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Micah Lee Foundation NFP

Accepts applications Wheaton, Illinois · EIN 352191133

Micah Lee Foundation NFP is a private foundation in Wheaton, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $42,560 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $850 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $44,108 the year before.

39% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$44,10818$683,857
2024$42,56019$821,135

How to apply

ContactHythem P Shadid
26 W 316 Torrey Pines CT, Winfield, IL 60190
Phone or email(630) 682-5534
What to submitSufficient written details to determine need and purpose.
RestrictionsLimited to sec. 501(c)(3) purposes.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Micah Lee Foundation NFP funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Colorado.

StateGrantsAmount
Colorado1$10,000
District of Columbia3$9,015
New York3$6,450
Georgia1$5,000
Minnesota1$5,000
Pennsylvania1$2,500
Washington2$1,300
Virginia1$1,000
Missouri1$850
Illinois2$800

Grants paid in 2024

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Dreams Indeed International
Denver, CO
Program support$10,000
Good Shepherd New York
New York, NY
General fund$6,000
Common Ground Consultants Inc
Hopkins, MN
General fund$5,000
National Christian Foundation
Alpharetta, GA
General fund$5,000
Serge
Washington, DC
Program support$5,000
The Telos Group
Washington, DC
Program support$4,000
Arabic Christian Church
York, PA
Program support$2,500
Arrabon
Richmond, VA
Program support$1,000
Global Immersion
Spokane, WA
General fund$1,000
Governor's Leadership Forum
Lohman, MO
General fund$850
Mountain Children's Ministry
Lombard, IL
Program support$600
Love Your Neighbor International Ministries
La Crescenta, CA
General fund$300
World Vision
Federal Way, WA
General fund$300
American Friends of Parent's Circle Families Forum
New York, NY
General fund$250
The International Foundation
Fairfield, NJ
General fund$250
American Friends of Combatants for Peace Inc
New York, NY
General fund$200
Individual
IL
Scholarship$200
Center for Action and Contemplation
Albuquerque, NM
General fund$95
Churches for Middle East Peace
Washington, DC
General fund$15

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Micah Lee Foundation NFP accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Micah Lee Foundation NFP give?

$42,560 in tax year 2024, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $850.

Who runs Micah Lee Foundation NFP?

Its 2024 filing lists Hythem P Shadid (Director), Beth Anderson Shadid (Director), Andrew P Shadid (Director) and Peter G Shadid (Director).

What does Micah Lee Foundation NFP fund?

Based on its grants, mainly international and faith communities.

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