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Lee Foundation is Singapore's largest private charitable foundation. It was founded in 1952 by philanthropist and businessman Lee Kong Chian, and has since supported various educational causes, healthcare and medical endowments as well as disaster relief efforts. It is run by a board composed of Lee's descendants and non-family members.
Dec 12, 2022 · SINGAPORE – The Ngee Ann Kongsi has emerged as Singapore’s biggest private donor, giving $37.7 million to a host of charitable causes in 2021. Founded by a group of Teochew leaders in 1845, the...
Sep 16, 2021 · Now the legacies endowed by and named for some of Singapore's richest tycoons - the Lee, Lien and Shaw foundations - continue to be some of the biggest givers to charity here.
Aug 8, 2022 · SINGAPORE - Philanthropist Lee Seng Tee, second son of pioneer businessman Lee Kong Chian, has died at age 99. The chairman of one of Singapore's largest charitable organisations, Lee...
Jan 28, 2023 · The Lee Foundation’s gift will boost the AMC’s efforts to design and strengthen frameworks to hasten advancements in healthcare innovation, seed the potential for discovery and innovation through funding and pilot grants, and push the boundaries of medicine through novel research programmes.
Fifty years later, in 2003 his descendants made another generous donation of $60 million through the Lee Foundation, which helped to defray the construction costs of the National Library Building. This building houses the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, Central Public Library, exhibition spaces, event halls and offices.
The Lee Foundation Bursary was established to support financially disadvantaged and deserving undergraduates pursuing a full-time undergraduate degree programme at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).
Established in 2016, the Lee Foundation Bursary serves to provide financial assistance to financially-challenged undergraduate students for their education at the Singapore Management University.
Aug 6, 2022 · Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) pays tribute to Dr Lee Seng Tee, Chairman of Lee Foundation, who was a strong supporter of the University. In 2011, the Lee Foundation made a landmark S$150 million gift to NTU to support its new medical school.
Lee Seng Gee (b. 25 June 1921, Singapore–d. 10 May 2016, Singapore) was the former chairman of Lee Foundation and Lee Rubber Group. He was known for his charitable and philanthropic contributions towards education, the underprivileged and the arts,1 continuing the legacy of giving set by his father, Lee Kong Chian, and his maternal ...
