The Lennox Foundation favors mid-to-large unrestricted and capital grants to place-based community organizations, outdoor recreation groups, conservation organizations, and health/human-service providers, often funding facility upgrades, program scaling, or operational stability. Their portfolio tilts toward rural and small-city communities in the Mountain West and Northeast while also supporting national conservation and climate organizations and occasional international development projects. Grants are commonly issued repeatedly to the same organizations for multi-year or multi-project support, and awards span program support, capital campaigns, and special initiatives (e.g., equity, replication).
Lennox Foundation’s recent giving is marked by repeated support for place-based community institutions that need buildings, equipment, or operating stability. One of the clearest patterns is its willingness to back the same organizations across years and projects, such as Bridge in Lee, Massachusetts, which received $100,000 in 2024 for organizational stewardship and another $100,000 in 2025 for community and workforce development. The foundation also makes sizable grants to organizations serving people with serious health and housing needs, including $100,000 to Highland Hospital of Rochester for care of unhoused patients and $100,000 to Project Angel Heart for medically tailored meals for low-income Coloradans living with severe illness. Alongside human services, its portfolio includes outdoor recreation, conservation, and community-facility work. Recent awards have supported ski clubs, curling, skateparks, aquatics programs, and upgrades to camp and recreation facilities, as well as conservation organizations working on grasslands, climate, and environmental justice. The result is a grantmaker that mixes capital support, program support, and special initiatives across rural and small-city settings, with occasional international water-access projects in Bolivia and a small number of grants in Canada and Kenya.
Outdoor recreation is a visible theme in the portfolio. Lennox Foundation gave $100,000 to Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club for an air bag upgrade tied to a jump complex snowmaking project, and $100,000 to Missoula Curling Club for a dedicated ice initiative. It also backed the Montana Skatepark Association with $100,000 for a drop-in program. In health and direct service, the foundation awarded $100,000 to Project Angel Heart for home-delivered, medically tailored meals and $100,000 to Hospice of Southern Maine for HVAC and energy upgrades at the facility. Community infrastructure appears as well: Hole in the Wall Gang Fund received $100,000 for a new arched entrance sign and cabin heating upgrades. Environmental grantmaking includes $100,000 to The Nature Conservancy of Texas for grassland protection and $100,000 to Rocky Mountain Institute for research on the environmental justice impact of oil and gas flares.
Typical awards cluster around the middle of the foundation’s range, with p25 at $2,500, a median grant of $7,500, and p75 at $18,790. The recent list also shows many $100,000 grants, indicating that larger awards are used for selected capital, program, and special-initiative projects. Lennox Foundation is a regular funder, and recipients often appear in multiple years, including Bridge, Mano a Mano International Partners, Montana Skatepark Association, Steamboat Health & Recreation Association, Nature Conservancy, and Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley. It funds individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$4.2M
$42.9M
$6.5M
$4.7M
Most grants fall between $3K and $19K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$19K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Lennox Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 451 | $9.9M | 97.4% |
| 2 | Norway | 7 |
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Concentrated, mid-to-large grants with repeated multi-year funding to a set of core grantees and regionally focused organizations; a mix of capital/project-specific awards and general operating/replication support rather than many one-off small grants.
Notable grantees: Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley, Steamboat Health & Recreation Association / Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, The Nature Conservancy / The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Preble Street
Grantmaking is national, with the highest concentration in Connecticut. Recent recipients also cluster in Massachusetts, Maine, Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Idaho, New York, Texas, and California. Outside the United States, the recent list includes Nicaragua? no recipient appears there; the non-U.S. grants are in Kenya, Norway, and Canada. Named locations in the grants list include New Haven, Rochester, San Jose, Hailey, Missoula, Portland, Nairobi, Steamboat Springs, Lee, San Antonio, Scarborough, Easthampton, Saint Paul, Bozeman, Sheffield, and Denver.
The recent grants show support for outdoor recreation groups, conservation organizations, health and human-service providers, community foundations, and place-based nonprofits needing facility or program support. Examples include ski and skating groups, hospitals, hospice, Planned Parenthood education and services, and community organizations working on equity and workforce development.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $7,500 at the median, and $18,790 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also includes many $100,000 awards and one $200,000 grant.
Yes. Several organizations appear more than once in the recent grants list, including Bridge in Lee, Massachusetts; Mano a Mano International Partners in Saint Paul; Montana Skatepark Association in Missoula; Steamboat Health & Recreation Association in Steamboat Springs; Nature Conservancy; and Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley.
Its top state by grant count is Connecticut. The recent grants also show a broad national spread, with recipients in Massachusetts, Maine, Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Idaho, New York, Texas, California, and several non-U.S. locations.
