Michigan · Private foundation
Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $603k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $49k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | $210,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan | $12,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dexter Area Museum Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The Encore Musical Theatre Company | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Center | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way of Washtenaw County · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation
- How much does Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation give?
- Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (83%), Health (11%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum ($210k), Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation ($15k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan ($12k).
- Does Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way of Washtenaw County.
- Where is Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation based?
- Bob and Jan Lyons Foundation is based in MI.
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