John B & Nancy K Dee Foundation
Naples, FL · EIN 65-6270910. Reported 93 grants totalling $935,100 to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. John B & Nancy K Dee Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $125,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Center | Immokalee, FL | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St John the Evangelist | Naples, FL | $101,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Hummanity | Naples, FL | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Collier County | Naples, FL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Concern Worldwide (us) Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Collier County | Naples, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Notre Dame (president's Circle) | Notre Dame, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forecast Public Art | St Paul, MN | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society | Naples, FL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Arts Collier | Naples, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Avow Hospice | Naples, FL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cancer Alliance Network | Bonita Springs, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice | Venice, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida | Naples, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope for Haiti | Naples, FL | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bentley Village Foundation | Naples, FL | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Juxta Position Art | Minneapolis, MN | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artis - Naples | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of St Paul & Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Collier County Honor Flight Inc | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hunger Homeless Coalition of Collier County | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Quail Creek Country Club Foundation Inc | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Warrior Homes of Collier | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Collier Harvest Foundation | Naples, FL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Headwaters Music & Arts | Bemidji, MN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Watermark Art Center | Bemidji, MN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Inc | Naples, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners for Breast Cancer Care Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hearts and Homes for Veterans | Fort Myers, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI Collier County | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Matthews House | Naples, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Naples, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
29 of 39 (74%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Guadalupe Center
Contribute to Guadalupe Center's Aqua event for education & support programs for children in Immokalee. - St John the Evangelist
Support of Parish Activities - Habitat for Hummanity
Support housing initiatives for lower income persons - University of Notre Dame
General Fund - Support of educational and organizational programs - Catholic Charities of Collier County
General Fund - Family crisis services - St Jude Children's Research Hospital
General Fund - Medical Research and Treatment
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $269,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $160,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 31 | $232,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $273,100 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 71% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John B & Nancy K Dee Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 13915 Old Coast Road 1702, Naples, FL, 34110. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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