Delaware · Private foundation
James T 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.
- $861k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $750k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations James T Lee Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $769k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $79k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $280k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $280k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cottage in Darien Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 53% |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nyu Langone Health System | $72,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Spence School | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Jewish Health | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beacon College Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Brothers for Life | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cottage in Darien Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 53% |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nyu Langone Health System | $72,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Spence School | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Jewish Health | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beacon College Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Brothers for Life | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partnership to End Addiction | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Lukes Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Butterflies From Jodie Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Homefront Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of School in the Square Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keith Michael Morris Memorial Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 76% |
| Theatreworks USA Corporation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($484k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James T Lee Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About James T Lee Foundation Inc
- How much does James T Lee Foundation Inc give?
- James T Lee Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $861,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does James T Lee Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (31%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are James T Lee Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc ($120k), The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association ($100k), The Cottage in Darien Inc ($100k).
- Does James T Lee Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James T Lee Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James T Lee Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is James T Lee Foundation Inc based?
- James T Lee Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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