Skip to content

Donate

Make a difference in the life of a child who is blind or has low vision!

Step 1 ›

Choose a VIPS office for your donation:

VIPS Louisville
VIPS Central Kentucky
VIPS Indiana

Help A Young Child Today

VIPS is the only nonprofit organization in Kentucky and Indiana dedicated to meeting the specialized educational needs of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers who are blind or have low vision, and their families. VIPS is committed to securing the resources to sustain our programming to ensure kids and their families have the guidance, resources, and support they deserve. A donation to VIPS is an investment in the futures of these children with specialized needs. Know that your generosity will make a difference.

If you prefer to mail your gift, please make your check payable to Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS). Unrestricted donations are a dream come true however, if you prefer to support a specific location please make a note of it in the memo line.

Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS)
1906 Goldsmith Lane
Louisville, KY 40218

VIPS Tax-ID Number 61-1061973

Empowering Bright Futures Through Your Support

Your donation ensures a VIPS teacher can provide the essential resources needed to support programs that empower children with blindness or low vision to reach their full potential. Gifts to the Early Childhood Intervention Program helps cover costs for specialized teacher salaries, adaptive learning tools, and critical services that may otherwise be inaccessible in Kentucky or Indiana. Every contribution directly impacts a child’s ability to learn, grow, and gain independence, ensuring they have the skills and confidence to overcome challenges and thrive in their communities. Join us in making a lasting impact—your generosity today can change their tomorrow.
Child sitting with a teacher. The child has a large lightbox in front of them with a blue shape. The child is holding the shape.

How do we use your donation?

Grants, fundraising, and private donors allow us to provide specialized services to the children we serve as well as our operating expenses, so you can give knowing your donation will directly impact the life of a child with blindness or low vision.

pie chart with a breakdown of expenses

Help VIPS Grow Our Endowment!

VIPS has been blessed to grow The Lion Ralph Stengel Endowment Fund at VIPS because of a generous matching grant from the Louisville Downtown Lions Club (LDLC). Through the Lion Ralph Stengel Endowment Fund, young children with blindness or low vision will be able to attend the VIPS Kids Town Preschool where they will have access to teachers of the visually impaired, an education specific to their sensory loss, and learn in an environment that was specially designed to meet their needs. The LDLC is matching all endowment gifts up to $250,000. We have secured $209,714.25 in donations and the LDLC has matched that dollar for dollar, which brings the endowment account to $419,428.50. The goal for the endowment is $500,000, therefore, we aim to raise an additional $40,285.75 exhausting the LDLC match and reaching our goal of $500,000. Please consider making a gift to our Endowment so that we can continue to change the lives of young children who are blind or have low vision for many years to come.

Donate To Our Endowment Today!

Sensory Garden Brick

Purchase a special commemorative brick

Buy a Sensory Garden Brick

These bricks will be laid in our Sensory Garden. They can be inscribed with up to four lines of commemoration for that special loved one.

Buy a Sensory Garden Brick now!

Register. Shop. Swipe.
Donate to VIPS.

Kroger is committed to helping our communities grow and prosper. Year after year, local schools, churches and other nonprofit organizations will earn millions of dollars through Kroger Community Rewards.

Kroger Community Rewards makes fund-raising easy..all you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your Plus Card!

Learn more about Kroger Community Rewards

Supporting VIPS has never been easier–just shop at Kroger and scan your Plus Card! Here's how to enroll:

  1. Visit https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow
  2. Sign in to your online account or create one if you do not already have an online account.
  3. After you login or create an account, find and select our organization and click "Save".

You'll start earning rewards for our organization right away on qualifying purchases made using your Kroger Plus Card!  Learn more at https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow and thank you for your support.

* Remember, you will need to re-enroll August of every year.

Scroll To Top