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Lynch Family 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.

$148k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 58
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Lynch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving44$143k27%
FY202452$144k23%
FY202358$138k34%
FY202257$114k28%
FY202144$67k30%
FY202043$84k60%
FY201825$39k60%
FY201717$27kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$229kHealth$177kYouth Development$84kHuman Services$52kArts & Culture$46kFood & Nutrition$41kReligion$39kRecreation & Sports$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Avon Old Farms School Inc$52,25080%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50,00060%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$48,50870%
Trustees of Westminster School Inc$36,26460%
Trustees of Boston College$32,50070%
Gary Sinise Foundation$26,49260%
Zack's Place Enrichment Center Inc$23,46671%
Covenant House$23,00050%
Community Church of Vero Beach$20,5005n/a
The Westerly Hospital Foundation Inc$17,50060%
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All grantees of Lynch Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Avon Old Farms School Inc$52,25080%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50,00060%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$48,50870%
Trustees of Westminster School Inc$36,26460%
Trustees of Boston College$32,50070%
Gary Sinise Foundation$26,49260%
Zack's Place Enrichment Center Inc$23,46671%
Covenant House$23,00050%
Community Church of Vero Beach$20,5005n/a
The Westerly Hospital Foundation Inc$17,50060%
St George's School$17,00040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$16,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$15,69340%
United Theatre Education Center$15,00033%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$12,35950%
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc$12,00040%
Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County Inc$11,00080%
Artistree$10,1803n/a
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Anchor Health Foundation$10,000256%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$9,63040%
Vna Foundation Inc$8,00022%
Ocean Community Chamber Foundation$8,00024%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$7,00030%
The Watch Hill Conservancy$6,54180%
Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Assoc$6,50062%
Union Arena Inc$6,42540%
John's Island Community Service League Inc$6,25050%
Literacy Volunteers of Washington County$5,70072%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,50020%
America Press Inc$5,0001n/a
Trinity Episcopal Church$5,0001n/a
The John's Island Foundation Inc$5,00040%
Riverside Theatre Inc$5,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$5,00020%
Watch Hill Chapel Society$4,9504n/a
Norman Williams Public Library Inc$4,51560%
Ocean Community YMCA$4,00030%
Ottauquechee Health Foundation Inc$4,00041%
Helping Haitian Children Inc$3,60061%
United Way of Indian River County Inc$3,50040%
Woodstock Ski Runners$3,50050%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$3,00010%
Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc$2,75030%
Beyond Bedtime Inc$2,60650%
Womens Care Center$2,50010%
Environmental Learning Center Inc$2,50010%
Phillips Exeter Academy$2,50030%
Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Foodshare Inc$2,50010%
Child Care Resources Inc$2,25030%
Youth Guidance of Indian River County Inc$2,00010%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$2,0001n/a
Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc$2,00010%
Cardigan Mountain School$2,00020%
Trees and Seeds Inc$2,00023%
Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc$2,00010%
Float Hope of Indian River County Inc$2,00020%
Watch Hill Memorial Library and Improvement Society$1,56042%
Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc$1,50021%
The Jonnycake Center Inc$1,50020%
St Paul's School$1,50020%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$1,50030%
The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs$1,30030%
Pregnancy Center North Inc$1,25020%
East Beach Association$1,20060%
Opening Doors for Westerly's Children$1,10022%
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,03010%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$1,01520%
Child Care Resources Inc$1,00010%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$1,00010%
Salvation Army National Corp$1,0001n/a
A Better Chance of Wilton Inc$1,00011%
First Presbyterian Church$1,0001n/a
Alzheimerparkinson Assoc of Irc Inc$1,00010%
The Michael P Doyle Memorial Foundation Inc$90015%
American Cancer Society Inc$88230%
Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc$65520%
Yellow Farmhouse Education Center Inc$5501n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$52210%
Farmlink Project$51510%
Global Giving Foundation$5001n/a
International Myeloma Foundation$50010%
Vermont Mountain Bike Advocates$50010%
Woodstock Nursery School$50010%
Pasadena Humane$5001n/a
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation Inc$50010%
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc$50010%
Pentangle Council on the Arts$50010%
Purple Crayon Productions Inc$50010%
The Buggy Bunch Inc$4002n/a
Gifts of Love Inc$2501n/a
Common Roots Inc$20010%
Project Orbis International Inc$12010%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$10010%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$10010%
Youth Enrichment Services Inc$10010%
Vero Beach Dog Park Inc$1001n/a
Camp Hazen Young Men's Christian Association Inc$7610%
Vero Beach Volunteer Fire Department Inc$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lynch Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 85 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAvon Old Farms School Inc: $52,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $48,508 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Westminster School Inc: $36,264 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $32,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $26,492 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetZack's Place Enrichment Center Inc: $23,466 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCovenant House: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westerly Hospital Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSt George's School: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $15,693 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Theatre Education Center: $15,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $12,359 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County Inc: $11,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnchor Health Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $9,630 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVna Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetOcean Community Chamber Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTrustees of the College of the Holy Cross: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Watch Hill Conservancy: $6,541 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWatch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Assoc: $6,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetUnion Arena Inc: $6,425 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJohn's Island Community Service League Inc: $6,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Washington County: $5,700 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe John's Island Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRiverside Theatre Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorman Williams Public Library Inc: $4,515 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOcean Community YMCA: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOttauquechee Health Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHelping Haitian Children Inc: $3,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way of Indian River County Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWoodstock Ski Runners: $3,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Bedtime Inc: $2,606 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Care Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Learning Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhillips Exeter Academy: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndian River Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodshare Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChild Care Resources Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance of Indian River County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVero Beach Museum of Art Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 85.

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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.

Indian River Community Foundation IncFL29.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Royce Family Fund Inc · Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · AM Roberts Charitable Foundation · The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation R Bradford Malt Et Al Trustees · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Prentice Foundation Inc · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Ninigret Foundation Inc

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 Lynch Family Foundation

How much does Lynch Family Foundation give?
Lynch Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $148,334 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Lynch Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (22%), Youth Development (10%).
Who are Lynch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Avon Old Farms School Inc ($52k), Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($50k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($49k).
Does Lynch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lynch Family 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 Lynch Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Indian River Community Foundation Inc, Royce Family Fund Inc, Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation.
Where is Lynch Family Foundation based?
Lynch Family Foundation is based in CT.

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 134 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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