Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation
Lakeside, MT · EIN 91-1156982. Reported 118 grants totalling $1,528,950 to 110 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,600; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $62,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | St Paul, MN | $77,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleanslate | Chino Hills, CA | $76,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spur Community Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $62,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Kahului, HI | $52,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pet Partners | Bellevue, WA | $51,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Short Avenue School Booster Club | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Archbishop Thomas J Murphy High | Everett, WA | $36,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Short Avenue Elementary School | Los Angeles, CA | $36,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholic Community Services of West | Seattle, WA | $33,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 826LA | Los Angeles, CA | $31,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest's Child Inc | Seattle, WA | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Cntr | Redmond, WA | $30,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ryther | Seattle, WA | $30,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Jazzed | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chad's Legacy Project | Seattle, WA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | Sultan, WA | $20,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Desert College Collaborative | Ketchum, ID | $20,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Institute for Resilience | Hailey, ID | $20,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eastside Academy | Bellevue, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vashon Island Growers Association | Vashon, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kindering | Bellevue, WA | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Journeymen Institute | Vashon, WA | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ocean Charter School | Los Angeles, CA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Education Foundation Sarasota Cnty | Sarasota, FL | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society Naples | Naples, FL | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Rubiconusa | Los Angeles, CA | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Youth | Kirkland, WA | $15,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The People Concern | Los Angeles, CA | $15,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Promise Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Rainbow Gold Inc | Chillicothe, MO | $15,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Men's Second Chance Living | Hailey, ID | $15,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Fire Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morningside | Olympia, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Horizons | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners Relief & Development | Grand Rapids, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seattle Fishermen's Memorial | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Children's Center Burke Gilman | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Sophia Way | Bellevue, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sawtooth's Society Inc | Hailey, ID | $14,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medic One Foundation | Seattle, WA | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Mary of the Wood College | Saint Mary of the Wood, IN | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Rosary School | Edmonds, WA | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run of Southern Idaho | Hailey, ID | $11,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arts Corps | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assistance League of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denise Louie Education Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eileen & Callie's Place | Kent, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hands on Children's Museum | Olympia, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hoop Foundation | Inglewood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hunger Intervention Program | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | Hailey, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Imagine Children's Museum | Everett, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kiss the Ground | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outdoors for All Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peace Community Center | Tacoma, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Providence General Foundation | Everett, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Scarlet Road | Bremerton, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Writegirl | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizabeth Gregory Home | Seattle, WA | $8,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Treehouse | Seattle, WA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sages & Seekers | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Summer Search | Tukwila, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Read | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run | Seattle, WA | $6,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Rainbow Gold Inc | Boise, ID | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Step By Step Family Support Center | Milton, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| After-School All-Stars Puget Sound | Tukwila, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alpha Supported Living Services | Bothell, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atwork | Bellevue, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island | Oak Harbor, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blaine County Hunger Coalition | Bellevue, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bushwick Northwest | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garden-Raised Bounty | Olympia, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Geeking Out Kids of Color | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwin Connections | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hearing Speech & Deaf Ctr | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopeworks Social Enterprises | Everett, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Housing Hope | Everett, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Islandwood | Bainbridge Island, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Juma Ventures Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee Pesky Learning Center | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Little Sisters Fund | Hailey, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwest Center | Renton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parent Trust for Washington Childre | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Provail | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reading Partners | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sawtooth Botanical Gardens Inc | Ketchum, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Nativity School | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Generations | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Youth & Family Services | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Space Between | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph Parish School | Issaquah, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Swiftsure Ranch Therpeutic Equ Ctr | Bellevue, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Urban League | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Senior Connection | Hailey, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Treepeople Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uw Foundation-Moris Women's Ctr | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington Kids in Transition | Lynnwood, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington Women in Need | Kirkland, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington's National Park Fund | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Youthcare | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asheville Humane Society | Asheville, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blaine County Education Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamlin Robinson School | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Slingerland Literacy Institute | Bellevue, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refugee Women's Alliance | Seattle, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Re Sources for Sustainable Communit | Bellingham, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
8 of 110 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 2%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40 | $344,500 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $411,500 | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 17 | $388,150 | $20,800 |
| 2023 | 18 | $384,800 | $15,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 439, Lakeside, MT, 59922. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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