EVERSIGHT
3985 RESEARCH PARK DR, ANN ARBOR, MI 48108 www.eversightvision.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: EVERSIGHT'S MISSION IS TO RESTORE SIGHT AND PREVENT BLINDNESS THROUGH THE HEALING POWER OF DONATION, TRANSPLANTATION AND RESEARCH. BLINDING EYE DISEASES AFFECT 80 MILLION AMERICANS. THAT MEANS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CANNOT SEE THEIR LOVED ONES, DRIVE TO WORK OR READ THE NEWSPAPER ON A SUNDAY MORNING. THEIR VISION LOSS RESULTS IN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 51.4 BILLION EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE. EVERSIGHT ENVISIONS A WORLD WITHOUT BLINDNESS-A WORLD WHERE ALL MOTHERS CAN SEE THEIR CHILDREN AND ALL CHILDREN CAN GROW UP TO LEAD INDEPENDENT, PRODUCTIVE LIVES THROUGH THE GIFT OF SIGHT. TO MAKE VISION A REALITY FOR ALL, EVERSIGHT CONTINUOUSLY WORKS TO EXPAND ITS REACH, CONNECT MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH COMMUNITIES IN NEED AND PROVIDE THE GIFT OF SIGHT TO EVERYONE.

EVERSIGHT IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO RESTORE SIGHT AND PREVENT BLINDNESS THROUGH THE HEALING POWER OF DONATION, TRANSPLANTATION AND RESEARCH. THE EVERSIGHT NETWORK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOVERING, EVALUATING AND PROVIDING HUMAN EYE TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANTATION; ADVANCING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND CURES OF BLINDING EYE CONDITIONS; PROMOTING DONATION AWARENESS THROUGH PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; AND PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IN NEED OF CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION. FOUNDED IN 1947, EVERSIGHT MAINTAINS ITS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AS AN ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (EBAA) AND BY MEETING THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS SET BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE NONPROFIT OPERATES 24/7/365 IN CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, NEW JERSEY, OHIO AND SOUTH KOREA, AND COLLABORATES WITH SURGEONS, RESEARCHERS, ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AND EYE BANKS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. EVERSIGHT WORKS WITH THE

RESORING SIGHT EACH YEAR, EVERSIGHT PROVIDES THE GIFT OF SIGHT TO MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. EVERSIGHT'S WORK BEGAN IN 1947 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOURTH EYE BANK IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN KNOWN AS THE ILLINOIS EYE-BANK. OVER TIME, NONPROFIT EYE BANKS WERE ESTABLISHED IN EVERY STATE TO MEET THE CRITICAL DEMAND FOR CORNEAL TISSUE TO TREAT PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS. IN 1985, THE ILLINOIS EYE-BANK AND MICHIGAN EYE-BANK FORMED A PARTNERSHIP- ONE THAT WOULD EARN A REPUTATION FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE MADE POSSIBLE BY SOME OF THE FINEST MEDICAL DIRECTORS, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS IN THE EYE BANKING FIELD. THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION ATTRACTED AFFILIATIONS WITH OTHER REGIONAL EYE BANKS LIKE THE BROMENN-WATSON GAILEY EYE-BANK, LIONS EYE BANK OF NEW JERSEY, CLEVELAND EYE BANK AND THE CONNECTICUT EYE BANK, FORMING ONE OF THE LARGEST NETWORKS OF EYE BANKS IN THE U.S. IN 2015, THE NETWORK BECAME KNOWN AS EVERSIGHT, ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS A UNIFIED OPERATION TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES TO SURGEONS AND THEIR PATIENTS AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD.

