Open Foundations · Pennsylvania

Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

Radnor, Pennsylvania · EIN 356042099. 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 $8.4M across 1,866 grants in 2025, a median of $240 each.

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$8.4M
paid in 2025
1,866
grants paid
$240
median grant
13%
to first-time recipients
$5.8M
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
Adam Cohen
Address
150 N Radnor-Chester Road, Radnor, PA, 19087
Phone
4848835839
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
GRANT REQUESTS TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. INFORMATION REQUIRED INCLUDES ORGANIZATION NAME, PURPOSE OF GRANT REQUEST & AMOUNT REQUESTED.
Submission deadline
Human Services - March; United Way - August; Arts - October; Financial Wellness - July; Education -
Restrictions on awards
GRANTEE MUST BE A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN OR NEAR COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE FOUNDATION HAS A PRESENCE.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621179349100532. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 1,866 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community FoundationPA$250,000Special Initiatives Grants
2United Way of Greater Greensboro IncNC$247,534United Way Program Grants
3United Negro College Fund IncDC$150,000Financial Wellness Grants
4Jalen Hurts FoundationOK$125,000Special Initiatives Grants
5Boys Girls Clubs of Philadelphia IncPA$100,000Education Grants
6Temple UniversityPA$100,000Special Initiatives Grants
7The HistorymakersIL$100,000Special Initiatives Grants
8United Way of Allen County IncIN$100,000United Way Program Grants
9Heights PhiladelphiaPA$90,000Education Grants
10Junior Achievement of Northern IndianaIN$90,000Education Grants
11Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley IncPA$85,000Education Grants
12Teach for America IncNY$80,000Education Grants
13The Free Library of PhiladelphiaPA$75,000Education Grants
14United Way of the MidlandsNE$75,000United Way Program Grants
15Ywca Northeast Indiana IncIN$72,000Human Services Grants

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201,415$9.2M
20211,799$8.4M
20221,968$8.2M
20231,878$8.5M
20241,907$8.1M
2025 (partial year)1,866$8.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Pennsylvania14%
North Carolina13%
Indiana13%
New York6%
Connecticut6%

Who decides

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

Adam M CohenTreasurer · 2025
Allison Green JohnsonDirector / CEO, President · 2025
Christopher M NeczyporDirector · 2025
Craig T BeazerDirector · 2025
Hitesh R DayalAssistant Treasurer · 2025
Jennifer E ChartersDirector · 2025
John G MorrissDirector · 2025
Meghan WrightExecutive Director · 2025
Nancy a SmithAssistant Secretary · 2025
Rutkay DincAssistant Treasurer · 2025
Sarah J RiceAssistant Treasurer · 2025
Sean N WoodroffeDirector, Chairman · 2025
Sharon M JeffersSecretary · 2025

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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