Center for the Visually Impaired

Name

Center for the Visually Impaired

Legal name

Center for the Visually Impaired

Website

https://cviga.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vision Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Low Vision Rehabilitation (HLAKAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Low Vision & Assistive Vision Devices (Magnifiers, Electronic Video Magnifiers, Wearable Vision Aids) (HLAHAJAN), Assistive Vision & Screen Access (Screen Readers, Magnification, Braille Displays/Notetakers) (EDAFAKAD), Computer Access & Alternative Input (Switch, Eye Gaze, Head/Mouse, Keyboards) (EDAKAIAD)

Keywords

• Vision rehabilitation services
• Low vision evaluations
• Orientation mobility training
• Assistive technology training
• Adaptive vision devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: Individual, corporate, and foundation donations support CVI's ability to offer sliding fee scales and financial assistance. Night Visions annual gala raised over $490,000 in 2026.
2. Program Service Fees: Fees for low vision evaluations and rehabilitation services. CVI accepts major insurance plans.
3. VisAbility Store Sales: Georgia's only adaptive vision store sells adaptive devices, assistive technology, and adaptive tools. Products include electronic magnifiers, CCTVs, sunglasses, talking clocks, PenFriend audio labelers, and games.
4. Grants: Funded by grants from foundations such as Fuqua Foundation and PwC Foundation for specific programs like adjustment counseling and technology classes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CVI delivers low vision evaluations and vision rehabilitation for children, adults, and seniors across Georgia. Core offerings include clinical low vision assessments with prescription of adaptive devices (CCTVs, magnifiers, Bioptic glasses), orientation and mobility training, activities-of-daily-living instruction, assistive technology training, braille tutoring, pediatric vision rehabilitation, peer support groups, and a sales channel for adaptive products through the VisAbility Store.

Product overview

Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) is a nonprofit vision rehabilitation organization offering a comprehensive suite of services for people of all ages and degrees of vision loss. The core offerings include the Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic for evaluations and device prescriptions, Children & Youth Services for pediatric clients (ages 3-21), and Adult Services encompassing orientation and mobility training, technology instruction, and activities of daily living skills. CVI operates satellite clinic locations across Georgia and maintains a VisAbility Store (Georgia's only adaptive vision store) offering assistive devices. Additional services include peer-led Support Groups and the Infolink resource newsletter. The annual Night Visions Gala serves as the organization's primary fundraising event. The organization serves over 1,000 children, adults and seniors annually with a sliding fee scale for low-income households.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VisAbility Store: Georgia's only adaptive vision store offering assistive devices, magnifiers, sunglasses, and adaptive tools for people with vision loss.
• Infolink
• Night Visions
• Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic

Products and services

• Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic Comprehensive low vision evaluation clinic delivering specialized optometry services, low vision assessments, and prescription of low vision aids and adaptive devices (electronic magnifiers, CCTVs with OCR functionality, filtered lenses, tactile bump dots, Bioptic glasses) to children, adults, and seniors with vision impairment.
• Adult Services Adult rehabilitation programs including orientation and mobility training, activities of daily living (ADL) skills training, assistive technology training, and white cane instruction for working-age and older adults experiencing vision loss.
• Children & Youth Services Pediatric vision rehabilitation services for children ages 3-21, including low vision exams, occupational therapy, IEP plan assistance, play-based therapy, technology training, and braille tutoring for visually impaired students throughout metro Atlanta.
• Support Groups Peer-led support groups including Adjusting to Vision Loss, Women of Worth, Men's Support Group, and Family & Friends Support Group, providing emotional and practical support for individuals with vision loss and their families across metro Atlanta and Georgia.
• VisAbility Store Georgia's only adaptive vision store offering assistive devices including electronic magnifiers, CCTVs, cocoon sunglasses, PenFriend audio labelers, large-print calendars, talking clocks, and tactile games, located at CVI headquarters and open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM.
• CVI Satellite Clinic Locations Satellite low vision clinic locations across Georgia in Covington, Athens, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Union City, and Snellville providing expanded access to low vision evaluations and ongoing care coordination for clients outside metro Atlanta.
• Telehealth Low Vision Services Remote telehealth follow-up consultations launched in 2025 for CVI clients, including those with transportation challenges, those living far from the main facility, and family member/caregiver involvement in consultations.
• Adjustment Counseling Counseling service providing emotional support to clients and support group participants experiencing the emotional challenges of vision loss; available at $25 per session with up to 10 sessions, with financial assistance available at $5 per session for qualifying clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Helps more than 1,000 children, adults and seniors acquire skills each year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Georgia Blind Sports AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for adaptive sports programs including youth goalball. CVI clients participate in goalball tournaments through GBSA. Two former CVI clients helped Georgia boys' team win national championship. CVI's Director of Operations Nicholas Reynolds serves as Assistant Coach.
• Sight Savers AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide electronic magnifier donations to CVI youth clients. Sight Savers purchases equipment not covered by insurance and places it in homes of children with visual impairment at no cost. Seven students received desktop computers worth over $3,000 each through this partnership.
• Georgia Tech - Coulter Department of Biomedical EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCVI partners with Dr. Ming-fai Fong from Georgia Tech to host free Adaptive Robotics Workshop for students grades 1-12 with vision impairments. Workshop includes building solar cars, muscle activity listening, and robotic arm control using neural signals.
• Braille WorksminorOthersPartnership to provide Braille letters from Santa Claus for children with vision impairments. Braille Works embosses special Christmas letters postmarked from the North Pole for children at no cost to families.
• WaymominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWaymo's fully autonomous ride-hailing service launched in Atlanta through Uber app. CVI staff and clients will take demo rides. Service may benefit low vision clients hesitant to ride with strangers or those using guide dogs who have faced rideshare challenges.
• UberminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWaymo ride-hailing available through Uber app. Uber has been providing enhanced mobility for CVI Board Member David Price since 2012. Delta points available for spending with Uber.
• Healthcare Provider PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of ophthalmologists, optometrists, and eye care practices throughout Georgia who refer patients to CVI's low vision services. Partner practices include Georgia Retina, Harbin Clinic, CarlinVision, and various eye practices where CVI conducts satellite clinics.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Palo Alto-based nonprofit offering low vision evaluations, counseling, assistive technology training, and in-home rehabilitation across Northern California. Closely comparable clinical-plus-rehab service mix to CVI.
• Second Sense: Chicago-area nonprofit offering rehabilitation, adaptive technology instruction, and orientation & mobility training for people with vision loss. Closely mirrors CVI's Adult Services and assistive tech training offering.
• Sight Savers America: Alabama-based nonprofit that funds and distributes assistive technology (e.g., electronic magnifiers) to children and adults with vision impairment. Already a CVI partner; peer-comparable on AT device distribution and pediatric low-vision focus.
• Alphapointe: Kansas City-based nonprofit combining vision rehabilitation, low vision clinics, assistive technology, and employment services for blind/low-vision individuals — a comparable combined rehabilitation/employment/social enterprise model to CVI's adult programs.
• Bosma Enterprises: Indianapolis-based nonprofit providing vision rehabilitation, training, and employment services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Operates an adaptive retail store and multiple rehabilitation programs analogous to CVI's VisAbility Store and clinic services.
• Lighthouse Guild: NYC-based nonprofit providing comprehensive low vision rehabilitation, occupational therapy, assistive technology, and behavioral health services across all ages — the largest and most operationally comparable peer to CVI, especially on multi-disciplinary clinical service lines and donor-funded model.
• Chicago Lighthouse: Illinois nonprofit delivering low vision exams, rehabilitation training, assistive technology, and youth programs. Directly comparable multi-site clinical model serving a similar patient population to CVI's Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic and Children & Youth Services.
• Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired: National nonprofit providing distance-education and assistive technology training for people with vision loss. Comparable assistive technology training and content/IP approach; complement to in-person rehab services like CVI's.
• Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI): New England nonprofit delivering vision rehabilitation, orientation & mobility, and assistive technology services across all ages. Comparable regional multi-service rehabilitation model and donor-funded structure.

Broad incumbents

• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB): National nonprofit that does not operate clinics but sets policy, advocacy, and research agendas for the vision-loss field. Comparable as a broader industry incumbent that shapes the same donor and policy ecosystem in which CVI operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cviatlanta

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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