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Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund at a glance

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Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$32kEducation$24kArts & Culture$8kEnvironment$7kRecreation & Sports$6kFood & Nutrition$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$555
Median grant
6
States reached
$272k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
USA ARCHERY FOUNDATION$5,500
CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA$5,500
ST PETER'S LITHGOW CHURCH$5,100
DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY$2,074
WEST POINT ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES$2,000
STONEWOOD FARM$1,570
FAMILY SERVICES$1,077
UNION VALE FIRE DEPT$700
INNISFREE FOUNDATION$618
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$555
PLAY FOR PINK$529
LOUISE S MCGEHEE SCHOOL$526
MILLBROOK GARDEN CLUB$500
THE STISSING CENTER$500
RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN$300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BELLPORT: $225 → 7%GALLOP NYC: $100 → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 14%DUTCHESS OUTREACH: $150 → 9%ANGELS OF LIGHT: $300 → 9%THE STISSING CENTER: $721 → 9%THE STISSING CENTER: $500 → 9%THE STISSING CENTER: $200 → 9%THE STISSING CENTER: $100 → 9%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

MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CO
WV
AZ
TN
DC
LA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$84k · 25 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
22

Total granted

$84k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+39%

Still filing today

52%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +55%
  • DL
    DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • HV
    HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +330%

Funded once

  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +129%
  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +105%
  • HB
    HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
2
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
The North Shore Land Alliance Inc

To conserve and steward long island's natural and historic lands, waters and environmental resources. through education, outreach and volunteerism, we connect people to nature and inspire a community conservation ethic.

Environment
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Innisfree Foundation Inc
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7
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
8
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
9
Riverkeeper Inc

Protects and restores the hudson river from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies.

Environment
10
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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11
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
12
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College

Located in south hadley, massachusetts, mount holyoke college is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women that is gender-diverse and welcomes applications from female, transgender, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mashomack Community Fund 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

30 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. 30 of the 52 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PETER'S LITHGOW CHURCH: $27,875 · OtherST PETER'S LITHGOW CHURCHUSA ARCHERY FOUNDATION: $5,500 · OtherUSA ARCHERY FOUNDATIONSTONEWOOD FARM: $3,615 · OtherSTONEWOOD FARMUNION VALE FIRE DEPT: $2,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,520 · OtherRURAL & MIGRANT MINISTRY INC: $2,100 · Other+27 more: $15,586 · Other+27 moreCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $15,766 · EducationCULINARY INSTITUTE…+1 more: $200 · EducationDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,317 · EnvironmentMILLBROOK GARDEN CLUB INC: $850 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $500 · Environment+2 more: $105 · EnvironmentHUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $3,700 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureINNISFREE FOUNDATION INC: $3,468 · PhilanthropyMASHOMACK COMMUNITY FUND INC: $1,400 · PhilanthropyPINE PLAINS MEMORIAL HALL INC: $1,521 · Human ServicesANGELS OF LIGHT INC: $300 · Human ServicesTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE BELLPORT AREA INC: $225 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 · Human ServicesDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $150 · Human ServicesGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $100 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$59,796Education$15,966Environment$6,772Arts & Culture$5,900Philanthropy$4,868Human Services$2,496Public Benefit$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $15,766 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,317 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $3,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINNISFREE FOUNDATION INC: $3,468 over 6y, 83% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRURAL & MIGRANT MINISTRY INC: $2,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOUISE S MCGEHEE SCHOOL: $1,526 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPINE PLAINS MEMORIAL HALL INC: $1,521 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,454 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMASHOMACK COMMUNITY FUND INC: $1,400 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK GARDEN CLUB INC: $850 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARROW'S NEST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: $310 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS OF LIGHT INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAME CONSERVANCY USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE BELLPORT AREA INC: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK STATE SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGING ACCESS TO CARE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAPAN SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Awareness Foundation Inc: $65 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWETHERSFIELD FOUNDATION INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $30 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.

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.

Community Foundations…The George Whalen Jr …The New York Communit…Newman Family Foundat…The Dyson FoundationHathaway Family Found…The Pamela Howard Fam…Ulster Savings Charit…The Warburg Pincus Fo…Berkshire Taconic Com…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal Fund
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The George Whalen Jr Fdtn Inc · The New York Community Trust · Newman Family Foundation · The Dyson Foundation · Hathaway Family Foundation · The Pamela Howard Family Foundation Inc · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · The Warburg Pincus Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund

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 Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Lynn Favrot Nolan Family Fund 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 52 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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