Colorado · Nonprofit
LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Lyons Historical Society does
Mission
The Lyons Historical Society dba the Lyons Redstone Museum was established in 1979 to preserve to the history of of the Town of Lyons Colorado and its 2000+ residents.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The annual Town of Lyons grant for summer museum wages was increased to $18,000 because of the minimum wage increase. The museum had 1529 visitors during the 5 summer months it was open in 2024.
$18,797 spent67% of program spendingThe $4970 SCFD grant and the $2000 Blue Mountain Foundation grant $2000 were used tor the 2024 operating expenses for the Lyons Redstone Museum. that opened its doors in 1979.
$6,970 spent25% of program spendingThe Lyons Historical Society received a $2400 assessment grant from the Lyons Community Foundation to improve and update its museum exhibits as it continues to preserve the history of the Lyons Colorado community.
$2,400 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $47k to $60k (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,000 in grants to LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- BLUE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LYONS HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing