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The Lion Glass Foundation at a glance

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The Lion Glass Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$21kArts & Culture$14kEducation$14kInternational$12kHuman Services$11kAnimals$9kHealth$6kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$164k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHY COMMUNITY$6,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
SHARE$1,000
PORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM$1,000
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION$1,000
GAME TO GROW$1,000
CAT ADOPTION TEAM$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $1k → 8%STOLENYOUTH: $6k → 9%ADVENTURES WITHOUT LIMITS: $6k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $1k → 8%ADVENTURES WITHOUT LIMITS: $1k → 8%WHY COMMUNITY: $6k → 9%GAME TO GROW: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
NY
OR
IN
CO
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36k · 6 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
34

Total granted

$36k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthEducationArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PT
    PORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM
    7× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +95%
  • CW
    CLEAN WATER FOR HAITI
    2× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +11%
  • AW
    ADVENTURES WITHOUT LIMITS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $7k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • EP
    Everstrong Prevention
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -49%
  • WA
    WESTLAKE ACADEMY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +17%
  • WW
    WASHINGTON WATER TRAILS ASSOCIATION - SOUTHWEST REGION
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
2
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue

Safe rescue saves feline lives by taking in homeless cats, giving them the care they need, finding them loving homes, and supporting their human companions. we do this because we believe each cat has inherent value and that humans and…

Animals
3
Wild Orca

Translating science into action to save Southern Resident killer whales from extinction.

Animals
4
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
5
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
6
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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7
Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation

Seattle animal foundation (saf) is on a mission to make sure every animal finds the love, care, and forever home they deserve. since 2010, we have been a not-for-profit organization raising critical funds to support life-saving programs,…

Animals
8
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
9
Paws of Grays Harbor

PAWS cares for lost, abandoned and abused animals and finds them new homes with responsible owners. PAWS also provides low cost spay and neuter services, a pet food pantry, and community education. During 2024 PAWS adopted out 577 pets.…

Animals
10
Washington Women's Foundation

Washington women's foundation is a strong and inclusive collective of informed women who together influence community transformation through individual and collective discovery, high-impact grant making and by listening to and respecting…

Philanthropy
11
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
12
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Washington Stem Center; the most unlike its peers is Clean Water for Haiti. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTLAKE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherWESTLAKE ACADEMY FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON WATER TRAILS ASSOCIATION - SOUTHWEST REGION: $6,000 · OtherWASHINGTON WATER TRAILS ASSOCIATION - S…SHARE: $2,000 · OtherSHARE+21 more: $21,000 · Other+21 moreADVENTURES WITHOUT LIMITS: $7,000 · Human ServicesADVENTURES WITHOUT LIMITSEverstrong Prevention: $6,000 · Human ServicesEverstrong PreventionWHY COMMUNITY: $6,000 · Human ServicesWHY COMMUNITYFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INCLArche Portland: $1,000 · Human ServicesGAME TO GROW: $1,000 · Human ServicesCLEAN WATER FOR HAITI: $11,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FOR…WASHINGTON WATER TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON WATE…WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentWILDLAND FIREFI…OCEANA INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCPORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM: $12,000 · Arts & CulturePORT TOWNSEND…THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $6,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $2,000 · AnimalsXERCES SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · AnimalsFeral Cat Coalition of Oregon: $1,000 · AnimalsFurry Friends: $1,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE COMPANIONS: $1,000 · AnimalsCAT ADOPTION TEAM: $1,000 · AnimalsFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $1,000 · HealthEHLERS-DANLOS SOCIETY: $1,000 · HealthAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$35,000Human Services$23,000Environment$14,000Arts & Culture$12,000Education$7,000Animals$7,000Health$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPORT TOWNSEND AERO MUSEUM: $12,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTLAKE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLArche Portland: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON WATER TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGLOBAL SOJOURNS GIVING CIRCLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeral Cat Coalition of Oregon: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFurry Friends: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBACKCOUNTRY DISCOVERY ROUTES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCE COMPANIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Firstenburg Found…The Autzen FoundationSeattle FoundationBroughton & Mary Bish…Remax Pnw FoundationThe Swigert FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…Juan Young TrustColumbus Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR21.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Firstenburg Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Broughton & Mary Bishop Fam Fdn Agy · Remax Pnw Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · Columbus Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lion Glass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lion Glass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • LArche Portland: 59% of income from government
  • Adventures Without Limits: 39% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • American Society for Deaf Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home