Allyn Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 15-6017723 · since 1957allynfoundation.org·Cayuga County, Onondaga County·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$10.5M

Annual giving, 2023 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,000 to $75,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$5,000

Typical grant (median)

149 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Allyn Family Foundation is based in Skaneateles, NY, and its geographic focus is Onondaga and Cayuga, so it is best suited to organisations working in those counties; its themes are early childhood development, economic development and opportunity, vibrant neighborhoods, and women's health, so check your work fits one of these before applying.
Keep requests modest: its Opportunity Fund runs $5,000 to $25,000, and across its grants to organisations the typical range is $1,000 to $75,000, with about 8 in 10 of its 315 grants falling there and a median grant of $5,000, though the largest grant was $6,250,000.
It accepts applications on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline, and the Opportunity Fund application is submitted by email.
With 93% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, it looks like a relationship-led funder that favours continuing partners, so a first-time applicant should be prepared for this to be competitive and think about building a relationship over time rather than expecting a quick yes.

Overview

Allyn Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Skaneateles, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Allyn Family Foundation pursues a vibrant, equitable and prosperous community through a local, place-based approach to systemic and structural inequity. Its work focuses on early childhood development, economic development and opportunity, vibrant neighborhoods, and women’s health. It supports community coalitions developing early-childhood systems and family supports; works with residents, community organizations, business and government to create economic opportunity; and seeks safe, healthy neighborhoods with decent, stable and affordable housing and community-based cultural experiences. Its reproductive-health work supports informed decisions, access to the full range of birth-control options, stronger publicly funded clinics, and local outreach and education. Through the Opportunity Fund, organisations in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties can request support for proposals that meet its mission. The foundation describes its approach as authentic, strategic and collaborative.

Themes

Early childhood development
Economic development and opportunity
Vibrant neighborhoods
Women's health

Geographic Focus

Onondaga; Cayuga.

How to apply

Submit the completed Opportunity Fund application by email to Amy Nye.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 315 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

Requests should support healthy development for children and families.
Requests should build family economic stability and self-sufficiency.
Requests should support places and spaces that bring people together with intention.
Requests should build neighborhoods of choice.
Requests should amplify community voice and power-building.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.

Grant dollars by state

New York91%

Massachusetts7%

Connecticut<1%

Colorado<1%

Utah<1%

California<1%

2 other states: <1%

The largest single recipient received 52% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2023, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Allyn Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

149 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $5,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 149 grants in tax year 2023 by size

Under $1k5%

$1k–$2.5k24%

$2.5k–$5k13%

$5k–$10k19%

$10k–$25k17%

$25k–$50k9%

$50k–$100k5%

$100k–$250k5%

$250k–$500k3%

$500k–$1M1%

$1M and over1%

Median $5,000 (tax year 2023)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Seed Syracuse · To support the purchase and renovation of the chimes building in syracuse, ny (donor funds)
$6,250,0002023 tax year
Seed Syracuse · To support the redevelopment of the chimes building in syracuse, ny (donor funds)
$600,0002023 tax year
Berkshire School · Endowed chair in science (donor fund)
$400,0002023 tax year
Syracuse Urban Partnership · Interest expense contribution
$266,7632023 tax year
Kimball Union Academy · Capital campaign (donor fund)
$250,0002023 tax year
Seed Syracuse · To develop distressed properties in economically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods in syracuse
$250,0002023 tax year
Central New York Community Foundation · As a match for the onondaga county program, heart of healthcare nursing scholarship
$200,0002023 tax year
Home HeadQuarters · Support in advancing the mayor's "infill housing initiative" - development subsidies to provide first-time homebuyers with new, single-family homes
$180,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

W Scott Allyn — Director
Margaret Allyn — Vice-President
Mo Allyn — Director
Margaret M O'Connell — Executive Director
Tasha Allyn — Director
Sonya Allyn Falcone — Director
Luke Allyn Falcone — Director
Hanna Allyn Dillon — Director
Tanya Allyn Dillon — Director
Noah Allyn — Director
David Monroe Allyn — Director
Grace Allyn — Director
Julia Allyn — Director
Kathleen Allyn — Director
Josh Allyn — Secretary
Allison Allyn — Director
Mark Allyn — President
Amy Allyn — Director
David Matthew Allyn — Director
Dawn N Allyn — Director

and 3 more

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

2 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$6,441,376	$3,635,247	$125,663,871	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$12,781,499	$10,501,884	$127,374,216	Filing for 2023 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.