Funding search · EIN 871437780 · Nashville, NC

John Lynn & Luisa Lee

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

76
grants reported
$1.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

campaignexpensevehicledesignatedexcellencefacultypaddle

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Top recipients

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  • Greenfield School8 grants · $784,618
  • Barton College9 grants · $291,650
  • Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc4 grants · $72,800
  • First Baptist Church4 grants · $35,450
  • Ccai Adoption Services4 grants · $26,000
  • Ymca Camp Seafarer2 grants · $16,000
  • Free Will Baptist Children'S Home1 grant · $10,000
  • National Wild Turkey Federation2 grants · $10,000
  • Nc Aquarium3 grants · $7,750
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$294,168
2022
$322,300
2023
$340,675
2024
$337,050
2025

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

  • $250,000

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Lee Initiative for Faculty Excellence grant

  • $250,000

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2024

    Lee Initiative for Faculty Excellence grant

  • $250,000

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2023

    Lee Initiative for Faculty Excellence grant

  • $200,000

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Challenge gift to pay off revolving credit line

  • $30,300

    Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc · Thomasville, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $27,000

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $22,500

    Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc · Thomasville, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $18,100

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2024

    Vehicle expense pledge and unrestricted

  • $17,100

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Designated for vehicle expense

  • $17,100

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2023

    Designated for vehicle expense

  • $15,000

    First Baptist Church · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $13,000

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Raise the Paddle Campaign

  • $11,000

    Ymca Camp Seafarer · Arapahoe, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,200

    First Baptist Church · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc · Thomasville, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc · Thomasville, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    First Baptist Church · Wilson, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2024

    Raise the Paddle Campaign

  • $10,000

    Ccai Adoption Services · Centennial, CO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ccai Adoption Services · Centennial, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Free Will Baptist Children'S Home · Middlesex, NC · 2022

    Rewriting Stories Campaign

  • $8,100

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2023

    Raise the Paddle Campaign

  • $5,500

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Scholarship Fund

  • $5,000

    Ymca Camp Seafarer · Arapahoe, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Campbell Athletics · Buies Creek, NC · 2024

    Fighting Camels Campaign

  • $5,000

    Ccai Adoption Services · Centennial, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nc Aquarium · Pine Knoll Shores, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pitt Community College Foundation · Greenville, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,268

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2022

    For school grounds improvements

  • $2,850

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Designated for vehicle expense

  • $2,500

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Mt Juliet, TN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Free Will Baptist Children'S Home · Middlesex, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nc Aquarium · Pine Knoll Shores, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Free Will Baptist Children'S Home · Middlesex, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Mt Juliet, TN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Mt Juliet, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2023

    Scholarship fund and unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Crossroads Christian School · Henderson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Boy Scouts of America · Goldsboro, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ccai Adoption Services · Centennial, CO · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Maj Benjamin May Chapter Dar · Farmville, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Pruitt Cares Foundation · Greenville, NC · 2024

    For charitable purposes only in North Carolina

  • $1,000

    Gift of Adoptionsc Chapter · Northbrook, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nc Agricultural Foundationnc State · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Spring Hill College · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Wilson Arts · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Boysgirls Club Lower Naugatuck Vall · Shelton, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Nc Museum of History Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Our Lady of Angels St Joseph Medica · Pensacola, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Salem Methodist Church · Eastover, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Wilson Arts · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    All Saints Episcopal Church · Concord, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Holy Family Catholic Church · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $500

    Rones Chapel Area Community Center · Mount Olive, NC · 2023

    Tutor to the Top Campaign

  • $250

    Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Museu · Wilson, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    National Deer Association Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2024

    AG Community Lakes Fund

  • $250

    Ogechee Area Hospice · Statesboro, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church · Lecanto, FL · 2024

    For youth mission trip

  • $250

    St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Beaufort, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Statesboro Worship · Statesboro, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Lighthouse Assembly of God · Buxton, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    National Deer Association Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2023

    AG Community Lakes Fund

  • $250

    Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Museu · Wilson, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    First Baptist Church · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Greenfield School · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Nc Aquarium · Pine Knoll Shores, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    St Timothy'S Episcopal Church · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Wesley Shelter · Wilson, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100

    Pleasant Hope Missionary Baptist Ch · Elm City, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $75

    Young America'S Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    For the Reagan Ranch

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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.