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Lynch Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$129k
Granted FY2021
15
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$71kPhilanthropy$62kArts & Culture$8kReligion$7k
02FY2021 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k11 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $109k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST$31,233
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST$31,233
ST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY$31,200
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL$15,000
ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$4,000
EANES ORCHESTRA PARENT ASSOCIATION$3,000
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$2,000
MONTESSORI CENTER OF MINNESOTA$2,000
HILL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND$2,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,000
FRACTURED ATLAS$1,233
MONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL$1,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND$1,000
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND$1,000
THE EANE'S EDUCTION FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2k → 7%ST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $31k → 8%THE CATHOLIC MEMORIAL FUND: $2k → 16%MONTESSORI CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 14%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%FRACTURED ATLAS: $1k → 17%EANES ORCHESTRA PARENT ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%ST CATHERINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $2k → 16%BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SEMINOLE: $1k → 12%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2k → 10%ST LOUIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1k → 21%SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND: $2k → 9%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST: $31k → 16%ERNA B ROSENFELD PROFESSORSHIP AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $1k → 18%UNR FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ST JOSEPH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUND: $2k → 7%CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND: $2k → 16%THE MONTESSORI CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $1k → 14%PARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $15k → 10%SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND: $1k → 9%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST: $31k → 16%MATHER MCKEAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 10%MONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1k → 7%CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND: $1k → 16%ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $4k → 10%SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND: $1k → 9%MONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1k → 7%CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND: $1k → 16%HILL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND: $2k → 10%THE EANE'S EDUCTION FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%THE EANE'S EDUCTION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
CT
MO
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

11%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 5 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$16k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+35%

Still filing today

40%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21
EducationArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST
    SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
    3× · 2018–2021 · $4k
  • CM
    CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND
    3× · 2018–2021 · $4k
  • MH
    MONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
    3× · 2018–2021 · $4k

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC MEMORIAL FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Eton School Foundation

In educating the whole child, eton school inspires creative, confident thinkers who have an enduring passion for learning and are poised to contribute to the world.

Education
2
The Montessori School

The Montessori School educates children from 18 months-6th grade. Our program is rooted in the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori faithful to her method. In our caring environment, sustained by freedom peace, the school…

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3
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
4
Aidan Montessori School

The mission of aidan montessori school (the school) is to create and sustain an optimum montessori educational environment to enable each child to realize their richest potential for learning and to become an independent, self-motivated,…

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
The Montessori Society of Central Maryland Inc

To provide educational services from the toddler to the middle school level utilizing the teachings and philosophy of the late dr. maria montessori.

Education
7
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
8
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
9
The Magellan School

We are an inclusive community dedicated to each child's discovery of their unique purpose and passion. we deliver a world class international education tailored to help each student reach their highest-level of personal and academic…

Education
10
Northwest Montessori School

To provide an individualized learning environment, based on the principles of Dr. Maria Montessori, that is designed to help students become independent, life-long learners who are academically grounded and socially confident about their…

Education
11
Museum School

The museum school celebrates, nurtures and enhances the ability of all participants through experimental, project-based learning. infusing the arts and utilizing resources available at local museums.

Education
12
Montessori Academy of Colorado

The montessori academy of colorado is a metropolitan school that engages each child through innovative academics, exploration of character, and a fearless, forward mindset. mac is dually accredited with the association of colorado…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interlochen Center for the Arts; the most unlike its peers is Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 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. 8 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST: $62,466 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUSTST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherSAVE THE CHILDREN FUND: $3,500 · OtherCATHOLIC MEMORIAL SCHOOL FUND: $3,500 · OtherMONSIGNOR HADDAD MIDDLE SCHOOL: $3,500 · Other+9 more: $13,500 · Other+9 moreST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $31,200 · EducationST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY INCPARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationPARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOLMONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC: $3,000 · EducationMONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA I…Eanes Education Foundation: $2,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,233 · Arts & Culture
Other$90,466Education$54,700Arts & Culture$3,233

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $31,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEanes Education Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,233 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 ST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKSIDE COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds Eanes Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lynch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lynch Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lynch Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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