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Private foundation (trust)EIN 043017940Est. 1988-10

THE LYNCH FOUNDATION

BOSTON, MA 02109

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$146.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$8.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

107

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$77K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$513K

Typical

Deadlines

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Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$32.0M

Total Expenses

$11.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$9.8M

Distributable Amount

$6.4M

Min. Investment Return

$6.9M

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

107 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $50K to maximum $513K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $9.3M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
$5.8M
5 grants
LYNCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
$2.2M
5 grants
FIDELITY CHARITABLE
$1.4M
5 grants
LAWRENCE CATHOLIC ACADEMY
$1.2M
4 grants
ST MARY'S CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
$1.0M
3 grants
ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON
$897K
6 grants
TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
$800K
4 grants
YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON
$689K
7 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
78
grants
$10–50K
237
grants
$50–250K
163
grants
$250K–1M
19
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Massachusetts
$38.0M
91% of total
District of Columbia
$861K
2% of total
New York
$701K
2% of total
New Jersey
$680K
2% of total
California
$551K
1% of total
Colorado
$260K
1% of total
Michigan
$184K
0% of total
Maryland
$160K
0% of total
Missouri
$100K
0% of total
Rhode Island
$100K
0% of total

+7 more states

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