· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k19 grants · $98k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $178k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Kennebunk High School | $25,000 |
| Maine State Society Protection Anim | $20,000 |
| Town of Kennebunkport Visiting Nurs | $12,500 |
| Town of Kennebunkport Food Pantry | $10,000 |
| CS3 | $10,000 |
| St Brigid School | $10,000 |
| Lutheran High School | $10,000 |
| Dempsey Centers FOR CANCER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue | $10,000 |
| Master Christian School | $10,000 |
| LifeFlight | $10,000 |
| Camp Kita | $10,000 |
| Squirrel Island Preservation Founda | $10,000 |
| Kennebunk Elementary School | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TKTHE KITA CENTERINC5× · 2019–2024 · $69k · revenue +834%
- RFRobbie Foundation4× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +863%
- BRBoothbay Region Land Trust6× · 2019–2024 · $30k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- DSDestiny Servicesone grant, 2019 · $20k
- KHKennebunkport Housing Trustone grant, 2019 · $15k
- MSMiddle School of the Kennebunksone grant, 2023 · $13k
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.
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.
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
The mission of the SRLT is to recognize and conserve the rich wild and workinglandscape of Central Maine's Sebasticook River watershed through conservation,stewardship and education. Our focal programs are land conservation for…
To conserve lands with significant ecological or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit.
The mission of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is to conserve, restore, and instill appreciation of the land and water resources of the Kennebec Estuary for the benefit of today's communities and future generations.
Our mission is to permanently conserve and steward natural resources across our island and mainland communities for the benefit of current and future generations.
The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.
The mission of the Maine Island Trail Association is to advance a model of thoughtful use and volunteer stewardship of Maine's wild islands, creating an inspiring recreational water trail that is cared for by the people who use it.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
With the assistance from the community and countless volunteers, the Trust has build a network of protected places. It blends land preservation, stewardship, member engagement, education of natural and historic resources into our mission.
We conserve land permanently to benefit the natural and human communities of western the Penobscot Bay region.
Our Mission is to educate and advocate for the sustainable use of the forest and the ecological, economic, and social health of Maines forest community
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 61 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KITA CENTERINC ↗
- Who funds Robbie Foundation ↗
- Who funds SACO RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Boothbay Region Land Trust ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR WILDLIFE ↗
- Who funds TURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
- Who funds CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Squirrel Island Preservation Foundation ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 0218 PINE TREE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds PEACE RIDGE SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds MAINE PAWS FOR VETERANS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RSU 21 ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Flynn Family FDN Co John Flynn. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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