Missouri · Public charity
Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall
Provide financial aid for eyecare to indigent patients in the st louis area
- $88k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $62k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $13,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $62k | 14% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $81k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $53k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saving Kidsight | $80,725 | 6 | 7% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Living Well Foundation | $21,500 | 3 | 5% |
| MindsEye Radio | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service Inc dba Mid-South Lions | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($168k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall
- How much does Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall give?
- Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall reported 7 itemized grants totaling $62,375, out of $88,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (80%), Youth Development (6%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Saving Kidsight ($81k), Leader Dogs for the Blind ($28k), Living Well Foundation ($22k).
- Does Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall based?
- Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Co Ed Marshall is based in MO.
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