Lennox Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Lennox Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to charitable organisations it selects in advance, so an organisation without an invitation should not send it an application, as the filing describes no applicant-initiated route.
- Its grants to organisations are mostly modest: about 8 in 10 of its 455 grants fall between $1,500 and $100,000, the median is $7,500, and half are $7,500 or less, so a request near that scale fits its usual pattern, although its largest grant was $200,000.
- Repeat recipients received 72% of its grant dollars to organisations in the filing, which suggests its giving is relationship-led.
- Its filings show support for a wide range of charities, including conservation and land-trust organisations, food banks, shelters, hospitals, schools and cultural bodies, and many grants are general support, though no geographic focus is stated.
- A small charity seeking funding should therefore first look for a route to an invitation through people already connected to the foundation.
Overview
Lennox Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings show grants to a wide range of charitable organisations. Recipients include conservation and land-trust organisations, community foundations and centres, food banks, shelters and housing providers, hospitals and health charities, schools and universities, youth and recreation organisations, and cultural and historical bodies. Many entries are recorded as general and unrestricted or general support, while project grants also support community facilities, environmental work, healthcare, education, recreation and overseas development. The recipient organisations serve communities across numerous US states, with some grants reaching organisations outside the United States.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Maine, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to charitable organisations selected in advance and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing describes no applicant-initiated route.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 72% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 455 grants to organisations were $7,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 27%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 13%
- The largest single recipient received 3% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 72% of grant dollars went to organisations Lennox Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 3% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Norway, Kenya, Canada).
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 203 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $7,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Nature Conservancy · TNC Staff Enrichment Week$200,0002024 tax year
- University of Maine · UMF Sweatt-Winter Nature Based Early Childhood Expanded Playground Project$100,0002024 tax year
- Hole in the Wall Gang Fund · The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp's New Arched Entrance Sign and Heating Upgrades to Cabins fund$100,0002024 tax year
- Highland Hospital of Rochester · Providing the highest standard of care and compassion of our unhoused patient population$100,0002024 tax year
- Camp Chippewa Foundation · KP II (Kohler Palace 2)$100,0002024 tax year
- Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club · Liman Mountain Center (LMC) Improvements and Equipment fund$100,0002024 tax year
- Friends of Willow Creek of Sausalito · Willow Creek Daylighting Project Monitoring, Outreach and Support$100,0002024 tax year
- Mano a Mano International Partners · Drilling Deep Wells to Improve Health in Rural Bolivia by Reducing Water-borne Disease and Increasing Food Security$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John Zink — Trustee, Treasurer
- Jeff Storey — Trustee, Chair
- Pete Schmidt — Trustee
- Elizabeth Puchir — Trustee
- Will Norris — Trustee
- Megan Norris — Trustee, Secretary
- Laura Newman — Trustee
- Kasey Mossey — Trustee
- Linnea Medsker — Trustee
- Kristin Krahmer — Trustee, Secretary
- Jovan James — Trustee
- Katie Concannon — Trustee, Chair
- Evan Brown — Trustee
- Nick Booth — Trustee, Secretary
- Ryan Billingsley — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,384,863 | $2,962,282 | $57,705,115 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,428,690 | $3,050,807 | $72,517,640 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,679,604 | $4,185,258 | $81,203,246 | Filing for 2024 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.
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- Wilmington, DE