Funding search · EIN 261500324 · Chicago, IL

The Lyon Family Foundation

Name: The Lyon Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

126
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,088
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

University of Chicago4 grants · $1.1M
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society1 grant · $200,000
Embarc4 grants · $200,000
Metropolitan Family Services4 grants · $151,448
Jcc of Chicago1 grant · $112,500
The Forge for Families4 grants · $80,000
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundat4 grants · $46,739
Ascension Il Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Pilot Light3 grants · $40,000
Amita Health2 grants · $37,990

Giving over time

$622,762

2021

$619,937

2022

$599,900

2023

$780,706

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 126 grants.

$351,204
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$305,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$232,098
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$179,121
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$112,500
Jcc of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General purpose
$51,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$37,500
Gateway To Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$37,500
Lawndale Educational Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$37,500
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$35,490
Amita Health · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Blood Cancer United · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
The Dovetail Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Intl Neighborhood Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
The Forge for Families · Houston, TX · 2021
General purpose
$21,750
Culinary Care · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$20,363
Alzheimer'S Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Ascension Il Foundation · Lisle, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
The Forge for Families · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Ascension Il Foundation · Lisle, IL · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
The Forge for Families · Houston, TX · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Chicago Children'S Choir · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$20,000
Dovetail Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$20,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$18,250
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundat · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$16,360
Ascension · Lisle, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,889
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,824
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,471
The Zac Plantz Foundation · South Bend, IN · 2023
General purpose
$15,350
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundat · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,181
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
The Forge for Families · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$14,354
Blocks Together - 360 Nation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$11,410
By the Hand Club for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$11,150
Mod Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$11,000
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundat · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$10,900
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,200
The Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$10,100
Everloved · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Jeffrey Pride Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Chicago Children'S Choir · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Camp Kesem · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
Dancing While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2021
General purpose
$9,059
Academy for Global Citizenship · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$8,850
The Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2024
General purpose
$7,500
Byfs · Boone, IA · 2024
General purpose
$7,303
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2021
General purpose
$6,285
Ncfl · Louisville, KY · 2022
General purpose
$6,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$5,745
Angels for Austin · Budha, TX · 2022
General purpose
$5,250
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$5,181
The Nicholas D Sergi Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,175
Hua Momona Foundation · Lahaina, HI · 2024
General purpose
$5,175
Cerebral Palsy Alliance · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Cal'S Angels · St Charles, IL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Barrington Youth & Family Services · Barrington, IL · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
The Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$3,700
Barrington Youth & Family Services · Barrington, IL · 2023
General purpose
$3,500
The Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,100
By the Hand Club for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$3,060
The Zac Plantz Foundation · South Bend, IN · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
The Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,600
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,591
The Nicholas D Sergi Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Boston Children'S Giving · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Make a Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
McA Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Amita Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Boston Children'S Giving · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Lyons Scholars Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$2,500
Planet Hope · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
General purpose
$2,295
One Cause · Ventura, CA · 2023
General purpose
$2,139
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundat · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$2,073
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,073
The Nicholas D Sergi Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$1,261
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,250
The Neller Pucci Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,150
The Cooper Roberts Family Fundraise · Radnor, PA · 2022
General purpose
$1,130
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
General purpose
$1,036
The Nicholas D Sergi Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2021
General purpose
$1,020
St Chrysostom'S Episcopal Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Hooved Animal Humane Society · Woodstock, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Sit Stay Read · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Intl Neighborhood Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose

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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.