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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 59-3469366

The Lyden Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Winter Park, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
James P Lyden
PO Box 700
Winter Park, FL 32790
(407) 679-8181
Form and materials
Letter
Deadlines
No
Restrictions
Attending rollins college, good shepherd school, ST margaret mary school, ST mary magdalen school, bishop moore high school, ST charles school

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,110,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $12,965,608

  • Tax year 2024

    $605,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $13,497,874

  • Tax year 2023

    $250,630

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $16,717,909

  • Tax year 2022

    $258,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,071,834

  • Tax year 2021

    $263,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,616,729

  • Tax year 2020

    $174,052

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,000,330

  • Tax year 2019

    $159,084

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,116,339

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rollins CollegeWinter Park, FL

    Scholarship for education

    $575,000
  2. Good Shephard School FoundationOrlando, FL

    Support young grammer school through scholarship

    $100,000
  3. St Margaret Mary SchoolWinter Park, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $100,000
  4. Bishop Moore Catholic High SchoolOrlando, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $100,000
  5. St Mary Magdaline SchoolAltamonte Spring, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $100,000
  6. St Charles Borromeo Catholic SchoolOrlando, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $50,000
  7. Chesterton Acadamy of OrlandoWinter Park, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $25,000
  8. St Luke's Scholarship FundOviedo, FL

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $20,000
  9. Second Harvest Food BankOrlando, FL

    Feeding hope fund bank

    $20,000
  10. Christian Brothers FoundationNew Rochelle, NY

    Support young grammar school through scholarship

    $10,000
  11. Bishop Ireton Catholoc High SchoolAlexandria, VA

    Support high school through scholarship

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $575,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida9 grants $1,090,000
  2. New York1 grant $10,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James P LydenPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Scott A LydenVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kristin M LydenSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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