Dorcas Chaffee Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Lyme and surrounding area
Purpose
Provides emergency financial assistance to:
- Lyme residents
- Former Lyme residents who have maintained significant contacts with the community
Administration
The Pearl Dimick Committee advises the Lyme Foundation with management of this fund.
Committee Chair: Tara McGovern
Contact
Contact committee chair Tara McGovern with inquiries regarding the Dorcas Chaffee Fund.
What The Lyme Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 4
- Total given
- $141K
- Median grant
- $34K
- Range
- $12K–$60K
- By dollars: New Hampshire 92%, Vermont 8%. Top recipient cities: Lyme, NH; Norwich, VT.
Example grants
Town of Lyme · Lyme, NH
Community benefit
$60K
Lyme Congregational Church · Lyme, NH
Community benefit
$36K
The Lyme School · Lyme, NH
Community benefit
$33K
Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT
Community benefit
$12K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Hardship
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