Minnesota Lions Eye Bank

Lions Gift of Sight, formerly known as the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank, is a non-profit organization and a department within the University of Minnesota's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Established in 1960, the organization is dedicated to restoring sight through eye tissue donation, processing, and distribution for transplantation and research. It serves as one of the largest and most active eye banks in the United States, facilitating thousands of corneal transplants annually and providing ocular tissue to researchers worldwide. The organization operates under strict Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) accreditation and FDA registration to ensure the highest standards of tissue safety and quality.