Funding search · EIN 316651291 · Louisville, KY

The Samuel Lyon Charitable

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

102
grants reported
$307,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Keneseth Israel Congregation4 grants · $60,000
  • The Temple4 grants · $40,000
  • Jewish Family & Career Services4 grants · $34,500
  • Meredith-Dunn Learning Center4 grants · $24,000
  • Israel Emergency Fund1 grant · $22,500
  • Home of the Innocents4 grants · $20,000
  • Northwestern Annual Fund4 grants · $20,000
  • National Council of Jewish Women4 grants · $6,500
  • Mt Sinai Health System3 grants · $6,000
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society4 grants · $5,500

Giving over time

$74,000
2022
$80,000
2023
$75,000
2024
$78,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

  • $22,500

    Israel Emergency Fund · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $18,000

    Keneseth Israel Congregation · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $18,000

    Keneseth Israel Congregation · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $14,000

    Keneseth Israel Congregation · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $13,000

    The Temple · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $11,000

    Jewish Family & Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $10,000

    Jewish Family & Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $10,000

    Keneseth Israel Congregation · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $10,000

    The Temple · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $8,500

    The Temple · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $8,500

    The Temple · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $7,500

    Jewish Family & Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $7,000

    Meredith-Dunn Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $7,000

    Meredith-Dunn Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $6,000

    Jewish Family & Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Meredith-Dunn Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Northwestern Annual Fund · Evanston, IL · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Northwestern Annual Fund · Evanston, IL · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Meredith-Dunn Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Northwestern Annual Fund · Evanston, IL · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Kentucky Institute for Torah Edu · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Northwestern Annual Fund · Evanston, IL · 2022

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  • $2,500

    National Council of Jewish Women · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Multiple Sclerosis Society · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Mercy Academy · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Mt Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Mt Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    National Council of Jewish Women · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Mt Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $1,800

    Honeymoon Israel Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

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  • $1,500

    Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservan · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,500

    Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservan · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,500

    Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,250

    American Cancer Society-Ky · Lexington, KY · 2025

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  • $1,250

    American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,250

    Hadassah · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $1,250

    Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,250

    American Cancer Society-Ky · Lexington, KY · 2024

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  • $1,250

    American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,250

    Hadassah · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $1,250

    Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Brooklyn Jewish Center Circle · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Free Public Library · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Multiple Sclerosis Society · Brentwood, TN · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Visually Impaired Preschool Service · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Free Public Library · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Multiple Sclerosis Society · Brentwood, TN · 2024

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  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society-Ky · Lexington, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Hadassah · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Free Public Library · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservan · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Multiple Sclerosis Society · Brentwood, TN · 2023

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  • $1,000

    National Council of Jewish Women · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Visually Impaired Preschool Service · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    American Cancer Society · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    American Heart Association · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Hadassah · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Kentucky Chamber Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Free Public Library · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Louisville Olmstead Parks Conservan · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $750

    Brooklyn Jewish Center Circle · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

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  • $750

    Visually Impaired Preschool Service · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $500

    Day Spring · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $500

    Louisville Vaad Hakashruth · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $500

    Power for Parkinson'S · Austin, TX · 2025

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  • $500

    Trinity Presbyterian · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $500

    Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2025

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  • $500

    B'Nai B'Rith International · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

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  • $500

    Day Spring · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $500

    Power for Parkinson'S · Austin, TX · 2024

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  • $500

    Trinity Presbyterian · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $500

    Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2024

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  • $500

    Brooklyn Jewish Center Circle · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

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  • $500

    Brooklyn Jewish Center Circle · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

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  • $500

    Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2022

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  • $500

    Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2022

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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.