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Lyons Share 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$9.3MEducation$90kPublic Benefit$43kCommunity Improvement$17kHealth$10kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $405k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.5M
$65,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS$3,501,000
PACIFIC SYMPHONY$150,000
ARTS ORANGE COUNTY$115,000
PACIFIC CHORALE$75,000
CHORUS AMERICA$65,000
ARTS LEARNING CONSERVATORY$20,000
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUN$10,000
NEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATI$5,000
HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION$1,000
AIRPORT WORKING GROUP OF ORANGE COU$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3.5M → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $25k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $260k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $75k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $254k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $65k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $250k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $50k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $240k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $40k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $230k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $30k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $225k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $30k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $200k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $30k → 14%PACIFIC CHORALE: $75k → 10%CHORUS AMERICA: $30k → 14%SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $51k → 10%PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOCAL: $50k → 10%PBS SOCALKOCE-TV FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $31k → 10%PBS SOCAL: $25k → 10%ARTS LEARNING CONSERVATORY: $25k → 10%PBS SOCAL: $25k → 10%SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $25k → 10%SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $25k → 10%ARTS LEARNING CONSERVATORY: $20k → 10%ARTS LEARNING CONSERVATORY: $15k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $510k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $294k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $280k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $268k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $263k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $255k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $250k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY: $150k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $115k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $50k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $50k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $50k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $25k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $25k → 10%ARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $20k → 10%PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUN: $20k → 10%PACIFIC CHORALE: $325k → 10%PACIFIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $252k → 10%ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 14 repeat orgs$442k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$9.0M
$442k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+127%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    Segerstrom Center for the Arts
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +57%
  • PS
    Pacific Symphony
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +47%
  • PC
    PACIFIC CHORALE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • PS
    PACIFIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    one grant, 2017 · $252k
  • PS
    PBS SOCALKOCE-TV FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • PM
    PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOCAL
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Orange County School of the Arts

We provide an unparalleled arts and acdademic education in a creative, challenging and nurturing environment to a diverse student body passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.

Education
2
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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3
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
4
Association of California Symphony Orchestras

To provide leadership, knowledge-building, advocacy and connection to expand the vitality and impact of the orchestra and broader music community.

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5
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Arts & Culture
6
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc

The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…

Arts & Culture
7
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
8
Orlando Philharmonic
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9
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
10
Symphony San Jose

To provide orchestral music performances, educational services, and arts advocacy programs to the greater silicon valley region.

Arts & Culture
11
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
12
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Segerstrom Center for the Arts: $3,635,000 · Arts & CultureSegerstrom Center for the ArtsPacific Symphony: $2,270,000 · Arts & CulturePacific SymphonyPACIFIC CHORALE: $2,059,400 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC CHORALECHORUS AMERICA: $375,000 · Arts & CultureARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $335,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $165,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $252,400 · OtherARTS LEARNING CONSERVATORY: $70,000 · OtherPBS SOCALKOCE-TV FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCAL STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON: $50,000 · OtherPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOCAL: $50,000 · OtherPBS SOCAL: $50,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,000 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherVoice of Orange CountyOrg: $40,000 · EducationNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $30,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationONEOC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · HealthHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $3,000 · Public Benefit
Arts & Culture$8,839,400Other$549,400Education$80,000Philanthropy$25,000Health$10,000Public Benefit$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $3,635,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetPacific Symphony: $2,270,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetPACIFIC CHORALE: $2,059,400 over 9y, 17% of budgetCHORUS AMERICA: $375,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetARTS ORANGE COUNTY: $335,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVoice of Orange CountyOrg: $40,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $30,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetONEOC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Symphony ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC CHORALE ↗
  • Who funds CHORUS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ARTS ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Voice of Orange CountyOrg ↗
  • Who funds PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS ↗
  • Who funds ONEOC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ARTS & LEARNING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Mark Chapin Johnson F…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Mark Chapin Johnson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lyons Share Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lyons Share Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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