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Danaher Lynch Family Foundation at a glance

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Danaher Lynch Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$516k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$17MScience & Tech$2.1MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$594kHealth$323kArts & Culture$196kReligion$113kHousing & Shelter$96kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $499k
  • $250k+2 grants · $826k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONWELL EGAN CATHOLIC HIGHSCHOOL$516,056
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE$310,000
HOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC HS$167,875
RIDER UNIVERSITY$160,973
YMCA$100,000
ST EPHREM SCHOOL$70,000
HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL$20,000
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER$20,000
OUR LADY OF GRACE$15,000
ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL SCHOOL$13,000
ST MARK SCHOOL$10,000
FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK$10,000
BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE$10,000
ST CHARLES BOROMEO SEMINARY$8,000
FAMILY SERVICES ASSOC OF BUCKS COUN$6,725
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 (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRADLE OF HOPE: $1k → 14%YMCA: $265k → 6%YMCA: $125k → 6%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $25k → 22%YMCA: $125k → 6%PROJECT HOME: $15k → 22%YMCA: $101k → 6%YMCA: $100k → 6%YMCA: $100k → 6%YMCA: $100k → 6%THE PEACE CENTER: $3k → 6%THE PEACE CENTER: $2k → 6%THE PEACE CENTER: $1k → 6%THE PEACE CENTER: $1k → 6%THE PEACE CENTER: $700 → 6%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

MN
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
DE
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 37 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
22

Total granted

$21M
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
0%

Still filing today

43%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther
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

  • TF
    THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +31%
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE ROSES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $916k · revenue +60%
  • IM
    INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS
    4× · 2017–2020 · $95k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • NH
    NEW HOPE EAGLE FIRE COMPANY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • TB
    THE BARKANN FAMILY HEALING HEARTS F
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • OO
    OFFICE OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
5
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
6
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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7
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
8
Mercy Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania

We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy catholic medical center of southeastern…

Health
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of the Roses; the most unlike its peers is Girls Pact. 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

25 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. 25 of the 62 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONWELL EGAN CATHOLIC HIGHSCHOOL: $12,177,762 · OtherCONWELL EGAN CATHOLIC HIGHSCHOOLHOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC HS: $1,487,925 · OtherHOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC HSGIRLS PACT: $593,500 · Other+40 more: $1,602,599 · Other+40 moreTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $2,056,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKLI…MORBALLET INC: $75,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $58,500 · Arts & CultureRIDER UNIVERSITY: $1,881,687 · EducationRIDER UNIV…INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $95,000 · Education+2 more: $6,977 · EducationYMCA OF THE ROSES: $915,750 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $90,000 · Human Services+3 more: $27,700 · Human ServicesST MARY MEDICAL CENTER: $120,000 · HealthCHRISTOPHER MENSCH FOUNDATION: $32,000 · HealthTravis Manion Foundation: $17,500 · PhilanthropySUMMER SEARCH: $10,000 · EmploymentTHE ARC OF DELAWARE INC: $5,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$15,861,786Arts & Culture$2,190,000Education$1,983,664Human Services$1,033,450Health$152,000Philanthropy$17,500Employment$10,000Housing & Shelter$5,500

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 budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $2,056,500 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetRIDER UNIVERSITY: $1,881,687 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROSES: $915,750 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetGIRLS PACT: $593,500 over 6y, 97% of budgetST MARY MEDICAL CENTER: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNO MORE KIDS WITH CANCER: $95,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMORBALLET INC: $75,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetNew Hope Arts Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetDELAWARE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $38,500 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetCHRISTOPHER MENSCH FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BUCKS COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetTHE PEACE CENTER INC: $6,700 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF DELAWARE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMICHAEL G FITZPATRICK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROLLING HARVEST FOOD RESCUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSNIPES FARM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $1,977 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCradle of Hope: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds RIDER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THE ROSES ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS PACT ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NO MORE KIDS WITH CANCER ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds MORBALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds New Hope Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER MENSCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Travis Manion Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BUCKS COUNTY ↗

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.

Foundations Community…Bucks County Conferen…Wsfs Cares FoundationConnelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Community Foundation …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Foundations Community PartnershipPA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Danaher Lynch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Danaher Lynch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Delaware Shakespeare Festival Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Rider University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Danaher Lynch Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Danaher Lynch Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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