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 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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9 grants matching “barton” · $291,650
- $27,000
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025
Unrestricted
- $17,100
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025
Designated for vehicle expense
- $5,500
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2025
Scholarship Fund
- $18,100
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2024
Vehicle expense pledge and unrestricted
- $17,100
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2023
Designated for vehicle expense
- $1,500
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2023
Scholarship fund and unrestricted
- $200,000
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022
Challenge gift to pay off revolving credit line
- $2,850
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022
Designated for vehicle expense
- $2,500
Barton College · Wilson, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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