· Public charity
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc
The specific and primary purposes for which this corporation is formed is to operate for the advancement of the mission of lee health system, inc., a florida not-for-profit corporation, by engaging in fund raising and by the distribution of its funds for such purposes to and for the benefit of lee health system, inc.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k4 grants · $47k
- $250k+1 grant · $21M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEE HEALTH SYSTEM INC | $21,027,135 |
| NAPLES CHILDREN AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| PROPERTIES WITH PURPOSE INC | $12,000 |
| BONITA BAY CLUB | $10,000 |
| GREATER FORT MYERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
5 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.
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.
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