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12 funders with a record of paying for “lyme”
Where the money went Bay Area Lyme Major Gift Fund → Bay Area Lyme Foundation: $2.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Focus On Lyme: $167K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: $165K across 2 grants, latest 2022 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Lyme Foundation: $111K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Lyme Foundation Inc → Town of Lyme: $85K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation → Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kitchings Family Foundation → Old Lyme Land Trust Inc: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Marie Louise Escher Family → Old Lyme Vna: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Town of East Lyme Parks and Recreation: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation → First Congregational Church of Old Lyme: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Chelsea Groton Foundation → Care & Share of East Lyme Inc: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → East Lyme Giving Garden: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Bay Area Lyme Major Gift Fund → Lyme Disease Biobank Foundation: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Focus On Lyme: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Kitchings Family Foundation → First Congregational Church of Old Lyme: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Lyme Foundation Inc → Lyme Congregational Church: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Lyme Art Association: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2022 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Town of Lyme Nh: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation → Lyme Old Lyme Safe Graduation: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Care and Share of East Lyme: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Care and Share of East Lyme Inc: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Marie Louise Escher Family → Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Chelsea Groton Foundation → East Lyme Giving Garden: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation → Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Asu: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Kitchings Family Foundation → Lyme Art Assoc Inc: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Lyme Foundation Inc → The Lyme School: $43K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Old Lyme Historical Society Inc: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2022 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Community Care of Lyme: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation → Lyme Art Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → East Lyme Parks and Recreation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Old Lyme Land Trust Inc: $10K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Marie Louise Escher Family → Old Lyme Historical Society: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Chelsea Groton Foundation → Garde Arts Center Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation → Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Focus On Lyme: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Lymediseaseorg: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Kitchings Family Foundation → The Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Association: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Kitchings Family Foundation → Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Lymelight Foundation: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Lymelight Foundation: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kitchings Family Foundation → Old Lyme Fire Department Inc: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Kitchings Family Foundation → Lymes Youth Service Bureau: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Kitchings Family Foundation → Old Lyme South End Volunteer Ambulance Assn: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Kitchings Family Foundation → East Lyme Scholarship Association Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Lyme Foundation Inc → Lyme Fiber: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Bill & Marian Cook Foundation → Creative Vision Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Lyme Public Hall & Local History Ar: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → East Lyme Historical Society: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Kitchings Family Foundation → Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Kitchings Family Foundation → Friends of Music-Lyme-Old Lyme: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → East Lyme Public Library: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Lymes Youth Service Bureau Inc: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Assn: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → East Lyme High School Senior Class Party: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Lyme Old Lyme Boosters Club Inc: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → East Lyme Youth Football and Cheerleading Inc: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → East Lyme Giving Garden: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → East Lyme Rowing Association Inc: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Lyme Historians: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Marie Louise Escher Family → Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Libra: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden Inc: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → East Lyme High School: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → East Lyme Puppetry Project Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bay Area Lyme Major Gift Fund: $4.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Bay Area Lyme Major Gift Fund $4.8M Bill & Marian Cook Foundation: $643K on this topic. Open the funder. Bill & Marian Cook Foundation $643K Kitchings Family Foundation: $360K on this topic. Open the funder. Kitchings Family Foundation $360K Connecticut Humanities Council Inc: $254K on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut Humanities Counci… $254K The Lyme Foundation Inc: $188K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lyme Foundation Inc $188K New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $144K on this topic. Open the funder. New Hampshire Charitable Foun… $144K The Pfizer Foundation Inc: $84K on this topic. Open the funder. The Pfizer Foundation Inc $84K The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation: $78K on this topic. Open the funder. The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundat… $78K Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. Dominion Energy Charitable Fo… $55K Marie Louise Escher Family: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. Marie Louise Escher Family $51K The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. The Herb Chambers Charitable… $41K Chelsea Groton Foundation: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Chelsea Groton Foundation $26K Bay Area Lyme