Funding search · EIN 134339936 · Wilmette, IL

Tom and Barbara Lyon Family Foundation

Name: Tom and Barbara Lyon Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

25
grants reported: $309,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “proram” · $5,000

$2,500
Heritage Center at Mossy Creek · Jefferson City, TN · 2025
Proram support
$2,500
Heritage Center at Mossy Creek · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Proram support

Grant history

All 25 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General support
$20,000
St Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2022
Program support
$16,000
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2022
General support
$16,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Cottonwoods Canyon Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2025
General support
$15,000
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Northwestern University - Women'S Basketball · Evanston, IL · 2025
Program support
$15,000
St Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Cottonwoods Canyon Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2024
General support
$15,000
St Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Program support
$15,000
True Nu · Bartlett, IL · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Cottonwoods Canyon Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2023
General support
$15,000
St Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Cottonwoods Canyon Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2022
General support
$10,000
Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Scenic Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Scenic Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Heritage Center at Mossy Creek · Jefferson City, TN · 2025
Proram support
$2,500
Heritage Center at Mossy Creek · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Proram support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.