# Ocular Melanoma Foundation

Source: https://onco.cc/institutions/ocular-melanoma-foundation/  
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## TL;DR

A US foundation that funds ocular (uveal) melanoma research and offers education and support to patients and carers.

## Summary

The Ocular Melanoma Foundation describes itself on its home page as a resource for eye cancer research funding, education and patient and carer support, and states that it has raised more than $4 million. The page also points patients to clinical trials for metastatic disease. It gives its EIN as 20-0355509 and an address on K Street in Washington, DC; the IRS lists it there with tax exemption from March 2005 and a filing for 2023.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-05
- Also known as: OMF
- City: Washington, DC, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://ocularmelanoma.org

## Notes

- The foundation's site is a single page whose news items date from 2021, so its current programmes are not stated beyond what is above.

## Sources

- Ocular Melanoma Foundation home page: https://ocularmelanoma.org/
- IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200355509

## Connected records

- institutions: [A Cure In Sight](https://onco.cc/institutions/a-cure-in-sight/), [Ocular Melanoma UK](https://onco.cc/institutions/ocumel-uk/)
- cancers: [Uveal melanoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/uveal-melanoma/)

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