2023 RAB Annual Report - Insights & Analysis

Welcome Message Meet The Team Our Mission Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Global Disease A Year of Learning and Hope Adventure Van Sweepstakes Financial Overview Racing Ahead Download Download 2024 Report" 2023 RAB Annual Report Download Report WELCOME MESSAGE Dear Friends, What a year it has been! Looking back on 2023, the inaugural year of A Race Against Blindness, we are grateful for the incredible community of supporters, families, and advocates who joined us on this journey. When we founded this charity, we were united by a singular mission: to bring hope and funding to children facing a rare eye disease causing our son, Luke, to go blind. As we embarked on this mission, we quickly learned that the path to progress in rare disease funding is not without its barriers. Traditional funding mechanisms often overlook rare diseases, leaving critical research and clinical trials unfunded. This is why we turned to the power of private funding and philanthropy. Our solution was to launch our own nonprofit and a fundraising experiment: an adventure van sweepstakes giveaway. This adventure van was