Texas · Private foundation
The Lyons 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Lyons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 1 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.2M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $4.1M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | $600,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Search Homeless Services | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Forge for Families | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope and Healing Center & Institute | $136,540 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | $600,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Search Homeless Services | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Forge for Families | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope and Healing Center & Institute | $136,540 | 2 | 4% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bo's Place | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Good Reason Houston Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Community Health Centers Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Garden Foundation (fka Transform Houston Foundation) | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| New Hope Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Florence and William K McGee Jr Family Foundation · The Sarofim Foundation · Robert W Knox & Pearl Wallis Knox Charitable · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Powell Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lyons Foundation
- How much does The Lyons Foundation give?
- The Lyons Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Lyons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (21%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Lyons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Small Steps Nurturing Center ($600k), Kids' Meals Inc ($550k), Child Advocates Inc ($300k).
- Does The Lyons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 Lyons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, MD Anderson Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lyons Foundation based?
- The Lyons Foundation is based in TX.
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