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Mary Lee Community

Public charity · Grantmaker Austin, TX EIN: 74-2960018 Website

The organization owns, maintains, and refurbishes rehabiliation facilities, buildings, monuments, and structures, owned by the corporation, that will benefit the care, treatment, housing, welfare, and education of those persons needing health and mental retardation services.

Mary Lee Community at a glance

Revenue (2025)
$282
-100.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$72,090
-97.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Mary Lee Community funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Austin

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $2.4M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Mary Lee Foundation Austin, TXTo Contribute Net Cornerstone Apartment Complex's Sale Proceeds$2,367,221
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025—$282$72,090———
2024$71,808$4,424,646$3,433,381$2,367,2211$2,078,797
2023$6,638,927$825,133$1,278,905———
2022$6,894,882$883,869$1,172,775———
2021$7,130,748$836,995$1,080,368———
2020$7,481,119$826,479$1,135,558———
2019$7,751,918$806,817$1,101,571———

About Mary Lee Community

Based on IRS filings

Mary Lee Community is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Austin, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mary Lee Community is led by Russ Walker, President since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Russ Walker

    President

    President → President & Executive Director, 2024

    President & Executive Director → President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Peays

    Chairman

    Member → Board Member, 2022

    Board Member → Chairman, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jayme Peralez

    Director of Nursing

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fran Roda

    Treasurer & Controller

    Treasurer & Controller → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → Treasurer & Controller, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Jones

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Weatherbie

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Kegg

    Vice Chairman

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leigh Dunson

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Duran

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Johnson

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Van Myers

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Bill Martin (2019–2024) — Member
  • Former: Charlene Crump (2019–2024) — Vice Chairman
  • Former: Beth Weber (2020–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Wayne Johnson (2020–2024) — Chairman
  • Former: Joyce Pulich (2021–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Bill Hartman (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Liza Ruiz (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Patrick O'Beirne (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Gloria Wilburn (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: Lillie Gilligan (2019) — Member
  • Former: Peggy Van Wyk (2019) — Member

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 Mary Lee Community

What is Mary Lee Community?

Mary Lee Community is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Austin, TX.

Where does Mary Lee Community operate?

Mary Lee Community has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Mary Lee Community's EIN?

Mary Lee Community's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2960018. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 9, 2020)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)

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