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The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin)

Accepts applications Greenwich, Connecticut · EIN 137222579

The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin) is a private foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $106,975 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $6,238 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $102,000 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$106,40016$2.1 million
2024$102,00012$2.2 million
2025$106,97510$2.2 million

How to apply

ContactLynn Zimmer
100 Worth Ave Apt No 703, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Phone or email(203) 532-0044
What to submitLetter with a description of the use of grant funds

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin) funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut6$38,975
New York1$25,000
Florida1$20,000
Pennsylvania1$20,000
Massachusetts1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
White Plains Hospital Foundation
White Plains, NY
To promote and advance the welfare of white plains hospital$25,000
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Educates students for critical thinking and leadership, fostering a residential environment, and to serve the common good and promote justice$20,000
Green's Farms Church
Westport, CT
To support the poor, dispossessed and those in need of love in our community and in the wider world.$20,000
Miami City Ballet
Miami Beach, FL
To produce and present high-level dance performances, train the next generation of professional dancers through its school, and make dance accessible to the community through its outreach programs$20,000
Horizons at Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
Support education$7,009
Homes With Hope
Westport, CT
Preventing and ending homelessness for individuals and families$5,466
Adam J Lewis Foundation
Bridgeport, CT
Provides high-quality elementary education to underserved children$5,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Support education$3,000
The Rowan Center
Stamford, CT
To prevent sexual violence and other trauma, respond to crisis when harm occurs, and support adult and youth survivors on their path to healing.$1,000
Ted Thomas Dance Foundation
New Canaan, CT
To spread the art of dance across the country and around the world$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin) accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin) give?

$106,975 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $6,238.

Who runs The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin)?

Its 2025 filing lists Lynn Zimmer (Trustee).

What does The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family Foundation (For Joan Dalsheim Nevin) fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and human services.

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