How much does Lynx Foundation give?

Lynx Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $530,000, out of $714,793 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.

What does Lynx Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (64%), Philanthropy (15%), Civil Rights (9%).

Who are Lynx Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($600k), Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($450k), LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE dba LAW CNTR TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ($390k).

Does Lynx Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Lynx Foundation based?

Lynx Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Public charity

Lynx Foundation

Mobilizing the power of community and the resources of philanthropy to advance equity for people, places and the planet.

$715k
Granted FY2021: 8
Itemized grants FY2021: 8
Organizations funded FY2021: 63%
First-time grantees FY2021

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79% of Lynx Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Marin Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Lynx Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $530k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2021: $530k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2021: $130,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 8; FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021: 4
Total assets, FY2021: $18M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 63% of the organizations Lynx Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Crime & LegalInternationalCivil RightsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2021	8	$530k	63%
FY2020	2	$220k	0%
FY2019	2	$220k	0%
FY2018	4	$440k	50%
FY2017	2	$110k	n/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 2023.

Crime & Legal$1.4MPhilanthropy$333kCivil Rights$200kFood & Nutrition$100kInternational$100kEducation$75k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence	$600,000	5	2%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation	$450,000	4	2%
LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE dba LAW CNTR TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE	$390,000	4	90%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence	$200,000	2	2%
10000 Degrees	$75,000	4	0%
United Nations Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	0%
United States Fund for Unicef	$50,000	1	0%
Tarrant Area Food Bank	$50,000	1	0%
North Texas Food Bank	$50,000	1	0%

Lynx Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 9.

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About Lynx Foundation

How much does Lynx Foundation give?: Lynx Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $530,000, out of $714,793 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Lynx Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (64%), Philanthropy (15%), Civil Rights (9%).
Who are Lynx Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($600k), Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($450k), LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE dba LAW CNTR TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ($390k).
Does Lynx Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Lynx Foundation based?: Lynx Foundation is based in CA.