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Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation at a glance

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Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon 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.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$464kPhilanthropy$231kHealth$127kHuman Services$38kEnvironment$37kPublic Benefit$18kReligion$15kInternational$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$3,750
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL$13,500
Terra Ceia United Methodist Church$10,000
NCH Center of Philanthrophy$7,500
Solebury School$6,700
Springdale Chestnut Hill Academy$5,000
Both Hands$5,000
Turning Point USA$5,000
Cranbrook Schools (Endowment)$5,000
Cranbrook Institute of Science$4,500
Morris Arboretum & Gardens$4,000
Friends of the Wissahickon$3,800
Prager U$3,750
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Friends of Pastorius Park$3,000
Cranbrook Educational Community$2,250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Brittany's Hope: $3k → 9%Canine Companions: $250 → 9%The Moorings Park Foundation: $50k → 10%The Moorings Park Foundation: $50k → 10%The Moorings Park Foundation: $50k → 10%The Moorings Park Foundation: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$804k · 28 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
31

Total granted

$804k
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+36%

Still filing today

43%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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

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EducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentAnimalsPublic 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

  • MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $200k · revenue +319%
  • BH
    Both Hands Foundation
    4× · 2022–2025 · $28k · revenue +83%
  • AF
    Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc
    3× · 2021–2025 · $26k · revenue +321%

Funded once

  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +125%
  • NC
    Neighborhood Clinic
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • BC
    Bradenton Christian Schools
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Westminster School

To educate children by engaging them actively in experiences that challenge students to solve problems as cooperative, confident, and responsible learners.

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2
Lakeland Christian School Inc

The mission of lakeland christian school is to educate students in the light of god's word to equip them for a lifetime of learning, leadership, service and worship.

Education
3
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
4
Barclay College

The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.

Education
5
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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6
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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9
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Valor Christian Schools

See schedule o.in partnership with committed parents, our mission is to provide a purpose-driven college preparatory program, within a vibrant christ-centered environment that empowers students to discover their passions and to develop…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund. 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

26 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. 26 of the 66 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $332,500 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY+5 more: $17,000 · EducationNaples Neighborhood Health Clinic: $35,750 · OtherNaples Neighborhood Health ClinicSpringhill Chestnut Hill Academy: $25,000 · OtherSpringhill Chestnut Hill AcademyNeighborhood Clinic: $20,000 · OtherNeighborhood ClinicSpringdale Chestnut Hill Academy: $17,500 · OtherSpringdale Chestnut Hill AcademyNCH Center of Philanthrophy: $15,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INC: $12,500 · OtherBradenton Christian Schools: $10,000 · OtherSalvation Army: $10,000 · OtherTerra Ceia United Methodist Church: $10,000 · OtherCranbrook Schools (Endowment): $10,000 · OtherSpringfield Chestnut Hill Academy - Scholarship Program: $10,000 · Other+38 more: $122,450 · Other+38 moreMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION I…Both Hands Foundation: $27,500 · Human ServicesBoth Hands Foundation+2 more: $2,750 · Human ServicesAlliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc: $25,500 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $25,000 · HealthBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthTHE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC: $17,550 · EnvironmentChestnut Hill Garden District Fund: $7,500 · EnvironmentUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · Religion
Education$349,500Other$298,200Human Services$230,250Health$54,500Environment$25,050Public Safety & Disaster$5,500Religion$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $332,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetBoth Hands Foundation: $27,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc: $25,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC: $17,550 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBradenton Christian School Society Inc DBA Bradenton Christian School: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChestnut Hill Garden District Fund: $7,500 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSOLEBURY SCHOOL: $6,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PASTORIUS PARK IN: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNAPLES YACHT CLUB BLUE GAVEL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRITTANY'S HOPE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLACES OF LOVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLENAWEE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Peddie School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Both Hands Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bradenton Christian School Society Inc DBA Bradenton Christian School ↗
  • Who funds Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund ↗
  • Who funds SOLEBURY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PASTORIUS PARK IN ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES YACHT CLUB BLUE GAVEL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Collier Community Fou…Chubb Charitable Foun…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Collier Community Foundation IncFL17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mr & Mrs Wayne B Lyon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 66 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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