New York · Public charity
Project Lyme
PROJECT LYME's mission is to eradicate the epidemic of lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses by spreading awareness, providing educational resources, funding peer-reviewed research, and supporting advocacy for solutions to end the suffering. Since 2016, PROJECT LYME has challenged misinformation about diagnosis and treatment,…
- $310k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $297k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $251,900
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $251,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $908k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Project Lyme funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $297k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $285k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $405k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $539k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Lyme Foundation | $1,362,796 | 5 | 18% |
| Everybody Knows Films LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lyme Trials LLC | $47,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Generation Lyme Inc | $14,824 | 1 | n/a |
| Tmim | $5,305 | 1 | n/a |
About Project Lyme
- How much does Project Lyme give?
- Project Lyme reported 2 itemized grants totaling $296,900, out of $309,985 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Project Lyme fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (94%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Project Lyme's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Bay Area Lyme Foundation ($1.4M), Everybody Knows Films LLC ($100k), The Lyme Trials LLC ($48k).
- Does Project Lyme fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Project Lyme based?
- Project Lyme is based in NY.
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