Organization · EIN 62-0502739 · Cleveland, TN

Who funds Lee University?

17 private foundations reported paying Lee University $1.35M on returns for tax year 2023.

17 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 17

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Lilly Endowment
Indianapolis, IN
$1,241,763 COMPELLING PREACHING INITIATIVE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Charles Koch Foundation
Arlington, VA
$33,000 General operating support Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Gertrude E Skelly Charitable Foundation
Orlando, FL
$15,000 Emergency Funds Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tucker Foundation
Ooltewah, TN
$10,000 GENERAL SUPPORT - STRING THEORY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Conn Family Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dugan Charitable Trust
Chattanooga, TN · Preselected only
$5,541 TO FULFILL THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL
$5,000 Cross-cultural, urban service internships in Chicago Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Eagle Foundation
Chaska, MN
$5,000 TUITION REDUCTION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
William M McGlaughlin Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL CONTRIBUTION Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Presser Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
$3,000 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLAR AWARDS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy
Milwaukee, WI
$3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Athens Federal Foundation
Athens, TN
$3,000 PARTIAL FUNDING OF SERVICES FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER.
Filed as “LEE UNIVERSITY - ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER”
Same address 0.55 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Chazen Family Foundation
Chattanooga, TN · Preselected only
$2,500 UNRESTRICTED Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Violet Hampton Tuw #2
Birmingham, AL
$2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Watson-Brown Foundation
Thomson, GA
$1,548 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mark E Smith Foundation Ua Dated November 9 2022
Cleveland, TN
$1,000 MISSION TRIP Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Rose Spurrier Scholarship Fund
Kingman, KS
$800 SCHOLARSHIP Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Lee University

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Lee University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $100K to them
  2. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $44.7K to them
  3. The Simons Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $16.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Austin, TX
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $749K to them
  5. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $7.14M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Irvine, CA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $1.62M to them
  7. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $539K to them
  8. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $62.8M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Miami University Oxford, OH
    4 shared funders · 87 funders in all
  2. Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
    4 shared funders · 254 funders in all
  3. Emory University Atlanta, GA
    4 shared funders · 229 funders in all
  4. Northwestern University Evanston, IL
    4 shared funders · 398 funders in all
  5. University of Notre Dame Du Lac Notre Dame, IN
    4 shared funders · 351 funders in all
  6. Creative Discovery Museum Chattanooga, TN
    2 shared funders · 11 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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