Funding search · EIN 202019997 · Rancho Santa Fe, CA

The Lyman Family Foundation

Name: The Lyman 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.

44
grants reported: $234,906
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,275
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.

What they fund

health christian fellowship arts religious wildlife

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance3 grants · $59,400
San Diego Rescue Mission4 grants · $44,300
Horizon Christian Fellowship4 grants · $42,000
Axeals Foundation2 grants · $11,250
Curebound2 grants · $10,500
San Diego Symphony2 grants · $10,000
The Old Globe2 grants · $9,156
Promises2kids1 grant · $9,000
San Diego Automotive Museum1 grant · $6,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee1 grant · $5,500

Giving over time

$36,050

2022

$50,500

2023

$61,700

2024

$86,656

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$27,000
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2025
Wildlife grant
$22,400
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2024
General grant
$14,300
San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2022
Christian fellowship grant
$12,000
Horizon Christian Fellowship · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2025
Religious grant
$12,000
Horizon Christian Fellowship · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2024
Christian fellowship grant
$12,000
Horizon Christian Fellowship · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
Christian fellowship grant
$10,000
San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2025
Religious grant
$10,000
San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2024
Christian fellowship grant
$10,000
Curebound · San Diego, CA · 2023
Health grant
$10,000
San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2023
Christian fellowship grant
$10,000
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2023
General grant
$9,000
Promises2kids · San Diego, CA · 2025
General grant
$7,500
Axeals Foundation · San Pedro, CA · 2025
Health grant
$7,156
The Old Globe · San Diego, CA · 2025
Arts grant
$6,000
Horizon Christian Fellowship · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2022
Christian fellowship grant
$6,000
San Diego Automotive Museum · San Diego, CA · 2022
General grant
$5,500
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General grant
$5,000
Manchester Family Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General grant
$5,000
San Diego Symphony · San Diego, CA · 2025
Arts grant
$5,000
San Diego Symphony · San Diego, CA · 2024
General grant
$4,000
Keep Memory Alive · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Health grant
$3,750
Axeals Foundation · San Pedro, CA · 2024
Health grant
$2,800
Neurolab 360 · Encinitas, CA · 2024
Health grant
$2,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General grant
$2,000
Restorative Justice Mediation Program · San Diego, CA · 2023
General grant
$2,000
The Old Globe · San Diego, CA · 2023
General grant
$2,000
San Diego Zoo · San Diego, CA · 2022
General grant
$1,000
Abraham Path Initiation · Newtown, PA · 2025
Wildlife grant
$1,000
Trojan League of Sd · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General grant
$1,000
Pedal the Cause · Solana Beach, CA · 2022
Health grant
$750
Honorary Deputy Sheriffs · San Diego, CA · 2025
General grant
$750
Honorary Deputy Sheriffs · San Diego, CA · 2024
General grant
$750
Honorary Deputy Sheriffs · San Diego, CA · 2023
General grant
$750
Honorary Deputy Sheriffs · San Diego, CA · 2022
General grant
$500
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2025
General grant
$500
Curebound · San Diego, CA · 2025
Health grant
$500
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
General grant
$500
Padres Pedal the Cause · San Diego, CA · 2024
Health grant
$500
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
General grant
$500
Community Concerts Rsf · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
General grant
$500
Padres Pedal the Cause · San Diego, CA · 2023
Health grant
$500
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Fullerton, CA · 2022
General grant
$250
Seacrest Foundation · Orange, CA · 2025
Health grant
$250
Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
Health grant

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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.