Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Lynn Courtney Foundation
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.
- $1k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,121
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,121
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Lynn Courtney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $196k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $175k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Wildlife Inc | $221,021 | 8 | 9% |
| Washington Humane Society | $219,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $204,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $179,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc | $49,130 | 7 | 1% |
| FETCH Inc | $49,130 | 7 | 2% |
| Maryland Horse Rescue | $49,130 | 6 | 15% |
| Martha's Table Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lynn Courtney Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Lynn Courtney Foundation
- How much does Lynn Courtney Foundation give?
- Lynn Courtney Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,121 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lynn Courtney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (96%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are Lynn Courtney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City Wildlife Inc ($221k), Washington Humane Society ($220k), Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc ($205k).
- Does Lynn Courtney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lynn Courtney 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 Lynn Courtney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Lynn Courtney Foundation based?
- Lynn Courtney Foundation is based in DC.
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