Arizona · Private foundation
The Philip J & Carol J 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.
- $495k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | 61 | $495k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $128k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $84k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $52k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $60k | 59% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $54k | 100% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | $56,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarshipsa Z | $55,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Step Student Expedition Program Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lead Guitar | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Flagstaff Shelter Services Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| U S-Ukraine Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($463k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Philip J & Carol J 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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · American Express Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Kay Family Foundation Inc · Athens County Foundation · Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Network for Good · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation
- How much does The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation give?
- The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $495,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), International (12%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest ($56k), Scholarshipsa Z ($55k), Step Student Expedition Program Inc ($30k).
- Does The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Philip J & Carol J 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 Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, American Express Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation based?
- The Philip J & Carol J Lyons Foundation is based in AZ.
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