Yes. The recent grants include $100,000 to Basecamp Foundation Kenya in Nairobi for the Bamboo-4-Kenya project, $100,000 to Mano a Mano International Partners for deep water wells in partnership with Bolivian communities, and smaller grants in Norway and Canada within the recipient-country distribution.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| $626K |
1.5% |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | $300K | 0.7% |
| 4 | Canada | 2 | $100K | 0.4% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | TNC Staff Enrichment Week |
| THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC | SHEFFIELD, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | Leading with Equity |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WINTER SPORTS CLUB INC | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | Liman Mountain Center (LMC) Improvements and Equipment fund |
| NAOMIS VILLAGE INC | MCKINNEY, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | Construction/Furnishing fund of Cornerstone Preparatory Academy Facilities Warehouse |
| MANO A MANO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS | SAINT PAUL, MN | $100,000 | 2025 | Drilling Deep Wells to Improve Health in Rural Bolivia by Reducing Water-borne Disease and Increasing Food Security |
| WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST COMPANY | HAILEY, ID | $100,000 | 2025 | Expanding our Office to Expand our Impact |
| BRIDGE | LEE, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | IDEA Institute & Solidarity Projects- Community and Workforce Development |
| BRIDGER SKI FOUNDATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $100,000 | 2025 | Preserving & Enhancing Sunset Hills: The Heartbeat of our Ski Community |
| MISSOULA CURLING CLUB | MISSOULA, MT | $100,000 | 2025 | MCC Dedicated Ice Initiative |
| MONTANA SKATEPARK ASSOCIATION | MISSOULA, MT | $100,000 | 2025 | Drop-in Program |
| FRIENDS OF WILLOW CREEK OF SAUSALITO | SAUSALITO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | Willow Creek Daylighting Project Monitoring, Outreach and Support |
| UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | ORONO, ME | $100,000 | 2025 | UMF Sweatt-Winter Nature Based Early Childhood Expanded Playground Project |
| ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY | HAILEY, ID | $100,000 | 2025 | Equipment and Medical Supplies fund for the Mountain Humane Medical Clinic |
| HIGHLAND HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER | ROCHESTER, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | Providing the highest standard of care and compassion of our unhoused patient population |
| DIFFVELOPMENT | MONTCLAIR, NJ | $100,000 | 2025 | Operations fund for Optimal Growth |
| THE TREEHOUSE FOUNDATION INC | EASTHAMPTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | Treehouse Video Library |
| THE ARC OF THE FARMINGTON VALLEY INC | CANTON, CT | $100,000 | 2025 | Favarh Recreation Program Expansion |
| CAMP CHIPPEWA FOUNDATION | MAPLE GROVE, MN | $100,000 | 2025 | KP II (Kohler Palace 2) |
| HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC | NEW HAVEN, CT | $100,000 | 2025 | The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp's New Arched Entrance Sign and Heating Upgrades to Cabins fund |
| PREBLE STREET | PORTLAND, ME | $100,000 | 2025 | Preble Street Housing Fund |
| PROJECT ANGEL HEART | DENVER, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | Home-delivered, medically tailored meals to low-income Coloradans living with severe illness |
| STEAMBOAT HEALTH & RECREATION ASSOCIATION | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | OTHS Capital Campaign "It's in the Water" - Pool Reconstruction Project |
| HUMAN RIGHTS ACADEMY | OSLO | $89,000 | 2025 | Expenditure Responsibility Grant |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE | BOULDER, CO | $79,308 | 2025 | Climate Change Mitigation: Capacity Building in Developing Regions |
| FOUNDATION FOR ICHTHYOSIS AND RELATED SKIN TYPES | LANSDALE, PA | $75,950 | 2025 | Expanding the Impact of FIRST's Research Program and Engaging the FIRST Community in Advancing Research |
| PORTLAND WHEELERS | PORTLAND, ME | $75,000 | 2025 | Expanding Our Reach |
| COALITION OF OREGON LAND TRUSTS | PORTLAND, OR | $50,000 | 2025 | The Future of Oregon's Land and People fund |
| BERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER | GREAT BARRINGTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | Increasing Access & Equity |
| STUDENT ENGERY | VANCOUVER, BR | $50,000 | 2025 | Expenditure Responsibility Grant |
| PORTLAND COMMUNITY SQUASH | PORTLAND, ME | $50,000 | 2025 | The Community Commons Campaign |
| CHILDRENS CANCER ASSOCIATION | PORTLAND, OR | $50,000 | 2025 | Providing the healing power of music with JoyRx Music program for seriously ill youth in the Portland, OR/SW Washington areas |
| GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC | S WOODSTOCK, VT | $50,000 | 2025 | Youth Center Lighting and Grounds Equipment Project |
| FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | FAYETTEVILLE, AR | $50,000 | 2025 | Fayetteville Public Library's Books and Bites Program |
| YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENT | WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | Find My Genius Afterschool STEAM Activities and Simi Valley Family YMCA Community Hub Development |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY PCA | FAIRPORT, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | The Kindness for All Kind Campaign - East Campus Septic Fields |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN MAINE | PORTLAND, ME | $50,000 | 2025 | BGCSM Swim Well Aquatics |
| PORTLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION | PORTLAND, ME | $50,000 | 2025 | Extended Learning Opportunities for Portland Students |
| I LIVE TO WPD | N LITTLE ROCK, AR | $30,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | $22,500 | 2025 | Dane Christian Phelps Memorial Scholarship Endowment fund |
| PEGASUS EARLY MUSIC | ROCHESTER, NY | $21,250 | 2025 | Pegasus Early Music celebrates its 20th Season with performances of the Monteverdi Vespers |
| BVM BLUE MANTLE PRODUCTIONS COMPANY | GEORGETOWN, KY | $15,000 | 2025 | Eucharistic Miracles Movie fund |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | BALTIMORE, MD | $15,000 | 2025 | Johns Hopkins University Otlaryngology Dept |
| CATHOLIC GRANDPARENTS ASSOCIATION INC | BOCA RATON, FL | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ST GABRIEL | CHAROLOTTE, NC | $15,000 | 2025 | Cradle Preschool Playground Renovation fund |
| CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| PREBLE STREET | PORTLAND, ME | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | Dane Christian Phelps Memorial Scholarship Endowment fund |
| ARKANSAS ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION | BOSTON, MA | $15,000 | 2025 | Clinical Operations in Genetics led by Dr. Marsden |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION | BOSTON, MA | $15,000 | 2025 | Clinical Operations in Genetics led by Dr. Marsden |
NATURE CONSERVANCY
$200,000TNC Staff Enrichment Week
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WINTER SPORTS CLUB INC
$100,000Liman Mountain Center (LMC) Improvements and Equipment fund
Construction/Furnishing fund of Cornerstone Preparatory Academy Facilities Warehouse
Drilling Deep Wells to Improve Health in Rural Bolivia by Reducing Water-borne Disease and Increasing Food Security
BRIDGE
$100,000IDEA Institute & Solidarity Projects- Community and Workforce Development
Preserving & Enhancing Sunset Hills: The Heartbeat of our Ski Community
MISSOULA CURLING CLUB
$100,000MCC Dedicated Ice Initiative
MONTANA SKATEPARK ASSOCIATION
$100,000Drop-in Program
FRIENDS OF WILLOW CREEK OF SAUSALITO
$100,000Willow Creek Daylighting Project Monitoring, Outreach and Support
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
$100,000UMF Sweatt-Winter Nature Based Early Childhood Expanded Playground Project
Equipment and Medical Supplies fund for the Mountain Humane Medical Clinic
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER
$100,000Providing the highest standard of care and compassion of our unhoused patient population
DIFFVELOPMENT
$100,000Operations fund for Optimal Growth
THE ARC OF THE FARMINGTON VALLEY INC
$100,000Favarh Recreation Program Expansion
CAMP CHIPPEWA FOUNDATION
$100,000KP II (Kohler Palace 2)
HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC
$100,000The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp's New Arched Entrance Sign and Heating Upgrades to Cabins fund
Home-delivered, medically tailored meals to low-income Coloradans living with severe illness
STEAMBOAT HEALTH & RECREATION ASSOCIATION
$100,000OTHS Capital Campaign "It's in the Water" - Pool Reconstruction Project
HUMAN RIGHTS ACADEMY
$89,000Expenditure Responsibility Grant
Climate Change Mitigation: Capacity Building in Developing Regions
FOUNDATION FOR ICHTHYOSIS AND RELATED SKIN TYPES
$75,950Expanding the Impact of FIRST's Research Program and Engaging the FIRST Community in Advancing Research
PORTLAND WHEELERS
$75,000Expanding Our Reach
BERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER
$50,000Increasing Access & Equity
STUDENT ENGERY
$50,000Expenditure Responsibility Grant
Providing the healing power of music with JoyRx Music program for seriously ill youth in the Portland, OR/SW Washington areas
GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC
$50,000Youth Center Lighting and Grounds Equipment Project
Fayetteville Public Library's Books and Bites Program
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENT
$50,000Find My Genius Afterschool STEAM Activities and Simi Valley Family YMCA Community Hub Development
The Kindness for All Kind Campaign - East Campus Septic Fields
PORTLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
$50,000Extended Learning Opportunities for Portland Students
I LIVE TO WPD
$30,000General & Unrestricted
Dane Christian Phelps Memorial Scholarship Endowment fund
PEGASUS EARLY MUSIC
$21,250Pegasus Early Music celebrates its 20th Season with performances of the Monteverdi Vespers
BVM BLUE MANTLE PRODUCTIONS COMPANY
$15,000Eucharistic Miracles Movie fund
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$15,000Johns Hopkins University Otlaryngology Dept
CATHOLIC GRANDPARENTS ASSOCIATION INC
$15,000General & Unrestricted
ST GABRIEL
$15,000Cradle Preschool Playground Renovation fund
Dane Christian Phelps Memorial Scholarship Endowment fund
ARKANSAS ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK
$15,000General & Unrestricted
Clinical Operations in Genetics led by Dr. Marsden
Clinical Operations in Genetics led by Dr. Marsden