Smith-Kettlewell gratefully acknowledges funding from the following agencies and foundations.
- Ability Central
- National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research; Administration on Community Living
- National Science Foundation
- Pacific Vision Foundation
- The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
- The Foster Fund
- The Starr Foundation