Segerstrom Center for the Arts
COSTA MESA, CA
$3.5MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Support of performances
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Lyons Share Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 33-0622707 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: Lyons Share Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | $3.9M |
| 2024 | 9 | $893K |
Where Lyons Share Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
California$4.7MDistrict of Columbia$95K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Pacific Symphony
IRVINE, CA
$510KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Underwrite concerts and operating expenses
Pacific Chorale
COSTA MESA, CA
$250KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Support of national presentations/concerts
Pacific Symphony
IRVINE, CA
$150KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Underwrite concerts and operating expenses
Arts Orange County
IRVINE, CA
$115KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Support of arts programs
Showing 5 of the 19 largest grants (19 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Lyons Share Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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