Elizabeth a Lynn Foundation
Lakeside, MT · EIN 91-1156982. Reported 136 grants totalling $1,977,352 to 119 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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 $20,000; 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | St Paul, MN | $107,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cleanslate | Chino Hills, CA | $76,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Elizabeth Gregory Home | Seattle, WA | $63,650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spur Community Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $62,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Jazzed | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Archbishop Thomas J Murphy High | Everett, WA | $56,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Outdoors for All Foundation | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vashon Island Growers Association | Vashon, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Treehouse | Seattle, WA | $38,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Arch Community Housing Trust | Hailey, ID | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society for Seattle-King | Bellevue, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sophia Way | Bellevue, WA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint Mary of the Woods College | St Mary of the Woods, IN | $29,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lw Tech Foundation | Kirkland, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blaine County Education Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Idaho Coalition for Safe Helathcare | Boise, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Space | Hailey, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Arc Firefighters Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $14,734 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $14,734 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Fire Department Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $14,734 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
16 of 119 (13%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 12%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 91 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2024 | 18 | $448,402 | $22,500 |
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
53% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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