Illinois · Private foundation
The Lyon Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $781k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,850
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $305,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Lyon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $781k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $600k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $620k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $623k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $507k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $485k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $565k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $322k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,075,354 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,067,423 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $307,014 | 8 | 0% |
| Embarc Inc | $245,469 | 7 | 2% |
| Uniting Voices | $176,400 | 8 | 1% |
| The Forge for Families | $142,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School | $118,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $96,779 | 4 | 1% |
| International Neighborhood Collaborative | $91,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc | $89,126 | 8 | 8% |
Show all 71 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($507k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Kadens Family Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lyon Family Foundation
- How much does The Lyon Family Foundation give?
- The Lyon Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $780,706 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lyon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Education (29%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Lyon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Blood Cancer United Inc ($1.1M), University of Chicago ($1.1M), Metropolitan Family Services ($307k).
- Does The Lyon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 The Lyon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Lyon Family Foundation based?
- The Lyon Family Foundation is based in IL.
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