We preserve and protect the eyes of Texas.
Our Mission
The mission of Prevent Blindness Texas is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Our vision is vision — making healthy eyes a priority in Texas.
Who We Are
For almost 70 years, PBT has provided critical vision care to Texas’s most vulnerable citizens by providing early detection screening services, eye health education, navigation services, and financial resources for exams, glasses, and other treatment needs. We focus on vulnerable and under-served populations most at risk for possible vision problems. Last year, PBT served over 50,000 individuals, and educated more than 80,000 people.
We work to build strong continuums of care in each community we serve so that all children and adults have improved equity to access quality eye care. We know that vision critically impacts learning and development, mobility, independence, and health. We advocate for the necessary attention and solutions to issues surrounding the aging eye, and we define success when all individuals who need eye-care receive it. Our work improves the health and quality of life for thousands of individuals across the state.
Prevent Blindness Texas is focused on advocating for improved health equity, empowering children, adults, and seniors to experience life at the highest level, and improving overall health, including physical and mental health, by preventing vision loss and addressing eye health issues across the entire health spectrum.
Our core values are:
1) Personal and organizational accountability – the willingness to continually learn in the pursuit of relentless improvement, and the openness to hold each other responsible to perform at the highest level we can.
2) Stewardship – Consistent and thoughtful engagement with all organizational stakeholders focused on building deep and meaningful relationships that center on trust.
3) Empowerment – Fostering an environment of courage, leadership, and respect.
Our Culture Keys to Success are:
- Community Minded – Our mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. We do this by bringing access, awareness and advocacy to our communities across the state.
- Clear Communicator – We take initiative to solve problems directly by addressing issues early, before they escalate to misunderstandings.
- Legacy – Our greater purpose is to build an organization that will thrive and has the fortitude to withstand turbulent times.
- Committed – Our commitment is to serve and enable our community. We maintain a flexible mindset; we bend and don’t break.
- Collaborative – We solve problems through working together to create solutions in our community.
- Results Driven – We believe preparedness and having a plan contribute to our ability to accomplish our goals.
- Integrity Led – We strive to serve our clients and community with excellence, across everything that we do.
- Transparent – Everything begins with a foundation of trust and respect.
Prevent Blindness Texas is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization existing under the laws of the State of Texas.
Board of Directors
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Financial Information
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Annual Reports
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See Our Successes
Focused on providing a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness Texas touches the lives of thousands of Texans through our sight-saving programs and services everyday. Learn more about the clients we serve by reading a few of our success stories below.
Make a Donation Today
Your donation today will fund outreach to people at the highest risk of vision loss. It will support quality vision screenings for preschool, school-aged children and adults, and provide access to professional eye care for low income families around Texas. Your donation will fund advocacy and research toward the goal of helping more Texans enjoy the gift of sight for a lifetime.