· Private foundation
Farmer Lee Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $3,000 |
| TOWN OF HIGHLANDS | $2,500 |
| INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,000 |
| HIGHLANDS CASHIERS LAND TRUST | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT | $1,000 |
| GRACE CAVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $1,000 |
| GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $1,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $1,000 |
| FINCA INTERNATIONAL | $1,000 |
| OPERATION SMILE | $1,000 |
| NACOOCHEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $1,000 |
| HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPME | $1,000 |
| FIRST NATION DEVELOPMENT | $1,000 |
| NO KID HUNGRY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HLHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +97%
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +10%
- FIFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- DLDAVIS LOVE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $9k
- TCThe Children's Hospital of Alabamagraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +25%
- MHMAUI HUMANE SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +79%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.
Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
How this is measured
37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 71 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Highlands Community Child Development Center ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHARLES SMITHGALL HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Hospital of Alabama ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals International ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS ↗
- Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds CASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Emory University ↗
- Who funds Highlands Biological Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc · The H Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Leona S Hudson Charitable Foundation · Boger-Owen Foundation · The Bell Family Foundation · The Britton Foundation · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Farmer Lee Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Farmer Lee Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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