About Bausch & Lomb
Community Relations, Donations, Scholarships
Charitable Contributions:
Thank you for your interest in the Bausch & Lomb contributions program. We use an online submission service to evaluate each charitable request received. Click here to submit your request.
Bausch & Lomb is committed to good corporate citizenship and donates millions of dollars and thousands of volunteer hours to hundreds of organizations that support our mission to perfect vision and enhance life.
The Bausch & Lomb Foundation focuses on making multi-year grants to organizations whose mission is to improve eye health for large population groups. Organizations receiving grants are not geographically-limited (i.e., they can be based or make their impact beyond markets in which Bausch & Lomb has operations).
Bausch & Lomb’s annual giving centers on three areas – innovative eye health programs; science, engineering, healthcare, and business education programs for elementary and secondary students; and community betterment in cities/regions where Bausch & Lomb has major operations.
Programs receiving grants must have a positive, measurable impact, and must demonstrate some innovation in its creation or application.
Please note that we do not provide grants to individuals; organizations that do not have 501c(3) tax status; governments; political or fraternal organizations; trips and tours; fund-raising events (e.g., golf tournaments) and raffles; books and documentaries (unless eye health related); and courtesy advertising.
We look forward to receiving your request.
Below are just a few examples of our community and charitable activities.
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
Every year since 1933, Bausch & Lomb has honored outstanding high school science students with the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. Winners of the award are automatically considered for the Bausch & Lomb Science Scholarship at the University of Rochester.
Vision 2020 – The Right to Sight
Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight is a collaborative effort with the World Health Organization, and has as its goal the elimination of the main causes of avoidable blindness by 2020.
FIRST – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
Bausch & Lomb is proud to support FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a non-profit organization whose mission is to motivate students to pursue opportunities in science and engineering.
University of Rochester Eye Health Research
Bausch & Lomb will provide approximately $11 million over five years to the University of Rochester.
