Texas · Private foundation
W W Lynch Foundation
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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $727k
- 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 W W Lynch Foundation 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 | 6 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $50k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $56k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $38k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $30k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Museum of Art | $146,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $18,222 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sweetheart Ball Inc | $14,333 | 3 | n/a |
| Connecting Point of Park Cities | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Mexico Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fair Park First | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $6,861 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Museum of Art | $146,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $18,222 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sweetheart Ball Inc | $14,333 | 3 | n/a |
| Connecting Point of Park Cities | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Mexico Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fair Park First | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $6,861 | 3 | 0% |
| Van Cliburn Foundation Inc | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Childrens Theater Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aberg Center for Literacy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Michael and All Angels Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| African Christian College Educational and Benevolent Assoc I | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Compass School of Texas | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| SPCA of Texas | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W W Lynch 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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Berry R Cox Family Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · JF Maddox Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About W W Lynch Foundation
- How much does W W Lynch Foundation give?
- W W Lynch Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $53,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does W W Lynch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Health (17%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are W W Lynch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Museum of Art ($147k), The Nasher Sculpture Center ($24k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($18k).
- Does W W Lynch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W W Lynch 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 W W Lynch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Berry R Cox Family Foundation, The Eugene McDermott Foundation.
- Where is W W Lynch Foundation based?
- W W Lynch Foundation is based in TX.
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