North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC
THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $266,690 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($266,690). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $267k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The General William C Lee Memorial Commission Inc does
Mission
To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the late general william c. Lee, by the acquisition, restoration, preservation and protection of the homeplace of general william c. Lee in dunn, north carolina, and the erection of monuments and markers at or in connection with the same; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the life and u.s. Military service of general william c. Lee and the publication of the results thereof; by the acquisition, collection and preservation of documents, relics, momentos and records of the life and u.s. Military service of general william c. Lee; to foster and promote public knowledge of and interest in the life and u.s. Military service of general william c. Lee; and by the public celebration of special events to commemorate the life and u.s. Military service of the late general william c. Lee.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation of the general william c. Lee airborne museum in dunn, nc accomplishes the mission of this organization and may also be considered a program service. Operational expenses are currently included as management and general and there is no operational revenue.
$33,475 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $33,475.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $1.6M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 65% · 2019 57% · 2020 44% · 2021 22% · 2022 98% · 2023 43% · 2024 61% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $55k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $267k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
34% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC?
- THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $266,690 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($266,690). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $266,690 in grants to THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $266,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GENERAL WILLIAM C LEE MEMORIAL COMMISSION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing