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The Lee Family Foundation at a glance

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The 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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$692k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$3.5MHealth$652kEducation$509kInternational$130kArts & Culture$95kSocial Science$75kRecreation & Sports$63kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.5M
$692,204
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIANNE AND DOUGLAS LEE CHARITABLE FUND$692,204
THE DANA LEE GIVING FUND$692,204
THE CHARLES AND ILDA LEE CHARITABLE FUND$692,204
DEBRA AND DEAN FITCHNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND$692,204
CBM GIVING FUND$692,204
SILVERMINE ARTS CENTER$50,000
SALESMANSHIP CLUB OF DALLAS$15,000
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$14,094
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB CHARITABLE GOLF OF DALLAS: $16k → 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

NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
DC
MS
TX
FL
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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 16 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
38

Total granted

$1.1M
$645k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+32%

Still filing today

63%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • Cornell University
    5× · 2017–2022 · $201k · revenue +59%
  • HC
    HEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $130k · revenue +137%
  • GC
    GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $33k · revenue +182%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
    one grant, 2022 · $128k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $125k
  • DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +45%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Manhattanville University; the most unlike its peers is Family First in Education Inc. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 63 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEBRA AND DEAN FITCHNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $692,204 · OtherDEBRA AND DEAN FITCHNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDTHE DANA LEE GIVING FUND: $692,204 · OtherTHE DANA LEE GIVING FUNDTHE CHARLES AND ILDA LEE CHARITABLE FUND: $692,204 · OtherTHE CHARLES AND ILDA LEE CHARITABLE FUNDCBM GIVING FUND: $692,204 · OtherCBM GIVING FUNDMARIANNE AND DOUGLAS LEE CHARITABLE FUND: $692,204 · OtherMARIANNE AND DOUGLAS LEE CHARITABLE FUNDWEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $362,000 · OtherWEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY+29 more: $639,344 · Other+29 moreCornell University: $201,000 · EducationCornell U…DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationDELTA GAM…GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $32,500 · EducationGREENWICH…STUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $30,000 · EducationSTUDENT A…+9 more: $71,000 · Education+9 moreHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $130,000 · InternationalBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · HealthThe Stamford Hospital: $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · HealthIrving Healthcare Foundation: $10,000 · HealthSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthSILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE 5 INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc: $16,000 · Human Services
Other$4,462,364Education$434,500International$130,000Health$102,000Arts & Culture$85,000Youth Development$30,000Human Services$16,000

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 budgetCornell University: $201,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $130,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetDELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSalesmanship Club of Dallas: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIrving Healthcare Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY FIRST IN EDUCATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundSynchrony FoundationNational Philanthropi…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Synchrony Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Lee Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lee Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home