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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 61-6337565

Lyons-Smith Family Foundation

A private foundation in Corona Del Mar, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $252,100 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $252,100

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $890,017

  • Tax year 2024

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $427,748

  • Tax year 2023

    $94,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $203,332

  • Tax year 2022

    $129,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $271,720

  • Tax year 2021

    $128,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $365,658

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,128,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $197,229

  • Tax year 2019

    $131,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,114,754

  • Tax year 2018

    $126,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $764,158

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Oc United WayIrvine, CA

    General Support

    $111,100
  2. St Andrews ChurchNewport Beach, CA

    General support

    $66,000
  3. First Presbyterian Church of UplandUpland, CA

    General support

    $48,000
  4. Individual

    General support

    $12,000
  5. Second Harvest Food BankIrvine, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  6. Trinity Lutheran ChurchAnaheim, CA

    General support

    $5,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Oc United WayIrvine, CA

    General support

    $200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $48,00083% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $240,100

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Nancy A LyonsPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lawrence E SmithVice Pres. Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nathaniel E Lyons-SmithSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alexandra K Lyons-SmithTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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