Funding search · EIN 260709589 · Wrightsville Beach, NC

Isabel James Lehto Foundation

Name: Isabel James Lehto Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

54
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

house burgin dormitory historic nursing preservation renovation scholarships

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington3 grants · $175,000
Brigade Boys & Girls Club3 grants · $160,000
Salvation Army3 grants · $160,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church3 grants · $158,000
Saint Mary'S School3 grants · $150,000
Families First3 grants · $130,000
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society3 grants · $105,000
Cape Fear American Red Cross2 grants · $90,000
Saint Paul'S Church Scholarship2 grants · $80,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church1 grant · $80,000

Giving over time

$515,000

2022

$520,000

2023

$516,000

2024

$568,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$108,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$80,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Operating Fund
$75,000
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Operations
$75,000
Salvation Army · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Transportation needs
$70,000
Salvation Army · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Transportation Needs
$60,000
Brigade Boys & Girls Club · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$60,000
Families First · Whiteville, NC · 2025
General support
$60,000
Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Operating Support
$50,000
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Saint Mary'S School · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Salvation Army · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Operations
$50,000
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Historic House Preservation
$50,000
Saint Mary'S School · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Renovation of Dormitory
$50,000
Brigade Boys & Girls Club · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Saint Mary'S School · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Renovation of dormitory
$50,000
Brigade Boys & Girls Club · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Operations
$50,000
Saint Mary'S School · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Renovation of dormitory
$45,000
Families First · Whiteville, NC · 2024
Operating Funds
$45,000
Cape Fear American Red Cross · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Operating fund
$45,000
Families First · Whiteville, NC · 2023
Operating funds
$45,000
Cape Fear American Red Cross · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Operating fund
$40,000
Saint Paul'S Church Scholarship · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Operating funds
$40,000
Saint Paul'S Church Scholarship · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Operating funds
$36,000
Nat'L Society of the Colonial Dames of America · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Support for Burgin-Wright House
$35,000
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$35,000
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$35,000
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Historic house preservation
$35,000
Salvation Army · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Transportation needs
$35,000
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Historic house preservation
$25,000
American Red Cross of Eastern Nc · Greenville, NC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina · Kinston, NC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Ministering Circle of Wilmington Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$25,000
American Red Cross of Eastern Nc · Greenville, NC · 2024
Operating Fund
$25,000
Ministering Circle of Wilmington Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Nursing Scholarships
$25,000
Ministering Circle of Wilmington Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Nursing scholarships
$25,000
Nat'L Society of the Colonial Dames of America · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Support for burgin-wright house
$25,000
Pender County Humane Society · Burgaw, NC · 2023
Operating funds
$25,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Operating fund
$25,000
The Diocese of East Carolina · Kinston, NC · 2023
Operating funds
$25,000
Families First · Whiteville, NC · 2022
Operating funds
$25,000
Hope Harbor Home · Supply, NC · 2022
Operating funds
$25,000
Ministering Circle of Wilmington Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Nursing scholarships
$25,000
Nat'L Society of the Colonial Dames of America · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Support for burgin-wright house
$25,000
Saint Paul'S Episcopal Church · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
The Diocese of East Carolina · Kinston, NC · 2022
Operating funds
$20,000
Hope Harbor Home · Supply, NC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Hope Harbor Home · Supply, NC · 2024
Operating Funds
$20,000
Hope Harbor Home · Supply, NC · 2023
Operating funds
$20,000
Pender County Humane Society · Burgaw, NC · 2022
Operating funds
$15,000
Heidis Hope for Homeless Animals · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Pender County Humane Society · Burgaw, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Pender County Humane Society · Burgaw, NC · 2024
Operating Funds

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.