Nonprofit · EIN 27-2372559
DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · ENGLEWOOD, FL 34223
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,140,954 | $1,116,738 | $24,216 | $326,858 | $400,287 | -$73,429 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $1,025,289 | $1,078,248 | -$52,959 | $167,379 | $265,024 | -$97,645 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $825,211 | $902,521 | -$77,310 | $250,452 | $295,138 | -$44,686 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $349,979
- Program service revenue
- $773,278
- Investment income
- $3
- Other revenue
- $17,694
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $205,271
- Other salaries and wages
- $151,956
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $423,438
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $132,988
- Program services (functional)
- $923,537
- Management and general (functional)
- $157,534
- Fundraising (functional)
- $35,667
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $167,379
- Total assets, end of year
- $326,858
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $400,287
- Net assets, end of year
- -$73,429
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$73,429
- Gross receipts
- $1,140,954
- Employees
- 5
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Lee | President Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,893 |
| Mark Lee | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $80,378 |
| Sherrill Ornberg | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $1,280 |
| David Dignam | SecretaryTreasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ronald Bonneau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Eric Parry | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Steve Souder | Board Vice Chair Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Haight | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Martin | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ward Hayworth | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Fletcher | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robin Littau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Melissa Alterio | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Lee | President Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,334 |
| Mark Lee | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $77,121 |
| Ronald Bonneau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sherrill Ornberg | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Eric Parry | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Steve Souder | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Haight | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Martin | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ward Hayworth | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Fletcher | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robin Littau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Dignam | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Lee | President Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,258 |
| Mark Lee | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $71,822 |
| Sherrill Ornberg | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $11,261 |
| Michael Martin | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Haight | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ward Hayworth | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robin Littau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Fletcher | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Eric Parry | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ronald Bonneau | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Steve Souder | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nancy Pollock | Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Dignam | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 201 NORTH DR, ENGLEWOOD, FL 34223-3637
- In care of
- % MARK LEE
- Mailing address (990-N for 2013)
- PO Box 781, Englewood FL 34295
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Mark Lee, 201 North Drive, Englewood, FL 34223
- Principal officer (990-N for 2013)
- Nathaniel Lee, 7185 Bargello Street, Englewood FL 34224
- Signed the 990
- MARK LEE, Vice-Prsident
- Phone
- (941) 830-2035
- Website
- deniseamberlee.org
- Return prepared by
- Barcos Accounting & Tax Service
Mission
To promote and support public safety through uniform training, standardized protocols, defined measurable outcomes, and technological advances to the 9-1-1 system. To be the emotional driving force for changes in the 9-1-1 system in order to minimize human error.
Program accomplishments
- The Denise Amber Lee Foundation was borne out of a tragic breakdown of the 9-1-1 system in which a young wife and mother of two needlessly lost her life. the daylong abduction, rape and murder of Denise Lee exposed numerous inefficiencies in a system that all citizens rely on in their time of need. In an age of consumer technology that allows us to track and pinpoint locations with GPS on our phones, five calls to 9-1-1 that day, including a six (6) minute call from Denise herself, resulted in no location information to send a response. It is as if this reality of 9-1-1 not being able to pinpoint a location is a secret that the 9-1-1 industry doesnt want to publicize. The Denise Amber Lee Foundation is chartered with raising public awareness of this issue as well as the fact that in most locations and states around the country training is not required to be a 9-1-1 call taker or dispatcher; that the majority of 9-1-1 centers have no quality assurance practices in place for ongoing monitoring of call handeling and customer service. Most states require dog groomers to be trained and pass state exams for certification but the person taking a screaming mothers call for help needs no certification nor training. The Denise Amber Lee Foundation has recruited like-minded, passionate trainers from the 9-1-1 community to reach out to our nations 9-1-1 centers and perform full day presentations on the details of our tragedy and inspire them to not make these same mistakes. These sessions are having a powerful impact on those that attend. We are constantly receiving critiques and testimonials from attendees like this; Thank you for putting on the most profound class I have ever attended. It really motivated us to improve our training program. Thank you again for all the work you are doing to help our industry improve, Thank you for reminding me how important my job can be and how complacency can cost lives, your talk was truly inspirational. I will carry it with me for the rest of my life, and in turn hopefully ensure that I am never guilty of this. Your journey with and without Denise is an incredible one. God Bless and, This class should be required training for every dispatcher What an eye opener and very informative the Denise Amber Lee Foundation is also initiating a Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Consulting Service to help public safety agencies install quality assurance practices in their day to day operations to reduce the indicence of human error. Oddly, the 9-1-1 industry is one of the last in this country to embrace quality assurance principals and it is arguable the most important life-saving industry. An Internal Affairs Investigation is NOT a quality assurance program. With the support of the donor community, we will continue to tell our painful story that is having a major impact on how 9-1-1 calls are handeled nationwide. 9-1-1 is a universal number for help that demands a universal level of response no matter where you are having an emergency.Expenses $923,537 · revenue $773,278
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-2372559
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $326,858
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,140,954
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,140,954 | $1,116,738 | $326,858 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,025,289 | $1,078,248 | $167,379 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $825,211 | $902,521 | $250,452 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $574,988 | $601,432 | $282,236 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2013 Officer: Nathaniel Lee | December 31, 2013 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-2372559).
Questions about DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC is 27-2372559.
- Is DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Mark Lee.
- Who are the officers and directors of DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $124,893 (Nathan Lee, President).
- How much revenue does DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,140,954, expenses of $1,116,738 and total assets of $326,858 at year end.
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