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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 45-4239259

The Lyons Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Hitchcock, TX. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 2 grants and $416,867 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2020 (period ending Dec 31, 2020), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2020

    $416,867

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2019

    $433,079

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,381,195

  • Tax year 2018

    $435,265

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $9,481,185

Grants paid in 2020

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Texas A&M FoundationCollege Sta, TX

    Equine orthopedic endow/research

    $415,849
  2. Wob Holdings-Contrib Passed ThruTampa, FL

    Charitable

    $1,018

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $415,849100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $415,849
  2. Florida1 grant $1,018

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Beth FarrellSECRETARY/TR Hours 20Pay $13,500
  • Donna LangDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $9,000
  • Rachel Smith WilhoitPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $13,500
  • Christopher JohnsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $9,000
  • Kyle McClellenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $20,000
  • Mark LyonsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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