FINDING A CURE IN THE PURSUIT TO ELIMINATE BLINDING EYE DISEASES, EVERSIGHT ESTABLISHED THE EVERSIGHT CENTER FOR VISION AND EYE BANKING RESEARCH IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, TO PROVIDE LEADING OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCHERS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FIND CURES AND TREATMENTS FOR EYE DISEASES SUCH AS AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND GLAUCOMA. EVERSIGHT PROVIDES MORE THAN 3,000 TISSUES ANNUALLY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PURPOSES. OUR IN-HOUSE RESEARCH ALSO PIONEERS NEW EYE BANKING PRACTICES. WE DEVELOPED TWO NEW RETINAL DISSECTION TECHNIQUES IN 2019 THAT ENABLE OUR TEAM TO PROCURE TISSUE FOR RESEARCH UNDER SPECIFIC PARAMETERS AND TIGHT TIMELINES. WE ARE NOW DELIVERING THESE CRITICAL TISSUES TO RESEARCHERS WHO HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN UNABLE TO FURTHER THEIR INVESTIGATIONS DUE TO A LACK OF ACCESS TO HUMAN TISSUE. EVERSIGHT HAS A LONGSTANDING TRACK RECORD OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TO DATE AWARDING MORE THAN 4 MILLION IN GRANTS THAT STIMULATE PIONEERING CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH AIMING TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO RESTORE SIGHT, PREVENT BLINDNESS AND ULTIMATELY HELP PATIENTS LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. OUR RESEARCH AND CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND STAFF ARE HIGHLY INVOLVED PRIMARY AND CO-INVESTIGATORS, PERFORMING RESEARCH AND AUTHORING PUBLICATIONS THAT EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF VISION SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND POSSIBILITY. IN 2019, WE RECEIVED THE EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF? AMERICAS? COVETED?HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH GRANTFOR OUR WORKWITH THE CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, FOR RESEARCH INTO THERAPIES THAT ONE DAY HOPE TO MITIGATE THE GLOBAL CORNEA SHORTAGE. SINCE 1980, THE EYE & VISION RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED RESEARCHERS AT LEADING ACADEMIC MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING HARVARD, TUFTS, CLEVELAND CLINIC, CASE WESTERN RESERVE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN. BY DESIGN, EVERSIGHT'S GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES CRITICAL, EARLY-STAGE FUNDING OR SEED GRANTS THAT ARE INTENDED TO DRIVE FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE STIMULATED LARGER-SCALE STUDIES AND WON FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. IN 2019, EVERSIGHT AWARDED GRANTS TO ADVANCE STUDIES ON TRANSPLANT FAILURE, CORNEAL REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL, UNEXPLAINABLE EYE PAIN, CHORIORETINAL DEGENERATIONS AND HERPES STROMAL KERATITIS, LED BY RESEARCHERS AT KELLOGG EYE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER. EACH YEAR, RECIPIENTS ARE SELECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL COMPRISED OF FOREMOST ACADEMICS, OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHERS. THIS DISTINGUISHED REVIEW PANEL FUNDS PROPOSALS THAT ALIGN WITH EVERSIGHT'S MISSION TO RESTORE SIGHT AND PREVENT BLINDNESS THROUGH MEANINGFUL SCIENTIFIC INQUISITION.

SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL IMPACT ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON IMPROVING EYE HEALTH IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS GENERATES A FOUR-FOLD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. EVERSIGHT ACTIVELY WORKS WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, GOVERNMENTS, VISION HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER NGOS IN COUNTRIES LACKING EYE BANKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO RESTORE SIGHT TO MILLIONS IN NEED. MOST RECENTLY-THROUGH AN EVERSIGHT PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTANI MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS-THE FIRST OF SEVERAL NEW WORLD-CLASS EYE BANKS OPENED IN 2019 AT AL-SHIFA TRUST EYE HOSPITAL IN RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN PRESIDENT ARIF ALVI CALLED THE PROGRAM "A REVOLUTIONARY STEP IN RETURNING EYESIGHT" FOR AS MANY AS TWO MILLION PAKISTANIS WHO ARE BLIND DUE TO EYE DISEASES AND AN ESTIMATED 250,000 WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH CORNEAL BLINDNESS. WITH PROVEN EYE BANKING AND TECHNICAL TRAINING PRACTICES AND HAVING PLAYED A PART IN THE ELIMINATION OF THE U.S. CORNEA TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST, EVERSIGHT UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO WORK WITH COUNTRIES LACKING TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH A NATIONAL NETWORK FOR EYE BANKING AND CORNEA DONATION WITH CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE DONATION MODELS AND STATE-OF-THE-ART CLINICAL CAPABILITIES.

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