Who We Are

The Hamlin Family Foundation, Inc. was established in 2007 by Lynn B. Hamlin and Clay W. Hamlin III, with a Board of Directors comprised of them and their children. The Foundation provides financial aid to tax-exempt causes both large and small, whose goals are to provide services to make the world a better place.

The Hamlin Family Foundation considers grant requests from organizations whose goals and operations deemed important, meaningful and worthy.  Please note that grants are not made to individuals or political organizations, but only to qualifying 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.

In addition to making passive grants, the Foundation supports specific program initiatives that assume an active leadership role.  In these cases, the Hamlin Family Foundation provides guidance to actively initiate and develop customized programs that meet the needs of the organization and help it more fully to accomplish its mission.

The Hamlin Family Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation organized, duly formed and registered on November 23, 2007 as a, “private foundation” under Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code. It is a qualified charitable organization which is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation is operated by members of the Hamlin Family exclusively to benefit educational, scientific, literary, religious, or other charitable causes that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.