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The Ingram Lee Foundation

The ingram foundation was established to aid and improve the lives of motivated economically disadvantaged individuals by providing assistance to facilitate their progress to higher education for the purpose of developing life skills.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$139k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $38,107, the rows itemized in this filing. The $45,439 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,332 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Texas at Austin$25,000
Nicholls State University$13,107
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $10k → 16%Santa Rosa Junior College: $50k → 9%MONROE COLLEGE: $5k → 28%University of Texas Fndn: $50k → 10%TEXAS A & M FOUNDATION: $78k → 22%Auburn University: $100k → 15%University of New Haven: $105k → 12%University of Notre Dame: $179k → 13%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 24%Hackberry High School: $10k → 14%Nicholls State University: $22k → 17%Louisiana State University: $47k → 19%EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $100k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $7k → 16%Sonoma County Vintners FDN: $39k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN: $50k → 10%TEXAS A & M FOUNDATION: $75k → 22%Auburn University: $100k → 15%University of Notre Dame: $75k → 13%Nicholls State University: $13k → 17%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $78k → 19%University of New Orleans: $8k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN: $25k → 10%Texas A & M Foundation: $72k → 22%Auburn University: $50k → 15%Nicholls State University: $13k → 17%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 19%University of Texas at Austin: $25k → 10%TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION: $50k → 22%Nicholls State University: $10k → 17%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 19%Nicholls State University: $10k → 17%NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%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

NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
LA
MS
AL
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 6 repeat orgs$371k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$1.1M
$371k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
+41%

Still filing today

33%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundation
    4× · 2017–2020 · $275k · revenue +90%
  • AU
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $250k · revenue +31%
  • LS
    LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $250k

Funded once

  • UO
    University of New Haven
    2× · 2022–2023 · $105k · revenue +14%
  • TE
    THE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +125%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +44%
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
7
Lsu Foundation

The lsu foundation cultivates and invests in philanthropic partnerships to support and advance lsu's academic priorities.

Education
8
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
9
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
12
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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 16 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
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas A&M Foundation: $275,000 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $254,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONUniversity of New Haven: $105,000 · EducationUniversity of New HavenSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $7,797 · EducationLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASNicholls State University: $72,372 · OtherNicholls State UniversityTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $37,387 · Other+4 moreTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $38,500 · Community Improvement
Education$941,797Other$609,759Philanthropy$100,000Community Improvement$38,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $275,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $254,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of New Orleans Foundation: $7,797 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.

  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of New Haven ↗
  • Who funds THE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of New Orleans Foundation ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Ingram Lee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ingram 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to The Ingram Lee Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ingram Lee Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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