How to Help

The Center for the Partially Sighted is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization (Fed Tax ID #95-3771974). As a non-profit organization, we depend on your generosity to help us continue to provide our comprehensive services that help visually impaired people, and their friends and family, cope with their vision loss. You can support our efforts in a number of ways. No gift is too large or too small. We simply appreciate that you have thought of us.

You can support our efforts to help people of all ages with impaired sight live, work and play independently with a gift of time by serving as a volunteer or with a donation of cash or property. For more information, please call 310-988-1970

How to Make a Donation

To make a donation, you can:

1. To make a gift online, using our donation site (external link):

2. You may also mail donations to us with your check or credit card information:

The Center for the Partially Sighted
6101 W. Centinela Ave., Suite 150
Culver City, CA 90230

3. If you prefer, please call us at 310-988-1970 to make a donation by telephone.

Giving Opportunities

As a non-profit organization, we depend on your generosity to help us continue to provide our comprehensive services that help visually impaired people, and their friends and family, cope with their vision loss. You can support our efforts in a number of ways. No gift is too large or too small. We simply appreciate that you have thought of us.

Gifts of Cash or Securities

Enjoy tax benefits and support the work of the Center. For more information, contact LaDonna Ringering, Ph.D., at 310-988-1970 X 137.

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Also donate other used vehicles including boats, motor homes etc. You can donate your used vehicle and receive a tax deduction if, your Vehicle is:

Model 1989 or newer
In good running order
has presentable body and interior
and have current registration and valid ownership

Commemorative Naming Opportunities

Leave a lasting legacy of hope by donating to the Center. Gifts from $5,000 can be pledged over five years, if preferred. For more information, call 310-988-1970.

In-Kind Donations

The Center welcomes in-kind donations of cars, business equipment, and other items. Tax benefits apply to all donations.

Check out Our Wish List

Providing through your Will or Life Insurance

Bequests and Planned Gifts – Have you planned for the future? A bequest is a relatively easy way to ensure the future of our mission to serve partially sighted people.

There are three basic ways to name the Center in your will:

Give a specific dollar amount - the best option if you update your will regularly and are certain the funds will be ample for your other beneficiaries.
Specify a certain percentage of your estate - this ensures your gift adjusts with fluctuations in your estates value.
Make a residuary bequest - giving the balance of your assets after providing for your loved ones.

You can also name the Center as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy that you may no longer need.

If you would like more information about providing for the Center in your estate, call your attorney, financial advisor or the Center at (310) 988-1970 ext 137.

Volunteer Opportunities

Center volunteers include fully sighted, partially sighted, and blind people of all ages who wish to share their knowledge, skills, talents, time and concern. The hours are flexible, and the rewards can be tremendous. Volunteer opportunities include:

Community awareness
Staffing tables at health fairs throughout greater Los Angeles
Speaking about Center services to civic, church, and local organizations
Office assistance
Greeting new clients in reception area
Conducting client interviews
Assisting clients to exam rooms
Assisting with mailings, filing, materials
Typing and/or computer projects
Home assistance
Assisting partially sighted people in their home by reading materials necessary for daily living, such as mail, directions to destinations, packaging materials, or medication instructions.

The Associates of the Center for the Partially Sighted are a fund-raising group who support our transportation program by selling Entertainment books, holding theater parties, and sponsoring an annual luncheon.

For volunteer opportunities, please call 310-988-1970, or fill out our online Contact Us form.

Foundation and Corporate Sponsors

See our Foundation and Corporate Sponsors page.

For information about how your company or organization can support our programs, please call us at 310-988-1970, or e-mail info@low-vision.org, or simply donate online.

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