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W W Lynch Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$205kHealth$59kPhilanthropy$25kHuman Services$16kRecreation & Sports$14kEducation$13kFood & Nutrition$7kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$727k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART$25,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$10,000
CROCKER ART MUSEUM$10,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$3,500
THE SWEETHEART BALL$2,500
THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS$2,000
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 (FY23–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $5k → 14%CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $5k → 14%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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$264k · 12 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$264k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-25%

Still filing today

92%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DM
    Dallas Museum of Art
    6× · 2017–2025 · $147k · revenue +396%
  • TN
    THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
    3× · 2017–2023 · $24k · revenue +38%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $18k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
  • TM
    THE MEXICO INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • DC
    DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +6%
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
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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3
Dallas Contemporary

Dallas contemporary presents art in a forum that cultivates artists, ignites learning and inspires the community. dallas contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and…

Arts & Culture
4
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
5
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art

The amon carter museum of western art was established through the generosity of amon g. carter sr. (1879-1955) to house his collection of more than 400 paintings and sculptures by fredric remingtion and charles m. russell, to collect,…

Arts & Culture
6
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
7
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
8
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
9
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
11
American Association of Museums

Champion equitable and impactful museums by connecting people, fostering learning and community, and nurturing museum excellence.

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Connecting Point of Park Cities. 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dallas Museum of Art: $146,500 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum of ArtTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $24,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTERFAIR PARK FIRST: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $14,250 · Arts & Culture+3 moreSWEETHEART BALL INC: $14,333 · OtherSWEETHEART BALL INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $12,222 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODTHE MEXICO INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherTHE MEXICO INSTITUTENORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $6,861 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKABERG CENTER FOR LITERACY: $5,000 · OtherABERG CENTER FOR LITE…SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherSAINT MICHAEL AND ALL…THE JOE BEELER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherTHE JOE BEELER FOUNDA…AFRICAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL AND BENEVOLENT ASSOC I: $2,500 · Other+7 more: $3,750 · Other+7 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,222 · HealthALZHEIMER'S…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $17,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL…COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationTHE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $2,000 · EducationSPCA of Texas: $100 · Animals
Arts & Culture$204,750Other$64,666Health$35,222Philanthropy$20,000Human Services$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Education$5,000Animals$100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Museum of Art: $146,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,222 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAIR PARK FIRST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $6,861 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABERG CENTER FOR LITERACY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $100 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.

Communities Foundatio…Berry R Cox Family Fo…The Eugene McDermott …JF Maddox FoundationThe Dallas FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 W W Lynch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W W Lynch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 30 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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