· Private foundation
John & Mary Jane Lee Char Fdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $81k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL HOME | $20,000 |
| SAMARAS VILLAGE | $15,000 |
| ST JOHN PAUL II PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $13,000 |
| BIRTHRIGHT OF ST CHARLES INC | $12,500 |
| ST AUSTIN SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| PETER AND PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES | $10,000 |
| OUR LADY'S INN | $7,500 |
| ARCHODIOCESAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS - OF | $7,500 |
| LOYOLA ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS | $5,000 |
| ST MARY'S SOUTH SIDE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHO | $5,000 |
| ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS | $5,000 |
| CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HELIAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $133k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JPJOHN PAUL II PREPARATORY SCHOOL6× · 2020–2025 · $198k · revenue +97%
- MOMOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL HOME5× · 2020–2025 · $195k · revenue +47%
- BOBIRTHRIGHT OF ST CHARLES INC5× · 2020–2025 · $133k · revenue +108%
Funded once
- SVSAMARAS VILLAGE - SACRED HEART CATHOLICone grant, 2024 · $20k
- DODAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL INCone grant, 2022 · $15k
- BTBILLIKEN TEACHER CORPone grant, 2022 · $12k
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.
To transform lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.
As a faith-based organization, our mission is to create vibrant communities through affordable quality housing where low and moderate income families can thrive, prosper and build wealth.
Connecting children with families and keeping families connected by providing pregnancy and parenting support, foster care programs and adoption services.
The little sisters of the poor operate st. joseph's home, which provides nursing and residential care for the needy elderly. the home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france…
Inspired by jesus christ, st patrick apartments, inc. assists cardinal ritter senior services in providing compassionate care through a continuum of high quality residential healthcare and supportive social services. we bring the mission…
The mission of saint louis counseling is to bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate caring presence. the purpose of saint louis counseling is "guided by the teachings of jesus christ, saint…
44-bed licensed skilled nursing home in catonsville, maryland that provides nursing care services to its residents.
St. patrick center transforms lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.
Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri
Rooted in the Marianist spirit, St. Marys South Side Catholic High School forms all young men as leaders in a brotherhood of unity, empathy, dignity, and respect to uplift our neighborhood, community, and world.
Serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an intentional, faith-based community.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 23 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 JOHN PAUL II PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL HOME ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF ST CHARLES INC ↗
- Who funds OUR LADYS INN ↗
- Who funds STS JOACHIM AND ANN CARE SERVICE ↗
- Who funds PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds ONE CLASSROOM ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds SAMARA'S VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds BROADER VISIONS FOR SCHOOLS IN AFRICA I ↗
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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri · Edward Jones Foundation · The Shaughnessy Family Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John & Mary Jane Lee Char Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Mary Jane Lee Char Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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