Kentucky · Private foundation
Lee Family Foundation
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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $501k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Lee Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 41 | $29k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $26k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $26k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $29k | 34% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $30k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $17k | 39% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lamb Shall Lead International Inc | $17,396 | 5 | 1% |
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | $13,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Cincinnati | $8,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Mercy Corps | $7,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $4,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| C I M Alumni Scholarship Fund | $3,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Filipino American Assn of S Ohio | $2,740 | 3 | 3% |
| A Caring Place Pregnancy Help Center | $2,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $2,050 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lee Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Heidt Family Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Lee Family Foundation
- How much does Lee Family Foundation give?
- Lee Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $28,826 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lee Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Health (23%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Lee Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Lamb Shall Lead International Inc ($17k), Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($14k), Archdiocese of Cincinnati ($8k).
- Does Lee Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lee Family Foundation 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 Lee Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Heidt Family Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lee Family Foundation based?
- Lee Family Foundation is based in KY.
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