Arizona · Private foundation
Lyon Dennis & Janis 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,008
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,008
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 2 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $31k | 91% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $67k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $107k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $118k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $90k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $95k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $138k | 41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heard Museum | $328,550 | 7 | 1% |
| Phoenix Art Museum | $58,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Arizona Women's Board | $16,600 | 3 | 5% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $12,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Public Radio Arizona | $10,665 | 6 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $10,350 | 6 | 0% |
| The Art of Yoga Project | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $9,750 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($224k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lyon Dennis & Janis 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: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Moreno Family Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Tw Lewis Foundation · American Express Foundation · Robert H McKee and Mary Ellen McKee Charitable Family Foundation · Garcia Family Foundation · Dorrance Family Foundation · The Board of Visitors
How this is measured
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About Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation
- How much does Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation give?
- Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,008 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Health (10%), Religion (4%).
- Who are Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Heard Museum ($329k), Phoenix Art Museum ($59k), Arizona Women's Board ($17k).
- Does Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lyon Dennis & Janis 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 Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation based?
- Lyon Dennis & Janis Foundation is based in AZ.
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