· Private foundation
Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAME | $5,000 |
| IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES | $3,500 |
| AQUIDNECK LAND TRUST | $3,000 |
| SAIL NEWPORT | $2,000 |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER | $1,000 |
| CENTER AGAINST RAPE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | $1,000 |
| FARM FRESH RI | $1,000 |
| BETTER BAY ALLIANCE | $1,000 |
| AQUIDNECK COMMUNITY TABLE | $1,000 |
| NEWPORT TREE CONSERVANCY | $1,000 |
| CONANICUT ISLAND SAILING FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| SEAMAN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE | $500 |
| ST CLARE | $500 |
| POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 15% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ISIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC7× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +15%
Williams College7× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +87%
Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- TSTHE SAILING FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK INCone grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
- NSNATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAMEone grant, 2018 · $2k
- USUNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -5%
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
Rimta's mission is to champion the rhode island marine industry through advocacy, education, environmental stewardship, innovation and promotion.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Sea educates and inspires ocean scholars, stewards and leaders. sea fosters and enhances knowledge about the state of oceans and coastal communities. it also helps shape public dialogue and policy through long-term environmental reseach,…
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
To engage people of all ages in the joy of sailing, offering access to all nantucket's youth, and teaching every participant in our programs enduring life and leadership skills, with a deep respect for the marine environment.
To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History
To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high- quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and…
Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 41 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 NATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds SAIL NEWPORT ↗
- Who funds AQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE SAILING FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC ↗
- Who funds Williams College ↗
- Who funds Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence ↗
- Who funds ROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SAIL TO PREVAIL ↗
- Who funds COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AQUIDNECK COMMUNITY TABLE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NEWPORT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The Newport Tree Conservancy ↗
- Who funds CONANICUT ISLAND SAILING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT STRING PROJECT ↗
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: Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · Amica Companies Foundation · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · The de Ramel Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Larry and Anne Glenn Foundation Inc · Kane Wallace Foundation · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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