About Lynford Family Charitable Trust
The Lynford Family Charitable Trust is a small, NYC-based funder that concentrates its philanthropy on autism-related service providers and local cultural institutions. Roughly two-thirds of its dollars go to autism organizations (including repeat, sizable gifts), while the remainder supports museums and historical organizations in New York. Grants are few but sizable relative to the pool, suggesting targeted, relationship-driven giving rather than broad, diffuse support.
Focus Areas
Autism service providers and centers (clinical, residential, and programmatic support)Autism-focused foundations that fund care, training, and program developmentAfrican and African Diaspora art museum support in New York CityNew York–based history and cultural institutions
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations / charitable doneescharitable programs (unspecified)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, relationship-driven giving: a small number of moderate-to-large grants with repeat support to autism organizations and selective one-off gifts to cultural institutions in NYC.
About Lynford Family Charitable Trust
A large share of Lynford Family Charitable Trust’s recent giving has gone to autism service organizations, with repeated support for Anderson Foundation for Autism Inc and Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, New York. That pattern points to a funder that favors sustained relationships with a small set of nonprofits rather than a broad roster of one-time awards. The trust also backs New York cultural institutions, including the Cultural Museum of African Art and the New York Historical Society, alongside selected research and educational institutions through its broader grantmaking programs. Recent awards range from larger operating-style grants in the autism space to smaller gifts for museums, historical groups, and other public-interest organizations. The trust’s active grantmaking programs also include named fellowship support at Princeton University and Weill Cornell Medical School, showing that its philanthropy extends beyond standard nonprofit grants into higher-education and medical training support. Across the recent grants list, recipients are concentrated in New York, with additional gifts to organizations in Washington, DC, California, and other U.S. locations.
What Lynford Family Charitable Trust Funds
Autism-related services are the clearest theme in Lynford Family Charitable Trust’s recent awards. The trust gave $25,000 in 2024 and $20,500 in 2025 to Anderson Foundation for Autism Inc, and it also supported Anderson Center for Autism with $11,635 in 2023, $5,500 in 2024, and $2,500 in 2025. Beyond that core area, the trust funded culture and history in New York City and nearby: it gave $7,500 to the Cultural Museum of African Art in Brooklyn and $7,500 to the New York Historical Society in New York. Smaller gifts also reached public-interest and research groups, including $3,500 to Myriad USA and $2,000 to Public Wise Research & Education Fund. The mix suggests support for both direct service and institutional continuity.
How Lynford Family Charitable Trust Gives
Typical grants cluster at a modest scale: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $2,500, and the 75th percentile is $5,500. The trust’s pattern is relationship-based, with several recipients appearing in multiple years rather than as one-off awards. Examples across the recent record include Anderson Foundation for Autism Inc, Anderson Center for Autism, Bhutan Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation United States, and Barry & Martin America Inc. The trust is a charitable trust, not an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. It also does not accept unsolicited applications in its active named programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$111K
Total Assets
$357K
Total Revenue
$61K
Total Expenses
$63K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $6K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$6K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
About 80% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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