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Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn

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.

$275k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 34
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$2.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$275k21%
FY202333$250k15%
FY202229$250k17%
FY202129$225k17%
FY202033$210k15%
FY201934$180kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$273kAnimals$261kEducation$211kEnvironment$111kHuman Services$98kPhilanthropy$95kArts & Culture$55kPublic Benefit$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
ND
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Kita Centerinc$69,00054%
Robbie Foundation$38,000410%
Saco River Wildlife Center$37,00059%
Boothbay Region Land Trust$30,00061%
The Center for Wildlife$29,50060%
Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue$23,50030%
Maine Woods Forever$22,5005n/a
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$22,50050%
Church Community Outreach Services Inc$20,00042%
Squirrel Island Preservation Foundation$20,00034%
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Kita Centerinc$69,00054%
Robbie Foundation$38,000410%
Saco River Wildlife Center$37,00059%
Boothbay Region Land Trust$30,00061%
The Center for Wildlife$29,50060%
Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue$23,50030%
Maine Woods Forever$22,5005n/a
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$22,50050%
Church Community Outreach Services Inc$20,00042%
Squirrel Island Preservation Foundation$20,00034%
Boy Scouts of America 0218 Pine Tree Council Inc$17,00051%
Peace Ridge Sanctuary$16,00030%
Maine Paws for Veterans Inc$13,00042%
Friends of Rsu 21$10,6252n/a
Golden Isles Youth Orchestra Inc$10,62522%
Victoria Mansion$10,6252n/a
Kennebunk Land Trust$10,00041%
Service Dog Strong$6,0002n/a
Gary Sinise Foundation$5,62520%
Cheverus High School$5,6252n/a
The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc$5,62520%
Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel$5,000121%
River Tree Center for the Arts$4,00011%
Town of Kennebunk$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($956k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Kita Centerinc: $69,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetRobbie Foundation: $38,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetSaco River Wildlife Center: $37,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetBoothbay Region Land Trust: $30,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Center for Wildlife: $29,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTurtle Mountain Animal Rescue: $23,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChurch Community Outreach Services Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSquirrel Island Preservation Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 0218 Pine Tree Council Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPeace Ridge Sanctuary: $16,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMaine Paws for Veterans Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGolden Isles Youth Orchestra Inc: $10,625 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetKennebunk Land Trust: $10,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $5,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc: $5,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEducation Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel: $5,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetRiver Tree Center for the Arts: $4,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The William J J Gordon Family Foundation · Narragansett Number One Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn

How much does Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn give?
Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn reported 34 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Animals (19%), Education (15%).
Who are Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Kita Centerinc ($69k), Robbie Foundation ($38k), Saco River Wildlife Center ($37k).
Does Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn 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 Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, The William J J Gordon Family Foundation, Narragansett Number One Foundation.
Where is Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn based?
Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn is based in ME.

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 61 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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