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Mymb Lee Foundation at a glance

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Mymb Lee 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$119kReligion$35kCommunity Improvement$34kEducation$16kCrime & Legal$500Human Services$180Recreation & Sports$100Youth Development$50Other$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$100
Median grant
10
States reached
$445k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Life Christian Center$16,000
University of Texas at Dallas$2,000
Individual grant recipient$500
Grace and Truth Community Church$500
American Cancer Society$400
Individual grant recipient$200
St Jude Children's Research Hospital$100
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$100
Special Olympics$100
Wounded Warrior Project$100
Ronald McDonald House Charities$80
Guide Dog Foundation$75
American Lung Association in CA$50
Alzheimer's Disease Research$50
Marine Corps Toys for Tots$50
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Grace and Truth Community Church: $500 → 11%Arcadia Police Department: $500 → 14%New Life Christian Center: $16k → 15%Guide Dog Foundation: $75 → 7%University of Texas at Dallas: $2k → 14%Special Olympics: $100 → 14%St Jude Children's Research Hospital: $100 → 17%Marine Corps Toys for Tots: $50 → 7%Alzheimer's Disease Research: $50 → 8%Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $100 → 14%New Life Christian Center: $6k → 15%University of Texas at Dallas: $2k → 14%ROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $34k → 14%New Life Christian Center: $5k → 15%University of Texas at Dallas: $2k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $57k → 14%New Life Christian Center: $4k → 15%CITY OF HOPE: $20k → 14%New Life Christian Center: $3k → 15%CITY OF HOPE: $1k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI: $20k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $20k → 14%Paralyzed Veterans of America: $50 → 14%Arcadia High School: $10k → 14%American Lung Association in CA: $50 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
VA
MD
DE
KS
TN
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 4 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
2

Total granted

$158k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+56%

Still filing today

25%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CITY OF HOPE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $78k
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +26%
  • NL
    New Life Christian Center
    5× · 2021–2025 · $34k

Funded once

  • RC
    ROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $34k · revenue +56%
  • AH
    Arcadia High School
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
10
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
11
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
12
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rosemead Chamber of Commerce. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
3/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $78,095 · OtherCITY OF HOPEROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $34,250 · OtherROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCENew Life Christian Center: $34,000 · OtherNew Life Christian CenterArcadia High School: $10,000 · OtherArcadia High SchoolUniversity of Texas at Dallas: $6,000 · Other+7 more: $1,425 · OtherCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $40,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL C…+4 more: $680 · HealthSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100 · Recreation & SportsPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: $50 · Recreation & SportsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$163,770Health$40,680Recreation & Sports$150Human Services$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mymb Lee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mymb Lee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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