and the disabled. While the Foundation may support a limited amount of eye research, its emphasis is to support activities in the area of vision care, and to help those with sight problems to be self-sufficient... In 1975, with the support of Dr. Robert Christensen, a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, an anonymous philanthropist publicly known as "Mr. K" created, funded, and endowed the original UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic. Following the initial success of that program, Mr. K began the process of..

Primary location: Sherman Oaks United States