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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 83-0890245

Lewis Lyons Foundation

A private foundation in West Orange, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 17 grants and $34,056 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Seth Lyons
2 Dockery Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
(267) 992-6998
[email protected]
Form and materials
N/A
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $34,056

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,089

  • Tax year 2023

    $49,283

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $10,549

  • Tax year 2022

    $54,524

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $8,840

  • Tax year 2021

    $34,911

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $20,420

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,143

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $23,487

  • Tax year 2019

    $21,193

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,141

  • Tax year 2018

    $4,104

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $94

Grants paid in 2024

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hatzalah of MetrowestWest Orange, NJ

    Emergency medical services

    $10,000
  2. Congregation AABJ&DWest Orange, NJ

    Jewish studies

    $9,976
  3. Jewish Relief AgencyMorristown, NJ

    Jewish studies

    $4,600
  4. JkharkyhsLivingston, NJ

    Jewish studies

    $3,780
  5. Swan Lake SynagogueSwan Lake, NY

    Jewish studies

    $1,700
  6. Upper Dublin High School Scholarship FundFt Washington, PA

    Education

    $1,000
  7. West Orange MikvahWest Orange, NJ

    Community service

    $515
  8. Daily GivingWhite Plains, NY

    Food bank

    $384
  9. Catskills HatzalahBrooklyn, NY

    Emergency medical services

    $371
  10. American Friends of the Hebrew UnivNew York, NY

    Jewish studies

    $360
  11. Swan Lake Fire DepartmentSwan Lake, NY

    Emergency medical services

    $360
  12. Gumley ChesedBrooklyn, NY

    Jewish studies

    $360
  13. The Israel Forever FoundationWashington, DC

    Community service

    $200
  14. ZmanimBrooklyn, NY

    Jewish studies

    $180
  15. American Friends of Yeshivat HakoteBergenfeld, NJ

    Jewish studies

    $180
  16. Rebbe Meir Ball HanesBrooklyn, NY

    Jewish studies

    $54
  17. Lekeit IsraelTeaneck, NJ

    Food bank

    $36

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $4,60067% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $1,37120% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3846% of the total
  4. Religion1 grant $3605% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $2003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey7 grants $29,087
  2. New York8 grants $3,769
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $200

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Seth LyonsDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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