We believe in vision for all
Around the world, approximately one billion people need glasses but don’t have access to them—and in the U.S., two million children lack the glasses they need to read a book, see the board, or participate in class.
The Warby Parker
Impact Foundation is a public charity dedicated to helping
people overcome the barriers that prevent them from
receiving quality vision care.
Our mission
Since 2010, Warby Parker has worked with community
partners, nonprofits, government agencies, and academic
leaders to provide free vision screenings, eye exams,
and glasses to adults and children through its Buy a
Pair, Give a Pair program. To date, the program has distributed over 13 million pairs of glasses, within the U.S. and around the world.
Warby Parker
created the Warby Parker Impact Foundation in 2019 to
accelerate this work. It’s the foundation’s mission to
advocate for wider access to vision services, educate
communities on the importance of eye health, and provide
people with the eye care they need to lead safe, happy,
and productive lives.
How we got our start
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2010
Warby Parker is founded, and the company launches the Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program with its primary nonprofit partner, VisionSpring.
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2014
Warby Parker’s Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program celebrates the distribution of its millionth pair of glasses to people in need.
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2015-2016
Pupils Project, an expansion of the Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program, launches in New York City—and then in Baltimore—to provide vision services to public school students in both cities.
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2017
Mexican nonprofit Ver Bien Para Aprender Mejor becomes a partner in the Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program, bringing vision services to students around the country.
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2019
In partnership with Vision To Learn, Pupils Project expands to serve students in Philadelphia. Soon after, the Warby Parker Impact Foundation is born.
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2021
Pupils Project expands across Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and California in partnership with Vision To Learn, and Warby Parker announces the official launch of the Warby Parker Impact Foundation.
How we work
Partnerships
The Warby Parker Impact Foundation partners with nonprofits, government agencies, and funders to provide sustainable vision services to people in need.
Advocacy
We advocate for legislative changes at the local, state, national, and global level to help ensure that more individuals have access to consistent and high-quality vision services.
Grants
The foundation is not accepting requests for funding at this time. In 2022, we’ll share information about our upcoming grant cycle with eligible nonprofits.
Our work with Warby Parker
The Warby Parker Impact Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, and an independent and separate entity from
Warby Parker. Warby Parker provides the foundation with
technology, services, and other resources at no charge to
carry out the foundation’s charitable work.
Warby Parker’s Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program
is still operated by Warby Parker. The Warby Parker Impact
Foundation, in keeping with its mission, will build upon the
efforts of that program and work toward vision for all.
Want to help?
Any contribution you make is tax-deductible and supports our initiatives to provide vision services to people in need.
Our leadership
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Neil Blumenthal
Neil Blumenthal has served as Warby Parker's Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2010, as a member of their board of directors since May 2009, and as the Co-Chair of the board since June 2021. Prior to co-founding Warby Parker in 2010, Mr. Blumenthal served as director of the nonprofit social enterprise VisionSpring. Mr. Blumenthal currently serves on the boards of Allbirds, Inc., Sweetgreen, Inc., and the nonprofit organizations RxArt, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, and the Partnership Fund for New York City.
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Dave Gilboa
Dave Gilboa has served as Warby Parker's Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2010, as a member of their board of directors since May 2009, and as the Co-Chair of the board since June 2021. Prior to co-founding Warby Parker, Mr. Gilboa worked at Bain & Company, Inc. and at Allen & Company LLC. Mr. Gilboa has also served as a General Partner of Good Friends, LLC, a venture capital firm, since September 2019, and is a member of the Aspen Institute’s 2016 Henry Crown Fellowship class and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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Dr. Megan Collins, MD, MPH
A practicing pediatric ophthalmologist and adult strabismus surgeon, Dr. Collins is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Associate Faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. She also has joint faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Participation by Dr. Collins does not constitute or imply endorsement by the Johns Hopkins University or the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System. -
Joel Cutler
Joel Cutler is a co-founder and managing director of General Catalyst. He invests in teams creating real inflection points in consumer experiences through information technology products and services, consumer internet/mobile, e-commerce, and online travel. Mr. Cutler serves on several nonprofit boards, including Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the NYU Stern Tech MBA Advisory Board.
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