· Private foundation
Lee Family Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k39 grants · $73k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $113k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEMPLE SINAI | $50,000 |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CREW TEAM | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIANS AND JEWS | $16,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $16,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY | $15,000 |
| VAN WEZEL CENTER PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CAMPUS REFORM | $11,000 |
| SELBY GARDENS | $10,000 |
| OPERATION HOMEFRONT | $10,000 |
| RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA | $6,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $5,500 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $5,500 |
| ST JUDE | $5,500 |
| HOLOCAUST MUSEUM MEMORIAL | $5,000 |
| THE RINGLING MUSEUM | $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 (FY17–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +40% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
61 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 13 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, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $19k · revenue +112%- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +40%
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC5× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- SMSARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITALone grant, 2021 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $1k
- ATASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTONone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.
American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…
Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…
The mission of the marine corps association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit…
Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…
Cna is a non-profit research organization that operates the center for naval analyses, a federally funded research center that has supported the navy and marine corps for nearly seventy years, and the institute for public research that…
Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 107 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 SARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COAST GUARD FOUNDATION 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 Sarasota Co Inc · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Farrell Family Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lee Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pines of Sarasota Inc: 18% of income from government
- Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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