· Private foundation
H & H Lee Charitable Foundation
CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, MEDICAL RESEARCH, PUBLIC INTEREST, AND FOSTERING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITION.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $620k
- $50k–250k24 grants · $1.9M
- $250k+2 grants · $695k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION | $425,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $270,000 |
| FIRST TEE OF ORANGE COUNTY | $205,000 |
| VICTORY RANCH | $170,000 |
| MY CITY LIFE YOUTH CENTER | $150,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $135,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $125,000 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB SAN JUAN CAP | $100,000 |
| WORKING WARDROBES | $70,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUN FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| PALOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER | $60,000 |
| UCI PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP | $60,000 |
| HARVEST LAHAINA FIRE RELIEF | $60,000 |
| WESTERN CENTER ACADEMY | $60,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $60,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% 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.
74 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $685k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TETHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +50%
- GFGOLF FORE LIFE SKILLS THE FIRST TEE OF ORANGE COUNTY4× · 2022–2025 · $745k · revenue +32%
- VRValley Restart Shelter Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $365k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $120k
- TRTHE REGULAR BAPTIST CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAone grant, 2021 · $115k
- YFYouth for Truth International dba My City Youthone grant, 2021 · $115k · revenue -31%
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.
The mission of the interfaith food center is to provide nutritious food to our neighbors in an environment that nurtures dignitiy and respect.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
None
Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…
With compassion, collaboration and commitment to action, vic provides services and program that engage and enrich the lives of older adults, families, and youth through a lens of inclusion to strengthen diverse communities in the valley
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services provides families with a path toward self-sufficient futures through short-and longer-term housing and supportive services.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Provide emergency free food to the needy, sick, and homeless people in Sacramento County.
The mission of the Family Care Network is to enhance the wellbeing of children, adults, and families in partnership with our community.
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.
Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…
How this is measured
56 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. 56 of the 134 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 VICTORY RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds THE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GOLF FORE LIFE SKILLS THE FIRST TEE OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds KICK IT FORWARD ↗
- Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Valley Restart Shelter Inc ↗
- Who funds CALICINTO RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds Working Wardrobes For A New Start ↗
- Who funds Age Well Senior Services Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SHEEPFOLD INC ↗
- Who funds KLCC PUBLIC RADIO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HSLDA ACTION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds SHE-CAN GLOBAL 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: Inland Empire Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians · God's Gift · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · California Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization H & H Lee Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H & H Lee Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Klcc Public Radio Foundation: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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