Don W Lee Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Stevenson Ranch, CA EIN: 35-6768033

Don W Lee Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Stevenson Ranch, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31K in total assets. In 2025, it made $2K in qualifying distributions.

Don W Lee Family Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$30,522
-5.6% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$3
+0.0% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$1,807
-25.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,825
-25.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Don W Lee Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

FullertonLos AngelesPasadenaCerritos

How Don W Lee Family Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 43% from 2019 to 2022. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 117% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1K$2K$3K3 grants2019 3 grants2020 1 grant2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2022) to $3K (2021). In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $2K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
California Arts University Fullerton, CATo Fund Education in Art$1,200
Beatus Vocal Ensemble Los Angeles, CAFor Use in Volunteer Activities$500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$30,522$3$1,825——$1,807—$1,548
2024$32,344$3$2,443——$2,419—$1,653
2023$34,784$6,147$1,600——$1,584$5,598$1,523
2022$30,237$1$3,300$1,7002$3,284——
2021$33,536$1$4,591$3,0001$4,575—$2,456
2020$38,126$7$4,410$3,0003———
2019$42,529$65$4,473$3,0003—$50$2,202

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Don W Lee Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $2K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Don W Lee Family Foundation's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Don W. Lee

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Huncha Lee

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Don W Lee Family Foundation

How large is Don W Lee Family Foundation?

Don W Lee Family Foundation reported $31K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $2K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $2K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

Where does Don W Lee Family Foundation operate?

Don W Lee Family Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Don W Lee Family Foundation's EIN?

Don W Lee Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-6768033. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 17, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 19, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 19, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 5, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 5, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 24, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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