California · Private foundation
The Lyman 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Lyman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 14 | $87k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $62k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $49k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $33k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $52k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $50k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Christian Fellowship | $107,000 | 9 | n/a |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $74,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $59,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Curebound | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| axeALS Foundation | $11,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Automotive Museum | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rock Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lyman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The Lyman Family Foundation
- How much does The Lyman Family Foundation give?
- The Lyman Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $86,656 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Lyman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Animals (20%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are The Lyman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Horizon Christian Fellowship ($107k), San Diego Rescue Mission Inc ($74k), Zoological Society of San Diego ($59k).
- Does The Lyman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lyman 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 The Lyman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation.
- Where is The Lyman Family Foundation based?
- The Lyman Family Foundation is based in CA.
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