Open Foundations · Massachusetts

Lynch Foundation

Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 043017940. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $8.3M across 107 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$8.3M
paid in 2024
107
grants paid
$50K
median grant
24%
to first-time recipients
$146.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KATHRYN M EVERETT
Address
109 STATE ST STE 404, BOSTON, MA, 02109
Phone
6176391280
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ALL REQUESTS ARE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE LYNCH FOUNDATION WEBSITE: WWW.THELYNCHFOUNDATION.COM. APPLICANTS SHOULD FILL OUT THE CONCEPT PAPER WHICH INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST AND OBJECTIVES OF THEIR REQUEST.
Submission deadline
THE CONCEPT PAPERS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING PROCESS.
Restrictions on awards
ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT PERFORMS WORK PRIMARILY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND BE UNDER THE GIVING GUIDELINES OF EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND WELLNESS INCLUDING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, PRESERVATION AND ACCESS TO CULTURAL AND HISTORIC ASSETS AND OPEN SPACE FOR ALL, THE RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202532809349100018. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

early childhoodcapital campaignscholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 107 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Lawrence Catholic AcademyMA$512,576CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORT
2Mission Grammar SchoolMA$510,576EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM
3Children's Services of RoxburyMA$400,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
4Fidelity CharitableMA$400,000DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
5Harvard Medical SchoolMA$300,000GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY FELLOWSHIPS
6Esperanza AcademyMA$250,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
7Familyaid BostonMA$250,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
8St Mary's Center for Women and ChildrenMA$250,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
9Partners in HealthMA$225,000PAUL E. FARMER SCHOLARSHIP FUND & GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
10I2 Learning FoundationNY$200,000DAY OF AI
11Ymca of the North ShoreMA$200,000SALEM ROOFTOP PLAYGROUND
12Pine Street InnMA$167,000SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR 900 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD PROJECT
13Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyMA$150,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
14Citizens Housing and Planning AssociationMA$150,000MBTA COMMUNITIES SUPPORT
15Father's UpliftMA$150,000CAPACITY BUILDING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202091$8.0M
2021118$9.3M
202299$8.8M
2023105$7.7M
2024107$8.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts87%
New York3%
California2%
District of Columbia2%
Missouri1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Amanda FernandezTRUSTEE · 2024
Anne LukowskiVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Elizabeth De MontrichardSECRETARY · 2024
John ReganTRUSTEE · 2024
Kathryn M EverettEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Marie-claude TannyTRUSTEE · 2024
Mary WitkowskiTRUSTEE · 2024
Nancy CoolidgeTRUSTEE · 2024
Peter S LynchPRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN · 2024
Ralph C Sweetland MdTRUSTEE · 2024
Richard SpillaneTREASURER · 2024
Victoria PruddenCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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