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The Essilor Vision Foundation
Empowering children to reach their full potential by giving them the ability to see clearly.

Our Focus

We strive to give children a brighter future by helping them see the world more clearly. We partner with communities to provide vision screenings, vision exams, and eyeglasses to underserved children at no cost to their families. We also work to educate parents and communities about the importance of vision and the role it plays in literacy, society, and the economy. Since 2007, the Essilor Vision Foundation has provided more than 1 million pairs of eyeglasses to individuals in need.

EVF’s Global Reach

It is estimated that over 2.5 billion people in the world suffer from vision problems that go uncorrected, and that 30% of the world’s children will experience vision problems that have a significant impact on their long-term health, school performance, and emotional and social development.

Essilor Vision Foundation U.S has affiliated locations across the globe, to help address each country/region with its unique vision needs and barriers to receiving vision care. These outreach programs aim to bring healthy vision to the most marginalized populations throughout the world, focusing in particular on children and women.


Essilor Vision Foundation Leadership

BECKY PALM

VP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF ONESIGHT ESSILORLUXOTTICA FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA
Becky Palm leads OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation North America, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization committed to EssilorLuxottica’s values to eliminate uncorrected poor vision in a generation, that brings together efforts from Essilor Vision Foundation and OneSight in both the U.S. and Canada. The global organization of OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation was created in May 2022 to bring together EssilorLuxottica’s philanthropic, advocacy actions and investments, including Vision for Life™, Essilor Vision Foundations in North America, India, Southeast Asia, and China, Fondazione Salmoiraghi & Viganò in Italy as well as the Company’s long term global partners OneSight and the Vision Impact Institute. Prior to this role, Becky served in various capacities within EssilorLuxottica’s mission organizations, including leading Essilor Vision Foundation U.S. and Essilor Social Impact Fund (Vision For Life™ ‘s U.S. fund), and also as a senior transactional attorney for Essilor of America. Becky received her undergraduate at Texas A&M University and law degree from Southern Methodist University.

DAWN ALCORN

VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT
Dawn Alcorn oversees both marketing and development strategies. Her leadership of the two departments ensures that there is alignment in achieving the organization’s marketing and revenue goals. Dawn’s professional experience includes past employment within the CPG and nonprofit companies, including PetSmart Charities, Susan G. Komen, Showtime Networks, Pillsbury, and Nabisco.

ANDREA HAYMORE

VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND ALLIANCES
Andrea Haymore leads partnerships and programs. She works to develop programs and resources to support vision nonprofits and charitable eye doctors to offset costs and extend their outreach to serve patients in need. She also oversees Kids Vision for Life, EVF’s direct-service program that uses mobile clinics to visit local Title 1 schools and provide no-cost eye exams and glasses to students. Andrea previously worked at the American Heart Association’s National Center.


IMPACT REPORT

YOU HELP OTHERS AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Essilor Vision Foundation has provided the gift of eyesight to over 1 .5 million people during the last decade. Read EVF’s 2019 Impact Report to discover the full impact of partnering with EVF.


Financial Statements

You can be confident knowing that your investment in Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF) is hard at work. EVF maintains one of the lowest costs to serve children in the United States with vision services, and transparency is important to us.

Help People Access Clear Sight

Together, we can help every child see the world clearly.
Your participation in valuable programs that bring awareness about the need for vision care for children and adults is valuable