The mission of The Glucom Foundtion (TGF) is to fund groundbreking reserch nd to educte the public bout the disese nd the importnce of erly detection to prevent blindness. Founded in1984 by Dr. Robert Ritch, TGF is one of the premier not-for-profit orgniztions dedicted to erdicting blindness from glucom through vitl reserch nd eduction. The Foundtion works to encourge nd support bsic nd pplied reserch in glucom, to gin nd disseminte new informtion bout the cuses nd tretment of glucom, nd to further efforts to identify nd develop novel pproches to preserve visul function nd reverse blindness cused by glucom.
