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Lee Institute is committed to supporting critically important community initiatives.

Lee Institute was founded in 1997 to honor and perpetuate Bill Lee’s legacy and example of a life as a community visionary.

Courage. To take a risk, to gamble on a new idea, to pursue a dream.
Bill Lee, October 22, 1986

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Lee Institute & Duke Mansion is a combined nonprofit that operates Lee Institute and cares for Duke Mansion as the mission of the Lynnwood Foundation.

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