Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation
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About Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation
The Dr M LEE Pearce Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on two clear pillars: high‑end biomedical research and major performing arts organizations. Grants skew toward large gifts to leading national medical research institutions and to elite classical music and opera institutions, alongside selective support for Miami‑area music programs. The foundation favors prestige institutions and signature arts projects (residencies, concert series) rather than small grassroots service providers.
Focus Areas
Biomedical research at elite medical schools and research institutes (quality of life and survey programs)Major opera companies and national opera infrastructureSymphony orchestras and classical music residency programsMiami‑based music initiatives and music therapy/brain‑aging researchScholarship support at research universities
Who They Fund
Florida residentsMiami residentsmedical researchersmusic therapists / clinicians
About Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation
The Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation Inc gives at the intersection of translational medical research and classical music institutions, with large grants flowing to Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Opera America, and The Metropolitan Opera Association. Its recent awards show a clear preference for established organizations and multi-year relationships rather than one-off support, with recurring gifts to the same medical and arts recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025. In medical research, the foundation backs work on age-associated chronic diseases, diagnostics, therapeutics, and patient data use, including support for quality-of-life survey programming. In the arts, it funds production- and performance-centered projects in classical music and opera, especially efforts tied to institutional strength, audience development, and long-term sustainability. Miami appears as a meaningful place in the portfolio through support for local music and research institutions, including New World Symphony and the University of Miami. The foundation also appears to support scholarship activity at a research university, alongside residency and program work for major orchestras and opera companies.
What Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation Funds
In medical research, the foundation gave $999,350 to Harvard Medical School for medical research and $600,000 to Mayo Clinic for medical research, alongside support for translational work on age-associated chronic diseases and conditions. It also backed the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research with $425,000 for the quality of human life survey program. In music and opera, the foundation gave $500,000 to Opera America for general support and $500,000 to The Metropolitan Opera Association for general support, reflecting support for national infrastructure as well as individual companies. Miami-linked arts and research activity appears too: New World Symphony received $400,000 for its Wallcast concert series, and the University of Miami Frost School of Music received $200,000 for music therapy/brain aging.
How Dr M Lee Pearce Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster at the upper end of the scale: p25 is $50,000, median is $200,000, and p75 is $300,000. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Harvard Medical School, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Washington National Opera, The Metropolitan Opera Association, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, University of Miami Frost School of Music, and others. That pattern points to sustained relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation’s active programs are institutional and project based, with no unsolicited application route listed.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.1M
Total Assets
$174.3M
Total Revenue
$138.3M
Total Expenses
$6.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $300K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$300K
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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