Juliana Lee Foundation
The Juliana Lee Foundation appears to be a small private foundation based in Palo Alto, CA that supports public education and local school organizations. The official site (a WordPress site in the foundation's name) posts about grants and donations to local education groups and lists contact details and a Palo Alto address.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small, local education-focused nonprofit or school-affiliated group (PTA, school foundation, boosters, local arts/education program) in the Palo Alto/Santa Clara area running projects sized to single-year grants of a few thousand dollars.
Good Fit
- • Direct service or programming for K–12 public schools in the Palo Alto/Santa Clara region
- • Project-specific requests in the $1k–$6k range
- • Existing local presence or partnership with a school or district
- • Clear, concrete uses for one-year funding (classroom materials, extracurricular programs, small capital needs)
- • Introductions or relationships with local school leaders or community funders
Geography
All observed grants in the latest year were made to recipients in California, with giving concentrated in the Palo Alto/Santa Clara area; the footprint is locally focused.
Recipient Variety
The latest available year shows ten grants to eight distinct recipients including school foundations, PTAs, an art center, and a university program, indicating a moderate diversity of local education and arts recipients for a small foundation.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover cannot be tested from a single year, but the foundation explicitly notes it funds only preselected applicants and the observed behavior is selective, so unsolicited new applicants appear unlikely to gain entry.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
