New York · Private foundation
The Lyons 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.
- $112k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $217k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Lyons Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 | 14 | $115k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $92k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $85k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $75k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $51k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $151k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $211k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $54k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Zwehil of Monsey | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $53,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jerusalem Fund Inc | $52,941 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Inspire Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $44,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Yavneh Academy & Talmud Torah of Paterson | $39,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Hebrew Academy of Long Beach | $34,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Cong Boro Minyan Inc | $24,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Al Kanfei Nisharim Inc | $24,700 | 1 | 3% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $19,140 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Zwehil of Monsey | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $53,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jerusalem Fund Inc | $52,941 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Inspire Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $44,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Yavneh Academy & Talmud Torah of Paterson | $39,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Hebrew Academy of Long Beach | $34,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Cong Boro Minyan Inc | $24,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Al Kanfei Nisharim Inc | $24,700 | 1 | 3% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $19,140 | 6 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $13,059 | 6 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Heichal Yitzchak Lando Inc | $12,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Center | $10,540 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Shaalvim Inc | $7,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Emunah of America Inc | $5,420 | 6 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Boca Raton Inc | $4,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim of Manhattan Inc | $3,720 | 7 | 0% |
| Congregation Ohav Sholom | $3,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad of Midtown Manhattan Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $2,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| H F Epstein Hebrew Academy | $2,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Jewish Renaissance Center | $2,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Mosdot Botoshan Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sharsheret Inc | $1,990 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Women's Club Inc | $1,360 | 2 | 0% |
| Shor Yoshuv | $1,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Gur Aryeh Institute | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Love N Groceries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Beis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Jewish Communities of the Cis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zahavas Serenity Healing Gardens Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daas Meisharim | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gemilas Chesed Shomrey Shabat Inc | $770 | 1 | n/a |
| Torah Academy of Boca Raton Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of West Orange County | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Achiezer Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Morasha Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Lubavitch | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| West Side Hatzoloh | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Emunah Connection Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad of Charleston Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Berkshire County Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Side Institutional Synagogue | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Mikvah Chana Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($320k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lyons 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Lyons Family Foundation
- How much does The Lyons Family Foundation give?
- The Lyons Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $112,242 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lyons Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Education (19%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Lyons Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Congregation Zwehil of Monsey ($70k), Yeshiva University ($54k), The Jerusalem Fund Inc ($53k).
- Does The Lyons Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lyons 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 Lyons Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Shavit Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Lyons Family Foundation based?
- The Lyons Family Foundation is based in NY.
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