EM Lynn Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This Boca Raton, Florida foundation funds by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a speculative application is unlikely to succeed; instead, focus on building a relationship if you can find a connection to the foundation.
- Its filed grants mainly go to organisations in Florida, and support is broad rather than tied to a stated set of priorities, covering universities and colleges, hospitals and medical research, and a range of social-service, food and housing, youth and family, arts and cultural, animal-welfare and disaster-relief organisations.
- Keep any request modest: half of its 242 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less, and the median grant was $10,000, though some awards range up to $100,000 or occasionally higher.
- The pattern is highly relationship-led rather than open and competitive, since 97% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, so new, unsolicited applicants face a steep uphill task.
- Given its stated preference for preselected charities, organisations without an existing link to the foundation should not send in unsolicited requests.
Overview
EM Lynn Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boca Raton, FL.
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 filed grant record shows broad organisational giving, with Florida receiving the overwhelming share of recorded grant dollars. Most grant purposes are recorded simply as general. Among the more specifically described awards, grants support universities and colleges, including scholarships, faculty retention and academic programmes, as well as hospitals and medical research. The recipient list also includes social-service and community organisations, food and housing charities, youth and family services, arts and cultural bodies, animal-welfare organisations and disaster-relief charities. Taken together, the filings show a varied pattern of grants to educational and health institutions and a range of community organisations; they do not state a formal set of funding priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 97% 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 242 grants to organisations were $10,000 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: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 44% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 97% of grant dollars went to organisations EM Lynn Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 83 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $11,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Stetson University · Residence Hall$3,000,0002024 tax year
- The Buoniconti Fund · General$625,0002024 tax year
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · General$360,0002024 tax year
- YMCA of South Palm Beach County · General$275,0002024 tax year
- Lynn University · Lynn Endowed Scholarships$250,0002024 tax year
- American Heart Association · General$221,1542024 tax year
- FAU Foundation · Faculty Retention Fund$200,0002024 tax year
- Stem Cell Cancer & Regenerative Medicine · General$150,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Christine E Lynn — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,919,466 | $5,307,250 | $102,878,497 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,793,501 | $5,993,700 | $128,412,986 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,453,413 | $6,604,904 | $150,298,558 | 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.
Sources
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- Boca Raton, FL
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Boca Raton, FL