Glassybaby Foundation
The glassybaby foundation is the philanthropic arm of glassybaby (Seattle) founded in 2001 to support organizations that provide hope and healing for people, animals, and the planet. The foundation is funded in part by donations from sales and the site reports over $16 million donated to date and lists specific grant recipients and amounts.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A U.S.-based nonprofit whose work maps to the foundation's 'hope and healing' themes (animal welfare, conservation, food security, health/cancer support or community services), with programs and scale aligning to small‑to‑mid general support grants.
Good Fit
- • Mission framed around hope, healing, animals or environmental conservation.
- • Program scale matching frequent grant sizes ($5K–$50K) with occasional larger general support awards.
- • Track record as an independent 501(c)(3) that could be highlighted in corporate or retail partner communications.
- • Located in or connected to states the foundation has funded (history of WA, CA, MT, NY and others).
- • Can demonstrate clear, tangible community impact suitable for general operating support.
Geography
The foundation's grants have been dispersed across many U.S. states historically (up to ~25 states), but the latest year covered nine states and concentrated nearly half of dollars in New York, indicating a multi‑state but not narrowly local footprint.
Recipient Variety
Across the observed history the foundation has funded many distinct independent recipients (around 99 recipients in prior years and 26 in the latest year), with substantial annual influxes of new grantees.
New Applicants
Behavioral evidence shows frequent new grantees year-to-year, but the foundation publicly states it only supports preselected organizations and does not run an open application process, so unsolicited applicants have a mixed likelihood of entry.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
