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The Looking Out Foundation (LOF) amplifies the impact of music by empowering those without a voice. From neighborhood to nation, we help fund causes and organizations that often go unnoticed.
Founded in 2008 by multiple Grammy winning artists Brandi Carlile, Tim and Phil Hanseroth, we band together with fans, non-profits and female LGBTQ+ owned businesses to translate voices of song to voices of action.
We are nimble to the ever-changing needs of the human race, and adapt to support the diverse demographic we serve.
Every campaign we launch is backed by our passionate donors and fans, and $2 from every concert ticket sold goes directly toward our efforts.
Since its inception, LOF has donated almost $6 million to support social justice and humanitarian causes across the US and globally, providing vital funding for disaster relief aid, protection for children and families in war torn countries, food insecurity programs, racial justice, incarceration prevention, and self-defense workshops for marginalized communities.
With an average donation of $25 per campaign, our community of supporters exemplifies the global impact of grassroots level activism and fundraising.
Together, we are making Music Mean More.
We are fueled by the spirit of our fans and donors and reciprocate that energy back into communities around the world.
We believe it is our job as artists to generate awareness about issues and injustices in our world, and we are on a constant quest to grow our support base and create change.
We are bound by our shared passion for music and it serves as a vehicle for the impact we aim to deliver.
We believe in the power of expression through art and support organizations that allow creative spirits to thrive.
Americana Music Association Foundation — Children’s Music Foundation — Color Me Country — Daniel’s Music Foundation — EqualizeHer — Fanny’s School Of Music — Girls Rock Camp ATL — Greater Good Music — Ink People Center for the Arts — Instruments of Healing Inc. — Kettle River Music Festival — Live Connections — Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra — Melodic Caring Project — Monterey Jazz Festival — Moore College Of Art & Design — MoPOP Seattle — Musicares — Newport Festivals Foundation — Notes for Notes — Once and Future Sounds — Pledge Music — Pongo Publishing — Rainey Day Fund — Red Curtain Foundation For The Arts — Seattle Theatre Group — Seattle Youth Symphony — She Rock She Rock — Shelter Music Boston — Soundwaves Art Foundation — Teen Tix — The Bridge School — The Possibility Project — Totem Star — Zumix
We provide funding to organizations that work to improve their communities, no matter how big or small they may be.
360 Communities — American Red Cross — American Red Cross South Carolina — Atlanta Angels — Atlanta Children’s Shelter — Attain Housing — August Wilson Cultural Center — Austin Disaster Relief Network — Baker Ripley — Ballard Food Bank — Birthday Dreams — Blue Mountain Action Council — Boys and Girls Haven — Building Bridges — Byte Back — Camp Victory — Casa Marianella — Charity:water — Chinle Planting Hope — Christian Family Solutions — Clothes To Kids From Denver — Cocoon House — Community enCompass — Community Food Bank of New Jersey — Community for Youth — Congregations For The Homeless — Coos County Friends of Public — Crisis Connections — Direct Relief — Downtown Streets Team — East Nashville Hope Exchange — Easter Seals Disability Services — Exceptional Equestrians — Fairbanks Community Foodbank — Family Access Network — Family Promise — Family Promise of Monroe County — Family Reconciliation Center — Feed the People Dallas — Feeding Florida — Fight The Fear Campaign — Flagstaff Shelter Services — Focus Points Family Resource Center — Food Bank of NYC — Food Bank of the Rockies — Georgia Food Bank Association — Goodie Two Shoes — Green Doors Homes Through Community Partnership — Haiti Mama — Happy Face Kids Charity — Homes for the Brave — Homes of Hope International — Hope Abides — Hope For Kids — Hopelink — Hope House — Hot Bread Kitchen — Housing Catalyst — It Takes A Village Collaborative — Kent Food Bank & Emergency — Kent Senior Center — Kids in Concert — Los Angeles Regional Food Bank — Maple Valley Food Bank — Meals on Wheels America — Mission K9 Rescue — Mother Hubbards Cupboard — Native Horsemanship Youth Program — Neighborhood Ministries — Northern Illinois Food Bank — Northwest Youth Services — Open Your Heart — Parkview Services — Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program — Pennsylvania Elks Major Project — Pongo Publishing — Project Angel Food — Regional Foodbank of Oklahoma — Reignite Hope — Reunion Sportive d’Haiti — Salvation Army — Seattle Foundation (The Plate Fund) — Seattle Neighborhood Group — Seattle Police Foundation — Seniors Resource Center — Shelter Music Boston — Solid Ground — Street Youth Ministries — The Access Foundation — The Family Promise — The Greater Boston Food Bank — The If Project — The Journey Institute — The Possibility Project — The Vera Project — TLC Child & Family Services — UNICEF — Unsung Heroes Living History Project — Urban Peak Youth Shelter — Urban Rural Action — Vine Maple Place — Voices of Tomorrow — West Seattle Foodbank — Workforce Development Center — World Food Programme — YMCA Nashville — YMCA of Olympia — Youth Care — Youth Feed India — Youth Homes — Youth Oasis
We work relentlessly in fighting for gender equality and fund programs that empower women globally.
We advocate for and fund programs that educate and inform so that everyone can make better decisions for their lives and for the planet.
We support organizations that deliver direct care and services to the people who need it most, and who are often overlooked.
We combat social injustices by backing organizations who are on the front lines of the resistance to inequality.
Gloria joined the Looking Out Foundation as our Executive Director in 2024. Gloria has worked in nonprofits for over 12 years. As a lifelong Gamecock and graduate of The University of South Carolina, Gloria loves that her current position at LOF allows her to pursue her love of helping people. Her previous positions included Executive Director of Together Rising and stints as an elementary teacher and as a Program and Operations Manager at the International Rhino Foundation. She is an optimistic Gamecock fan and mother to a busy kiddo. She loves spending time with her family and searching the bookshelves for her next page-turner.
