Private foundation · EIN 86-1211806 · Lee, MA · Return for the year ending 2024-06-30

Where Lee Bank Foundation's grants went

It reported $182,370 in grants paid across 41 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 91.8% of those dollars to 38 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
APPLICATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ON THE LEE BANK WEBSITE
Deadlines
SEE LEE BANK WEBSITE FOR APPLICATION DEADLINES
Restrictions
501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS MAY SUBMIT ONE APPLICATION FOR REVIEW IN ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD. GRANTS AWARDED RANGE FROM $1,000 $25,000. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE LEE BANK FOUNDATION IS THE REDUCTION OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND WEALTH GAP FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. OUR GRANTS FUND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL APPROACHES TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. EXAMPLES OF AREAS OF INTEREST FOR THE FOUNDATION ARE: -EDUCATION & LITERACY -FOOD SECURITY & NUTRITION -ECONOMIC GROWTH &

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 41 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Community Access to the Arts
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-3196265
$10,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-3010725
$10,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 57-1140453
$10,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 0.94
LATINAS413
W Stockbridge, MA · EIN 99-3395774
$7,800EXEMPT PURPOSEExact name 1.00
18 Degrees
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2226238
$7,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
The Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 20-2878093
$7,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Elizabeth Freeman Center
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2584551
$7,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Volunteers in Medicine
Great Barrington, MA · no confident EIN match
$7,500EXEMPT PURPOSEUnmatched Help match
Berkshire Community Action Council
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2422074
$6,800EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Barrington Stage Company
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-3263298
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 81-4386302
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Berkshires Bounty
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 83-0905992
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 0.89
Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 47-2531703
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Berkshire Grown
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 20-0482070
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Innovation Center
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 47-1691933
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Nursing Families
Adams, MA · EIN 04-3529643
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-3348584
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Construct
Great Barrington, MA · EIN 23-7099108
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Flying Cloud Institute
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-2730172
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Greenagers
S Egremont, MA · EIN 46-1728356
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Roots Rising
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 83-2950864
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
The Brien Center
Pittsfield, MA · no confident EIN match
$5,000EXEMPT PURPOSEUnmatched Help match
Railroad Street Youth Project
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 04-3531328
$4,800EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Sonrisas
Cheshire, MA · EIN 20-4405556
$4,100EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Becket Athenaeum
Becket, MA · EIN 04-3458519
$4,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Immigrant Center
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 86-2361326
$3,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Literacy Network of South Berkshire
Lee, MA · EIN 04-3252289
$2,820EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Berkshire Childrens Chorus
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-3335721
$2,500EXEMPT PURPOSEExact name 1.00
Entrepreneurship for All
Lowell, MA · EIN 47-1858182
$2,500EXEMPT PURPOSEExact name 1.00
Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-3244191
$2,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Lincoln, MA · EIN 04-2104702
$2,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Goodwill
Pittsfield, MA · no confident EIN match
$2,500EXEMPT PURPOSEUnmatched Help match
Community Recreation Association
Dalton, MA · EIN 04-6061509
$2,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Center for Justice
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 03-0588928
$1,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Walking Our Talk
Gt Barrington, MA · EIN 83-1479301
$1,500EXEMPT PURPOSESame ZIP 1.00
Roots Teen Center
North Adams, MA · EIN 84-4994881
$1,050EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Community Diaper Project
W Stockbridge, MA · EIN 47-4529853
$1,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden
Stockbridge, MA · EIN 04-2125011
$1,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 0.88
Berkshire County ARC
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2218928
$1,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Berkshire County Historical Society
Pittsfield, MA · EIN 04-2300187
$1,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00
Wam Theatre
Lenox, MA · EIN 27-1595793
$1,000EXEMPT PURPOSESame address 1.00

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    23 recipients in common
  2. Berkshire Bank Foundation Pittsfield, MA
    19 recipients in common
  3. Donald C McGraw Foundation Delray Beach, FL
    14 recipients in common
  4. Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation Falmouth, MA
    14 recipients in common
  5. Gilson Family Foundation Marblehead, MA
    10 recipients in common
  6. The Buchwald Family Foundation New York, NY
    9 recipients in common
  7. Shoval Foundation Wilkes Barre, PA
    9 recipients in common
  8. The Ruth Krauss Foundation Bridgeport, CT
    9 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.