Friends For Sight

Name

Friends For Sight

Website

https://friendsforsight.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vision Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Optometry Clinics (Primary Eye Care) (HLAKAKAB)

Keywords

• Vision screening services
• Eye health education
• Prescription eyewear
• Community eye care
• Vision health programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Friends For Sight provides free vision screenings, eye exams, prescription glasses, and eye health education to Utah communities. The nonprofit focuses on increasing access to vision care for individuals who may otherwise be unable to afford these services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vision Screenings Free vision screenings provided to Utah community members to identify potential vision problems and refer individuals for further care.
• Eye Exams Free comprehensive eye exams provided to Utah community members who cannot afford vision care through traditional channels.
• Prescription Glasses Free prescription glasses provided to Utah community members following eye exams, enabling recipients to obtain corrective eyewear they could not otherwise afford.
• Eye Health Education Educational programs raising awareness of eye health, preventive care, and vision-related issues for Utah community members.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Sightsavers: International non-profit working on avoidable blindness and vision impairment in low-income countries. Comparable mission and service delivery model with broader geographic reach.
• Mission Cataract USA: Non-profit coordinating free cataract surgery for uninsured patients in the US; comparable volunteer-driven, free-service vision-care delivery model.
• VisionSpring: Social enterprise providing affordable eyeglasses to low-income communities; comparable end-user mission of vision access for underserved populations.
• OneSight: Non-profit affiliated with Luxottica operating vision clinics and providing free eyewear globally; comparable mission and service model though at much larger scale.
• Essilor Vision Foundation: Non-profit providing vision screenings and free eyeglasses to underserved children in the US. Direct peer with overlapping program design and beneficiary focus.
• New Eyes for the Needy: Non-profit that provides free prescription glasses to low-income individuals in the US. Direct peer due to shared focus on dispensing free eyewear to underserved populations.
• Prevent Blindness: National non-profit focused on vision screening, education, and advocacy. Directly comparable mission and service mix to Friends for Sight, operating at larger national scale.
• Lions Clubs International: Global service organization with extensive vision-care programs including free screenings and recycled eyeglasses distribution, comparable to Friends for Sight's service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FriendsforSight
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/friends-for-sight

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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