Delaware · Private foundation
David B Lynch 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.
- $232k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations David B Lynch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $207k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $197k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $234k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $253k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $217k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $171k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $224k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $215k | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us | $230,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Election Reformers Network Inc | $164,000 | 8 | 21% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $106,338 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $92,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Life for a Child USA Inc | $58,500 | 9 | 8% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us | $230,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Election Reformers Network Inc | $164,000 | 8 | 21% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $106,338 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $92,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Life for a Child USA Inc | $58,500 | 9 | 8% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $55,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Reeves Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Hope for Depression Research Foundation | $39,518 | 8 | 0% |
| Dana Hall School | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Promise Education Fund Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Brimmer and May School | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St George's School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| John's Island Community Service League Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Kishorit Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($596k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David B Lynch Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About David B Lynch Foundation
- How much does David B Lynch Foundation give?
- David B Lynch Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $232,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David B Lynch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Health (15%), Public Benefit (10%).
- Who are David B Lynch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us ($230k), Election Reformers Network Inc ($164k), Phillips Exeter Academy ($106k).
- Does David B Lynch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David B Lynch Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as David B Lynch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
- Where is David B Lynch Foundation based?
- David B Lynch Foundation is based in DE.
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