The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch
Appleton, WI · EIN 39-6624684. Reported 242 grants totalling $1,913,150 to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch 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 $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $12,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity | Menasha, WI | $115,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pillars | Appleton, WI | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Institute | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cots | Appleton, WI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Apricity | Neenah, WI | $78,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Child Advocacy Center | Neenah, WI | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Fox Valley Region - Point Initiative | Appleton, WI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Empowered Tutoring (life Tools Foundation) | Appleton, WI | $72,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Riverview Gardens | Appleton, WI | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tri-County Dental | Appleton, WI | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together | Appleton, WI | $59,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club Fv | Menasha, WI | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborworks Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fox Valley Literacy Council | Appleton, WI | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youthgo | Neenah, WI | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA | Appleton, WI | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Clothes Closet | Menasha, WI | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan | Menasha, WI | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin | Neenah, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Food Program | Menasha, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsibs | Appleton, WI | $27,350 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Basic Needs Giving Partnership | Green Bay, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Appleton, WI | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| How - Housing Opportunities for Women | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life Tools Foundation | Combined Locks, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Xavier High School | Appleton, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Clinic | Menasha, WI | $18,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Francis Xavier Schools | Appleton, WI | $15,250 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | St Paul, MN | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loaves & Fishes | Appleton, WI | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run | Neenah, WI | $13,833 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Benefit Tree | Kaukauna, WI | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Families | Appleton, WI | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Career Pathways | St Paul, MN | $12,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Relief Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alight | Minneapolis, MN | $11,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Forward Collective | Milwaukee, WI | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fox Valley Veterans Councilveterans Village | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Mental Health Connection | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soar Fox Cities | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Share Our Spare | Chicago, IL | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Gianna Clinic | De Pere, WI | $8,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Assurance Women's Center | Appleton, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Clothes Closet & St Joseph Food Program | Menasha, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom Food Pantry | Freedom, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center | Saukville, WI | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Next Gen Initative of Als | Greenville, WI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wings Program | Palatine, IL | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harbor House | Appleton, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thompson Center on Lourdes | Appleton, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise of Ozaukee County | Port Washnigton, WI | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Early Learning Center | Appleton, WI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jake's Network of Hope | Neenah, WI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Als | Huntingtown, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee | Cambridge, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Babes | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dyslexia Reading Connection | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach-a-Child | Madison, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samaritan Counseling | Menasha, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Illinois College of Applied Sciences | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Soar Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Umoja | Appleton, WI | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Courage & Renewal | Greenville, NC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ozaukee Family Services | Cedarburg, WI | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ozaukee Food Alliance | Saukville, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spiritus | Menasha, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Als Association Wi Chapter | Wauwatosa, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Esther | Neenah, WI | $3,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's First Fundthe Compassion Fund | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Esther Fox Valley | Neenah, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Outreach | Appleton, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Drawdown | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Debra Gelfand Children's Foundation | Glenview, IL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church Hope & Help Together Program | Appleton, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Working Bikes | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Courage & Renewal | Greenville, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Debra Gelfand Foundation | Glenview, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equal Rights Institute | Concord, NC | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Schientists | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Right to Life Veritas Society | Butler, WI | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Grieving Children Boys & Girls Clubs Fox Valley | Menasha, WI | $2,084 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Building for Kids | Appleton, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Projects Committee Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jason Gonzalez 4TH Dimension Sobriety | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maranatha Baptist University | Watertown, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mounds View Public Schools | Shoreview, MN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Appleton, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bridge Fund | Bonita Springs, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Skylight Foundation | Skokie, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ascension St Elizabeth Hospital Foundation | Appleton, WI | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Riveredge Nature Center | Newburg, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Burundi Education Fund Inc | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Street Angels Milwaukee Outreach | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vida Medical Clinic | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wi Big Cat Rescue | Rock Springs, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation | Brookfield, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
57 of 103 (55%) 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 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Community Foundation for Fox Valley Region - Point Initiative
POINT INITIATIVE/BASIC NEEDS - Apricity
THE BRIGHT FUND - SUPPORTING WOMEN/BABIES IN RECOVERY - Cots
YOUNG ADULT BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM - Riverview Gardens
SERVICE WORKS YOUTH PROGRAM - Life Tools Foundation
EXPAND SHOULDERS TO STAND ON PROGRAM - Neighborworks Green Bay
HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 135 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | $453,000 | $3,875 |
| 2022 | 61 | $504,650 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 60 | $465,500 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 61 | $490,000 | $5,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch has 7 of them, worth $187,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $80,000 |
| Xavier High School | Appleton, WI | $40,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $40,000 |
| Feeding America | Appleton, WI | $10,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Menasha, WI | $7,000 |
| Feeding America | Appleton, WI | $5,000 |
| Fox Valley Veterans Councilveterans Village | Appleton, WI | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. 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 $4,000. 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 Wisconsin.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1051, Appleton, WI, 54912. 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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