West Virginia · Private foundation
Lynch Foundation Inc
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.
- $108k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 52
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lynch Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 41 | $108k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $111k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $120k | 2% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $144k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $148k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Kitchen Inc | $22,800 | 9 | 6% |
| Milan Puskar Health Right Inc | $21,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Chestnut Mountain Ranch Inc | $21,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $20,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Scotts Run Settlement House Inc | $19,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Mountaineer Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Shack Neighborhood House Inc | $14,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Bartlett House Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Pantry Plus More Inc | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Christian Help Inc | $10,800 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Kitchen Inc | $22,800 | 9 | 6% |
| Milan Puskar Health Right Inc | $21,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Chestnut Mountain Ranch Inc | $21,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $20,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Scotts Run Settlement House Inc | $19,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Mountaineer Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Shack Neighborhood House Inc | $14,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Bartlett House Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Pantry Plus More Inc | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Christian Help Inc | $10,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Hospice Care Corporation D/B/A West Virginia Caring | $10,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Star City Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mountain Heart Foundation | $4,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Stepping Stones Inc | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Monongalia County Fair Association | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($907k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lynch Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: John M Brown Family Foundation · George D Hott Foundation · United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc · Milan Puskar Foundation Inc · Empty Bowls Monongalia · Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust · Your Community Foundation of North Central Wv Inc · Weldon Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lynch Foundation Inc
- How much does Lynch Foundation Inc give?
- Lynch Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $107,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lynch Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Health (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are Lynch Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Kitchen Inc ($23k), Milan Puskar Health Right Inc ($22k), Chestnut Mountain Ranch Inc ($22k).
- Does Lynch Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lynch Foundation Inc 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 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John M Brown Family Foundation, George D Hott Foundation, United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc.
- Where is Lynch Foundation Inc based?
- Lynch Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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