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William D Lynch Foundation For Children

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$291kHuman Services$138kEducation$88kArts & Culture$55kCommunity Improvement$43kPhilanthropy$27kInternational$27kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$395k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE$15,000
DEBRA OF AMERICA$2,500
COMMON SENSE FOR OREGON FOUNDATION$2,500
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO$1,000
BASIN BASKETBALL ACADEMY$1,000
ACCESSITY$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $2k → 11%SURVIVOR LEADER NETWORK OF SAN DIEG: $2k → 11%LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $36k → 12%LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 9%LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%CASA DE AMPARO: $25k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $10k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $3k → 11%THUMBPRINT PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

WA
MN
WI
MA
OR
WY
IA
CA
CO
NC
SC
GA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$562k · 26 repeat orgs$322k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
47

Total granted

$562k
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+33%

Still filing today

54%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationEmploymentInternationalOther
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

  • LT
    LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $71k · revenue +107% · 39% of their budget
  • OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $48k · revenue +42%
  • CD
    Casa De Amparo
    3× · 2018–2020 · $38k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $114k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $22k
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
California Human Trafficking Investigators and Prosecuters Asso
Crime & Legal
2
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
3
DeliverFund

DeliverFund disrupts global human trafficking markets by combining uniquely qualified personnel with the best technologies and then leveraging them in new ways to reach and rescue victims of human trafficking.

Human Services
4
Southern California Immigration Project

Southern California Immigration Project is a public interest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing pro bono legal services to survivors of human and civil rights violations.

International
5
San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation

To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.

Community Improvement
6
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…

Civil Rights
7
Institute to Combat Trafficking

Institute to Combat Trafficking exists to seek justice for victims of trafficking and to ensure accountability for traffickers.

Crime & Legal
8
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking

To end modern slavery through education, advocacy, and empowering survivors of human trafficking.

Crime & Legal
9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
Dreams for Change Inc

Dreams for Change's mission is to respond to the needs of San Diegans by creating innovative and cost-effective programs to empower and stabilize the lives of under-served families and individuals.

Human Services
11
Thriving Initiative

Built to support survivors of sexual assault stalking and domestic violence in innovative ways The Thriving Initiative is a 501C3 nonprofit that teaches coping strategies responses to triggers & resiliency through free healing & recovery…

Health
12
Crisis House

The mission of crisis house is to respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and to connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Love Song Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 77 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/35
Grantees still filing
20/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE: $114,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTEFREE TO THRIVE: $110,955 · OtherFREE TO THRIVESAVED IN AMERICA: $43,000 · OtherSAVED IN AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $37,807 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,261 · Other+50 more: $235,083 · Other+50 moreLINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $71,000 · Human ServicesLINCOLN TUBMAN…Casa De Amparo: $37,500 · Human ServicesCasa De Amparo+5 more: $8,950 · Human Services+5 moreOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 · EducationTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $9,260 · EducationTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $27,500 · Arts & CultureVOICE OF SAN DIEGO: $11,000 · Arts & CultureFAVELL MUSEUM INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSan Diego Film Foundation: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePAVING GREAT FUTURES: $28,200 · Employment3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EmploymentSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Crime & LegalDOORS TO FREEDOM: $5,000 · Crime & LegalBilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: $2,400 · Crime & LegalPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $1,125 · International
Other$588,106Human Services$117,450Education$66,760Arts & Culture$47,000Employment$40,700Crime & Legal$22,400International$11,125

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 budgetFREE TO THRIVE: $110,955 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetLINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION: $71,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAVED IN AMERICA: $43,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budget3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVOICE OF SAN DIEGO: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $9,260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Council on Literacy: $6,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFAVELL MUSEUM INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOORS TO FREEDOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetACCESSITY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN RISING INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON SENSE FOR OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: $2,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WELL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $1,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THUMBPRINT PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChildren of the Immaculate Heart: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARPAL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds FREE TO THRIVE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN TUBMAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVED IN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Casa De Amparo ↗
  • Who funds PAVING GREAT FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VOICE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOVE SONG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds San Diego Council on Literacy ↗
  • Who funds FAVELL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds DOORS TO FREEDOM ↗

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.

The San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Jewish Community Foun…David C Copley Founda…Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…The Parker FoundationThe Cushman FoundationLeichtag FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…Henderson FoundationCatalyst of San Diego…
The San Diego FoundationCA34× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Henderson Foundation · Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to William D Lynch Foundation For Children 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 77 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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