Ray Lanyon Fund
Billings, MT · EIN 84-6131781. Reported 48 grants totalling $180,700 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ray Lanyon Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sky Bridge | Boulder, CO | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Friendship | Jamestown, CO | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for People With Disabilities | Thornton, CO | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rise Against Suicide | Lafayette, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Tiny Tim Center | Longmont, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| El Comite' De Longmont | Longmont, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Recovery Cafe Longmont | Longmont, CO | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Developmental Disabilities Center | Lakewood, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Longmont Ending Violence Initiative | Longmont, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the St Vrain Valley | Longmont, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intercambio Uniting Communities | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leaf Lyons Emergency and Assistance | Lyons, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vrain Valley Education Foundation | Longmont, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tru Community Care | Lafayette, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Plum Center for Young Children and Families | Longmont, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boulder Community Housing Corporation | Boulder, CO | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Developmental Disabilities Center - Imagine | Lafayette, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intercambio | Boulder, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Longmont High School Performing Arts B | Longmont, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child & Family Advocy Program Dba Blue Skye Bridge | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Congregretional Ucc Longmont | Longmont, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Garden of Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Growing Gardens of Boulder County Inc | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Longmont Youth Symphony | Longmont, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silver Creek High School | Longmont, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Longmont Senior Center | Longmont, CO | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Reentry Initiative | Longmont, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coal Creek Adult Education Center | Broomfield, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collegiate Crossings | Erie, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skyline Educational Foundation | Longmont, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The St Vrain Historical Society | Longmont, CO | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Longmont Symphony Orchestra | Longmont, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Colorado | Centenial, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
10 of 34 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 36%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Blue Sky Bridge
GRANT FOR SCHOOL BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM - Habitat for Humanity of the St Vrain Valley
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Colorado Friendship
GRANT FOR FRIDAY FOOD BAGS FOR CHILDREN - Tiny Tim Center
GRANT TO PROVIDE QUALITY AFFORDABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE - Boulder Community Housing Corporation
GRANT FOR STATE OF THE ART LEARNING - YWCA of Boulder County
GRANT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STEM 3M PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 22 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $45,000 | $4,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $36,200 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $48,500 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | $51,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ray Lanyon Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 30918, Billings, MT, 59116. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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