Massachusetts · Private foundation
Gallery 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Gallery Lyons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $135k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $12k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100 | 100% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $87k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $65k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $115k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac University | $191,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Providence College | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $10,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Let It Be US | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| 365z Foundation Inc | $8,115 | 3 | 12% |
| St Annes Church | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Humanity Rises Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Diocese of Worcester | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $1,517 | 2 | 0% |
| Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac University | $191,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Providence College | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $10,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Let It Be US | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| 365z Foundation Inc | $8,115 | 3 | 12% |
| St Annes Church | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Humanity Rises Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Diocese of Worcester | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $1,517 | 2 | 0% |
| Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| St Johns High School | $630 | 2 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Calmer Choice Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $257 | 1 | 0% |
| Heroes in Transition Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Falmouth Road Race Inc | $110 | 1 | 0% |
| Als One Inc | $108 | 1 | n/a |
| Golf Fights Cancer Inc | $105 | 1 | 0% |
| Why Me Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Baseball Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hinenu the Baltimore Justice Shtiebl | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Child Society of Naples Inc | $75 | 1 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $56 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($242k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gallery Lyons Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Verizon Foundation · Coghlin Family Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Giblin Family Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Global Impact · American Endowment Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Gallery Lyons Foundation
- How much does Gallery Lyons Foundation give?
- Gallery Lyons Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $134,787 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gallery Lyons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Education (27%), Animals (4%).
- Who are Gallery Lyons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Quinnipiac University ($191k), Providence College ($75k), Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Gallery Lyons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gallery 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 Gallery Lyons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, Coghlin Family Foundation, Amica Companies Foundation.
- Where is Gallery Lyons Foundation based?
- Gallery Lyons Foundation is based in MA.
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