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LEE INITIATIVE INC

EIN 82-3884798 LOUISVILLE, KY

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Revenue 2024
$2,337,862
Expenses 2024
$3,009,151

Program services were 87.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1200
Street
610 W MAGNOLIA AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADMINISTER PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES TO INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT OPERATORS AND EMPLOYEES. PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF AND RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

  • A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES GRANTS TO INDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS PRESERVING AND ADVANCING THE LEGACY OF BLACK FOOD IN AMERICA.

    Expenses $885,000 · Grants $885,000

  • A PROGRAM FOR WOMEN CULINARY AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONALS THAT FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNTIES FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

  • M. FRANCES RESTAURANT'S MISSION IS TO CREATE A THINK TANK PROJECT, THROUGH WHICH PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS WILL BE CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT INDUSTRY'S MOST PRESSING ISSUES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,464,184 · Grants $1,464,184

  • RETAURANT WORKERS RELIEF AND OTHER GRANTS AND PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $289,768

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lindsey Ofacek

    MANAGING DIR

    Total calculated
    $56,537
    From this org
    $47,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,663
    Hours/week
    55 + 55 related

  • Edward Lee

    CREATIVE DIR

    Total calculated
    $19,231
    From this org
    $19,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ben Johnson

    PRRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Keith

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shauntrice Martin

    SECRATARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,337,862
    Expenses
    $3,009,151
    Contributions
    $2,337,862
    Grants paid
    $2,349,184
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,414,928
    Expenses
    $1,999,249
    Contributions
    $1,422,343
    Grants paid
    $1,026,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,705,892
    Expenses
    $2,746,667
    Contributions
    $2,729,062
    Grants paid
    $2,001,674

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,039,877
    Expenses
    $3,201,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,682,366

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,039,877
    Expenses
    $3,201,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,682,366

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,114,008
    Expenses
    $5,380,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,578,527

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $109,861
    Expenses
    $108,818
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,382

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $80,294
    Expenses
    $71,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,571

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • M FRNACIS INC

    $1,464,184

    2024 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • CHRISTON ENTERPRISES

    $37,295

    2022 EASTERN KY FLOOD RELIEF

  • AMARACHI INC

    $30,000

    2022 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • FLORIDA AVENUE GRILL

    $25,000

    2023 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • HOOVER'S COOKING

    $25,000

    2023 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • HORN BARBEQUE

    $25,000

    2023 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • THE HISTORIC MAGNOLIA HOUSE

    $25,000

    2023 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • DAYOSENSE CATERING

    $25,000

    2022 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • EVERETT AND JONES BBQ INTERNATIONAL

    $25,000

    2022 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

  • GLADY'S KITCHEN

    $25,000

    2022 RACIAL JUSTICE SRRJ

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.