California · Private foundation
The Henry and Winifred Lyons 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.
- $70k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 13 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $62k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Academy | $82,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Concord Art Association | $67,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Fenn School | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $19,500 | 7 | 0% |
| International Deaf Education Association | $13,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chelmsford Historical Society Inc | $5,700 | 5 | 4% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Academy | $82,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Concord Art Association | $67,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Fenn School | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $19,500 | 7 | 0% |
| International Deaf Education Association | $13,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chelmsford Historical Society Inc | $5,700 | 5 | 4% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lowell General Hospital | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Henry and Winifred Lyons 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: Aubert J Fay Charitable Fund · Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation with peer funders
About The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation
- How much does The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation give?
- The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $69,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Milton Academy ($82k), Concord Art Association ($67k), The Fenn School ($35k).
- Does The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Henry and Winifred Lyons 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 The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aubert J Fay Charitable Fund, Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation, Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation based?
- The Henry and Winifred Lyons Foundation is based in CA.
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