California · Private foundation
The Norman & Sadie Lee 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $412,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $503k 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 | 25 | $1.5M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $1.6M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.0M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.6M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.8M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $1.6M | 28% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $1.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $3,558,600 | 7 | 1% |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $1,095,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $525,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $420,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $375,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Access Mammoth | $41,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lifemoves | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Enterprise for Youth | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Laura's House | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum La | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · California Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation
- How much does The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation give?
- The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,684,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Community Improvement (20%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ($3.6M), Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles ($1.1M), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($525k).
- Does The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Norman & Sadie Lee 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 The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation based?
- The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation is based in CA.
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