Funding search · EIN 201985235 · Newport, RI

Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable Foundation

Name: Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

69
grants reported: $97,750
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education andleadership sailingwithdisabilities well andeducation andmanagement andwelfare animal

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

6 grants matching “andleadership” · $10,000

$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2024
Education andleadership
$1,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Education andleadership
$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2023
Education andleadership
$1,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Education andleadership
$5,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Education andleadership
$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2022
Education andleadership

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

National Sailing Hall of Fame3 grants · $25,000
Sailing Foundation of New York1 grant · $12,500
Better Bay Alliance3 grants · $7,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence3 grants · $7,000
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades2 grants · $6,000
Sail Newport3 grants · $5,000
Aquidneck Land Trust3 grants · $4,000
Farm Fresh Ri3 grants · $3,000
Aquidneck Community Table3 grants · $3,000
Martin Luther King Center3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$31,250

2022

$38,750

2023

$27,750

2024

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$12,500
Sailing Foundation of New York · Rye, NY · 2023
Education
$10,000
National Sailing Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2023
Education
$10,000
National Sailing Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2022
Education
$5,000
National Sailing Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$5,000
Better Bay Alliance · Newport, RI · 2022
Education
$5,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Education andleadership
$3,500
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$3,000
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2024
Conservation andmanagement
$2,500
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades · Newport, RI · 2023
Education
$2,000
Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$2,000
Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2023
Education
$1,000
Aquidneck Community Table · Middletown, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Better Bay Alliance · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Education andleadership
$1,000
Conanicut Island Sailing Foundation · Jamestown, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Farm Fresh Ri · Providence, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Martin Luther King Center · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2024
Education andleadership
$1,000
Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$1,000
Aquidneck Community Table · Middletown, RI · 2023
Education
$1,000
Better Bay Alliance · Newport, RI · 2023
Education
$1,000
Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Education andleadership
$1,000
Farm Fresh Ri · Providence, RI · 2023
Education
$1,000
Martin Luther King Center · Newport, RI · 2023
Education
$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2023
Education andleadership
$1,000
Aquidneck Community Table · Middletown, RI · 2022
Education
$1,000
Farm Fresh Ri · Providence, RI · 2022
Education
$1,000
Martin Luther King Center · Newport, RI · 2022
Education
$1,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2022
Education andleadership
$1,000
Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2022
Education
$500
Clagett Clinic & Regatta · Portsmouth, RI · 2024
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2024
Well-beingeducation
$500
College of Charleston Sailing · Charleston, SC · 2024
Education
$500
Herreshoff Marine Museum · Bristol, RI · 2024
History andeducation
$500
Newport Historical Society · Newport, RI · 2024
To support historicpreservation
$500
Newport String Project · Newport, RI · 2024
Education
$500
Potter League for Animals · Newport, RI · 2024
Animal protectionand welfare
$500
Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2024
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2024
Education
$500
Seaman'S Church Institute · Newport, RI · 2024
Well-being ofseafarers
$500
St Clare · Newport, RI · 2024
Health andwelfare
$500
The Preservation Society of Newport · Newport, RI · 2024
To supportarchitecturalpreservation
$500
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2023
Conservation andmanagement
$500
Clagett Clinic & Regatta · Portsmouth, RI · 2023
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2023
Well-beingeducation
$500
College of Charleston Sailing · Charleston, SC · 2023
Education
$500
Herreshoff Marine Museum · Bristol, RI · 2023
History andeducation
$500
Newport Historical Society · Newport, RI · 2023
To support historicpreservation
$500
Potter League for Animals · Newport, RI · 2023
Animal protectionand welfare
$500
Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2023
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Seaman'S Church Institute · Newport, RI · 2023
Well-being ofseafarers
$500
St Clare · Newport, RI · 2023
Health andwelfare
$500
The Preservation Society of Newport · Newport, RI · 2023
To supportarchitecturalpreservation
$500
Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2022
Conservation andmanagement
$500
Clagett Clinic & Regatta · Portsmouth, RI · 2022
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2022
Well-beingeducation
$500
College of Charleston Sailing · Charleston, SC · 2022
Education
$500
Herreshoff Marine Museum · Bristol, RI · 2022
History andeducation
$500
Newport Historical Society · Newport, RI · 2022
To support historicpreservation
$500
Potter League for Animals · Newport, RI · 2022
Animal protectionand welfare
$500
Sail To Prevail · Newport, RI · 2022
Supports sailingwithdisabilities
$500
Seaman'S Church Institute · Newport, RI · 2022
Well-being ofseafarers
$500
St Clare · Newport, RI · 2022
Health andwelfare
$500
The Preservation Society of Newport · Newport, RI · 2022
To supportarchitecturalpreservation
$250
American Foundation for the Blind · New York, NY · 2024
To expandpossibilities forpeople with vision loss
$250
American Foundation for the Blind · New York, NY · 2023
To expandpossibilities forpeople with vision loss
$250
American Foundation for the Blind · New York, NY · 2022
To expandpossibilities forpeople with vision loss
$250
Canterbury School · New Milford, CT · 2022
Education
$250
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Education

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