Nevada · Private foundation
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 FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $330k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $836k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $304k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $880k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $667k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $1,500,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $1,015,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Triple Aught Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Nevada Ballet Theatre Inc | $470,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $137,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Streetsquash Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Squashbusters Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $1,500,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $1,015,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Triple Aught Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Nevada Ballet Theatre Inc | $470,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $137,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Streetsquash Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Squashbusters Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Las Vegas Inner City Games | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clark County Junior Livestock Assoc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($946k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: 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
How this is measured
Compare Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation
- How much does Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation give?
- Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $317,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Philanthropy (35%), Education (27%).
- Who are Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts ($1.5M), University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation ($1.0M), Triple Aught Foundation ($600k).
- Does Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Theodore and Doris Lee Family 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 Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mgm Resorts Foundation, Canarelli Family Foundation, Wynn Resorts Foundation.
- Where is Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation based?
- Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation is based in NV.
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