Private foundation · EIN 04-3017940 · Boston, MA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where The Lynch Foundation's grants went

It reported $7.72M in grants paid across 105 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 69.9% of those dollars to 64 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
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.
Deadlines
THE CONCEPT PAPERS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING PROCES
Restrictions
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.
Website on filing
WWW.THELYNCHFOUNDATION.COM

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 102 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Boston, MA · EIN 11-0303001
$700,000DISCRETIONARY GRANTSKnown alias 1.00
Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts
Lawrence, MA · EIN 27-2281636
$605,042CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORTSame address 0.83
Archdiocese of Boston
Braintree, MA · no confident EIN match
$360,000CARDINAL'S APPEAL, CLERGY BENEFIT TRUST, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Boston College McMullen Museum of Art
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$325,000CAPITAL SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
My Brothers Keeper
North Easton, MA · EIN 04-3088412
$275,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Lawrence Communityworks
Lawrence, MA · EIN 04-2982308
$250,000DYE WORKS CAPITAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3567502
$225,000PAUL E. FARMER SCHOLARSHIP FUND & GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTKnown alias 1.00
The Trustees of Reservations
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2105780
$200,000BOSTON ONE WATERFRONT INITIATIVEExact name 1.00
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$200,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGNUnmatched Help match
Catholic Schools Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 22-2485502
$171,500ENDOWMENT SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2516093
$167,000SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR 900 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD PROJECTSame address 1.00
American Federation for Children
Columbia, MD · EIN 33-0627955
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Fathers Uplift
Dorchester, MA · EIN 46-1407932
$150,000CAPACITY BUILDINGSame address 1.00
Found in Translation
Dorchester, MA · EIN 45-3302596
$145,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Boston Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2104021
$125,000EMBRACE BOSTON & CIVIC LEADERSHIP FUNDSame street 1.00
St Bridget Framingham
Framingham, MA · no confident EIN match
$120,994EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
Lowell Catholic
Lowell, MA · EIN 04-2563657
$110,994EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMSame ZIP 0.86
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3174933
$110,000BOSTON CELTICS UNITED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVESame ZIP 1.00
Saint Francis House
Boston, MA · EIN 22-2519129
$107,433VAN AND CAPITAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Children's Services of Roxbury
Roxbury, MA · EIN 04-3082352
$100,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGNSame ZIP 1.00
Community Music Center of Boston
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2437973
$100,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGNSame address 1.00
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism
Foxborough, MA · EIN 84-2280462
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hopewell
Dedham, MA · EIN 04-2438910
$100,000MY FIRST PLACE PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Innercity Weightlifting
Cambridge, MA · EIN 27-1333425
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Thrive Scholars
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 45-5619310
$100,000PROGRAM EXPANSIONExact name 1.00
Cathedral High School
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Lynch Leadership Academy
Chestnut Hill, MA · no confident EIN match
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Order of Malta American Association
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$100,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGNUnmatched Help match
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6138418
$85,000HOUSING NAVIGATOR MASSACHUSETTSSame ZIP 1.00
YMCA of Greater Boston
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$85,000METCO PARTNERSHIPUnmatched Help match
Children's Hospital Corporation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2774441
$80,000RESEARCH CENTERKnown alias 1.00
Sacred Heart School Kingston
Kingston, MA · no confident EIN match
$78,860EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
Familyaid Boston
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2105756
$75,000NAVIGATOR PROGRAMSame address 1.00
The Urban Catholic Teacher Corps
Chestnut Hill, MA · no confident EIN match
$67,205GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Cambridge College
Boston, MA · EIN 51-0163080
$65,451SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Strategies for Children
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3551406
$61,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2103922
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc C/O Connors Family Office
Boston, MA · EIN 75-3235491
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2105769
$50,000CAROLYN A. LYNCH INSTITUTESame street 1.00
Fellowship of Catholic University Students
Golden, CO · EIN 84-1522811
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Leadership Roundtable
Washington, DC · EIN 54-2174467
$50,000CATHOLIC SUMMITSame ZIP 1.00
Marblehead Museum & Historical Society
Marblehead, MA · EIN 04-6003248
$50,000BRICK KITCHEN AND SLAVE QUARTERSSame address 0.77
Pioneer Institute
Boston, MA · EIN 22-2632081
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Union Capital
Boston, MA · EIN 47-1136081
$50,000SPRINGFIELD EXPANSIONSame city 1.00
Lone Rock Foundation
Bailey, CO · EIN 83-2437632
$50,000ILEEExact name 1.00
Boston College Pops on the Heights
Chestnut Hill, MA · no confident EIN match
$50,000SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Eden
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Mentor National Mentoring Partnership
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Viet Aid
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$50,000WORDS AS WORLDSUnmatched Help match
St Michael's School Lowell
Lowell, MA · no confident EIN match
$37,516EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMUnmatched Help match

3 more lines ($150K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    43 recipients in common
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    28 recipients in common
  3. Eastern Bank Foundation Lynn, MA
    20 recipients in common
  4. Liberty Mutual Foundation Boston, MA
    20 recipients in common
  5. Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) Woburn, MA
    16 recipients in common
  6. Highland Street Connection Newton, MA
    16 recipients in common
  7. Yawkey Foundation II Dedham, MA
    16 recipients in common
  8. Richard K Lubin Family Foundation Boston, MA
    15 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.