Funding search · EIN 453685879 · Wayzata, MN

The Mick and Sandy Lee Family Foundation

Name: The Mick and Sandy Lee Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

64
grants reported: $679,700
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Calvary Lutheran Church3 grants · $280,700
Providence Academy3 grants · $90,000
Upper Midwest Law Center3 grants · $45,000
Center of the American Experiment3 grants · $45,000
Alpha News3 grants · $40,200
Hope Academy2 grants · $37,500
Take Charge3 grants · $30,000
Mazahua Valley Ministries2 grants · $20,000
Lamplighters International3 grants · $18,500
Tanzania Health Partnership2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$167,000

2022

$276,850

2023

$235,850

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$100,500
Calvary Lutheran Church · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$100,000
Calvary Lutheran Church · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$80,200
Calvary Lutheran Church · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$30,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$30,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$30,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$25,500
Hope Academy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$20,000
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$20,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$20,000
Upper Midwest Law Center · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$15,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$15,000
Take Charge · Maple Grove, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$15,000
Upper Midwest Law Center · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$12,000
Hope Academy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,200
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Lamplighters International · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Mazahua Valley Ministries · Plymouth, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Mazahua Valley Ministries · Plymouth, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Take Charge · Maple Grove, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Center of the American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$10,000
Upper Midwest Law Center · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$7,500
Lamplighters International · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Notre Dame High School · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Tanzania Health Partnership · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Notre Dame High School · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Poetice · Covington, LA · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Tanzania Health Partnership · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Take Charge · Maple Grove, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$5,000
Ukranian American Community Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$4,000
Northeast Bank Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$3,000
Northeast Bank Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Mn Family Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Prager U · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Mn Family Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,500
Prager U · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$2,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,200
Scottsdale Bible Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Sola Publishing · Graham, NC · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Lamplighters International · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$900
Scottsdale Bible Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$750
Skipper Power Play · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$700
Scottsdale Bible Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
Colson Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
Sola Publishing · Graham, NC · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
Lutheran Core · Wausau, WI · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
First & Calvary Presbyterian Church · Springfield, MO · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$500
Sola Publishing · Graham, NC · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant
$400
Wishes & More · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$300
La Casa De Cristo Lutheran Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$250
Salvation Army · Blaine, MN · 2024
General purpose exempt function grant
$100
Connected Families · Plymouth, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$100
Westwood Lutheran Church Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose exempt function grant
$100
National Geographic Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose exempt function grant

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