The Mary Lynn Richardson Fund
Greensboro, NC · EIN 06-6025946. Reported 146 grants totalling $1,310,491 to 61 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 Mary Lynn Richardson Fund 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Samaritain Mission Haiti | St Cloud, FL | $101,892 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Greensboro, NC | $76,486 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearts of the Father Outreach Inc | Sheffield, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Interactive Resource Center Inc | Greensboro, NC | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greensboro Urban Ministry | Greensboro, NC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearts and Hands for Haiti | Raleigh, NC | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical Teams International | Portland, OR | $41,892 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Room Foster Care Resource Center | Greensboro, NC | $41,614 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Justice Defenders | Claymont, DE | $40,131 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| White Memorial Presbyterian Church | Raleigh, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Homes Inc | Colfax, NC | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Housing Solutions of Guilford | Greensboro, NC | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Service of the Piedmont Inc | Jamestown, NC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unicef USA | Atlanta, GA | $29,776 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barnabas Network | Greensboro, NC | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anne K Taylor Fund | Billings, MT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anne K Taylor Fund | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holt International Children's Services Inc | Eugene, OR | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freedom House | Greensboro, NC | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guilford Education Alliance | Greensboro, NC | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women's Resource Center of Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Aid | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom Firm USA | Hopkins, MN | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greensboro Farmers Market | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped Dental Lifeline Ntwk | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seed Programs Inc | Asheville, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| WHEELS4HOPE | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reading Connections | Greensboro, NC | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People to People Liasion | Greensboro, NC | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bennett College | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends Homes | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Operation Smile Inc | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ready for School Ready for Life | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army - World Service Office | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Autism Society of Nc Inc | Raleigh, NC | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Backpack Beginnings | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bennet College | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church World Service Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kellin Foundation | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Del Rey Missions - El Rancho Del Rey | Olathe, KS | $9,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Pathways to Success | Greensboro, NC | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Truthxvision | Portland, OR | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Simple Gesture | Greensboro, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Arts Council of Greater Greensbor | Greensboro, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls of North Carolina Inc | Lake Waccamaw, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church World Service | Greensboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feed Your Faith Inc | Greensboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guilford Adult Health Inc | Greensboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moving Windmills Project Inc | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peacehaven Farm | Whitsett, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save Conservancy Fund Inc | Enfield, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seed Programs International | Asheville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shift Education | Greensboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greensboro Inc | Greensboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greensboro Historical Museum | Greensboro, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Out of Garden Project | Greensboro, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Resources of Guilford | Greensboro, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maggie and Erma's House Inc | Greensboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Society to Prevent Blindness | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shade | Great Falls, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
37 of 61 (61%) 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 69%, 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.
- Doctors Without Borders USA Inc
TO ASSIST ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 94 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $313,828 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $358,745 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $320,776 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $317,142 | $10,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 63% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. 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 $7,500. 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 North Carolina.
- 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 The Mary Lynn Richardson Fund'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 20124, Greensboro, NC, 27420. 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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