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Theodore and Doris Lee Family 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.

$318k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20192025.

Arts & Culture$2.9MPhilanthropy$2.8MEducation$1.2MHealth$100kRecreation & Sports$80kYouth Development$31kCrime & Legal$25kOther$946k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO$200,000
STREET SQUASH$35,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL$30,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$25,000
SQUASHBUSTERS INC$15,000
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$12,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: $20k → 8%PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO: $200k → 16%FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20k → 14%DIA ART FOUNDATION: $24k → 17%PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $100k → 12%STAND TOGETHER: $6k → 7%TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION: $500k → 12%UNLV FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 13%ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $76k → 7%PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO: $200k → 16%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $9k → 14%STREET SQUASH: $35k → 17%TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $500k → 13%ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30k → 7%PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO: $200k → 16%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%STREET SQUASH: $35k → 17%THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $500k → 13%ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30k → 7%PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO: $200k → 16%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $500k → 13%ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $1k → 7%SQUASHBUSTERS INC: $15k → 16%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $13k → 13%SQUASHBUSTERS INC: $15k → 16%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $13k → 13%BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2.7M → 16%CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $70k → 10%CLARK COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION: $500 → 13%CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $30k → 10%AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS LAS VEGAS: $10k → 13%CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $30k → 10%NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: $200k → 13%NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: $200k → 13%NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: $70k → 13%UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25k → 13%UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25k → 13%THE ALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOL: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.0M · 9 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$4.0M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+32%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TS
    The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
    3× · 2019–2021 · $1.5M · revenue +3%
  • TA
    TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2023 · $600k · revenue +27% · 31% of their budget
  • NB
    NEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $470k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +32%
  • PM
    PHOENIX MULTISPORT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • DC
    DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
7
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
8
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Smithsonian Institution

*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

Arts & Culture
11
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the most unlike its peers is Bank of America Charitable Gift Fd. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts — $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureThe Smith Center for the Performing ArtsTRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION — $600,000 · Arts & CultureTRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATIONNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC — $470,000 · Arts & CultureNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INCASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $250,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANC…+2 more — $34,000 · Arts & CultureBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD — $2,715,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD+1 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $1,015,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEV…ST PAUL'S SCHOOL — $137,000 · EducationST PAUL'S SCHOOL+2 more — $48,862 · EducationPRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - RSO — $800,000 · OtherPRESIDENT & F…CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS — $130,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL SCH…+2 more — $16,497 · OtherPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC — $100,000 · HealthSTREETSQUASH INC — $70,000 · Recreation & SportsGREATER LAS VEGAS INNER CITY GAMES — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSQUASHBUSTERS INC — $30,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $500 · Youth DevelopmentLas Vegas Metropolitan PD Foundation — $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$2,854,000Philanthropy$2,765,000Education$1,200,862Other$946,497Health$100,000Recreation & Sports$80,000Youth Development$30,500Crime & Legal$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts — $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $1,015,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION — $600,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC — $470,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL — $137,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSQUASHBUSTERS INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $28,862 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLas Vegas Metropolitan PD Foundation — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LAS VEGAS INNER CITY GAMES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLARK COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK ASSOC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Mgm Resorts FoundationNV15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Wynn Resorts Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Theodore and Doris Lee Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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