Utah · Private foundation
Paul and Ruth Lyon Family 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 20 | $90k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $85k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $100k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $96k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $86k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $71k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $65k | 71% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of America Utah | $41,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Road Home | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $38,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St George Musical Theater | $37,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Granite Education Foundation | $19,441 | 8 | 0% |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wasatch Community Acupuncture | $18,600 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Switchpoint Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $17,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul and Ruth Lyon Family 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · The Miner Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation with peer funders
About Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation
- How much does Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation give?
- Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Health (21%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Volunteers of America Utah ($42k), The Road Home ($40k), Best Friends Animal Society ($38k).
- Does Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul and Ruth Lyon Family 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 Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
- Where is Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation based?
- Paul and Ruth Lyon Family Foundation is based in UT.
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