Foundation: received $2.7M on this topic Bay Area Lyme Foundation $2.7M Lyme Disease Biobank Foundation: received $2.1M on this topic Lyme Disease Biobank Foundation $2.1M Focus On Lyme: received $167K on this topic Focus On Lyme $167K Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: received $165K on this topic Lyme Academy of Fine Arts $165K Focus On Lyme: received $135K on this topic Focus On Lyme $135K Lyme Foundation: received $111K on this topic Lyme Foundation $111K Asu: received $110K on this topic Asu $110K Focus On Lyme: received $105K on this topic Focus On Lyme $105K Town of Lyme: received $85K on this topic Town of Lyme $85K Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc: received $75K on this topic Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc $75K First Congregational Church of Old Lyme: received $70K on this topic First Congregational Church of… $70K Old Lyme Land Trust Inc: received $65K on this topic Old Lyme Land Trust Inc $65K Lyme Art Assoc Inc: received $50K on this topic Lyme Art Assoc Inc $50K Lyme Art Association: received $46K on this topic Lyme Art Association $46K Lyme Congregational Church: received $46K on this topic Lyme Congregational Church $46K The Lyme School: received $43K on this topic The Lyme School $43K Lymediseaseorg: received $42K on this topic Lymediseaseorg $42K The Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Association: received $40K on this topic The Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Ass… $40K Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: received $40K on this topic Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes L… $40K Lymelight Foundation: received $35K on this topic Lymelight Foundation $35K Lymelight Foundation: received $35K on this topic Lymelight Foundation $35K Old Lyme Fire Department Inc: received $35K on this topic Old Lyme Fire Department Inc $35K Old Lyme Vna: received $30K on this topic Old Lyme Vna $30K Lymes Youth Service Bureau: received $30K on this topic Lymes Youth Service Bureau $30K East Lyme Giving Garden: received $25K on this topic East Lyme Giving Garden $25K Town of East Lyme Parks and Recreation: received $22K on this topic Town of East Lyme Parks and Rec… $22K Old Lyme South End Volunteer Ambulance Assn: received $20K on this topic Old Lyme South End Volunteer Am… $20K East Lyme Scholarship Association Inc: received $20K on this topic East Lyme Scholarship Associati… $20K Care & Share of East Lyme Inc: received $18K on this topic Care & Share of East Lyme Inc $18K Town of Lyme Nh: received $15K on this topic Town of Lyme Nh $15K Lyme Fiber: received $15K on this topic Lyme Fiber $15K Creative Vision Foundation: received $15K on this topic Creative Vision Foundation $15K Old Lyme Historical Society Inc: received $13K on this topic Old Lyme Historical Society Inc $13K Community Care of Lyme: received $12K on this topic Community Care of Lyme $12K Lyme Public Hall & Local History Ar: received $12K on this topic Lyme Public Hall & Local Histor… $12K East Lyme Historical Society: received $12K on this topic East Lyme Historical Society $12K Lyme Old Lyme Safe Graduation: received $11K on this topic Lyme Old Lyme Safe Graduation $11K Care and Share of East Lyme: received $11K on this topic Care and Share of East Lyme $11K Care and Share of East Lyme Inc: received $10K on this topic Care and Share of East Lyme Inc $10K East Lyme Parks and Recreation: received $10K on this topic East Lyme Parks and Recreation $10K Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Inc: received $10K on this topic Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Inc $10K Friends of Music-Lyme-Old Lyme: received $10K on this topic Friends of Music-Lyme-Old Lyme $10K East Lyme Public Library: received $10K on this topic East Lyme Public Library $10K Lymes Youth Service Bureau Inc: received $9K on this topic Lymes Youth Service Bureau Inc $9K Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Assn: received $9K on this topic Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes L… $9K East Lyme High School Senior Class Party: received $8K on this topic East Lyme High School Senior Cl… $8K Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: received $8K on this topic Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Libra… $8K Lyme Old Lyme Boosters Club Inc: received $8K on this topic Lyme Old Lyme Boosters Club Inc $8K East Lyme Youth Football and Cheerleading Inc: received $7K on this topic East Lyme Youth Football and Ch… $7K East Lyme Rowing Association Inc: received $7K on this topic East Lyme Rowing Association Inc $7K Old Lyme Historical Society: received $7K on this topic Old Lyme Historical Society $7K Lyme Historians: received $6K on this topic Lyme Historians $6K Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Libra: received $6K on this topic Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes L… $6K Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden Inc: received $5K on this topic Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden… $5K East Lyme High School: received $5K on this topic East Lyme High School $5K East Lyme Puppetry Project Inc: received $5K on this topic East Lyme Puppetry Project Inc $5K Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library: received $2K on this topic Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes L… $2K Garde Arts Center Inc: received $2K on this topic Garde Arts Center Inc $2K Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Inc: received $1K on this topic Lyme Academy College of Fine Ar… $1K 12 funders, 59 recipients, grants matching “lyme” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $3,000 to LYME OLD LYME FOOD SHARE GARDEN INC — volunteer program
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Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF MUSIC-LYME-OLD LYME — general operating
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Largest: $166,661 to Focus on Lyme — research for lyme testing
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Largest: $10,000 to EAST LYME PARKS AND RECREATION — celebrate east lyme: fireworks sponsorship
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Largest: $10,000 to OLD LYME VNA — annual fund raiser
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Largest: $114,400 to LYME ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS — ct cultural fund ope
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Largest: $1.3M to BAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION — general operating support
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Largest: $2,500 to EAST LYME GIVING GARDEN — east lyme giving garden 2025 growing season
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Largest: $10,000 to LYME OLD LYME SAFE GRADUATION — general operations
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Largest: $60,456 to TOWN OF LYME — community benefit
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Largest: $41,300 to Lyme Foundation — for general support, desi dist, pearl dimick fund
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Largest: $50,000 to LYME LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC — environmental purposes
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