West Virginia · Private foundation
Charles a Lucas Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $14k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $298k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Charles a Lucas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $14k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $8k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $4k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $11k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $7k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Valley University Inc | $43,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $6,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,978 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Chronicle Inc | $1,501 | 4 | 0% |
| Appalachian Children's Chorus Inc | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Union Mission Ministries Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Surprise Valley Youth Camp Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Steady Boxing Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Valley University Inc | $43,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $6,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,978 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Chronicle Inc | $1,501 | 4 | 0% |
| Appalachian Children's Chorus Inc | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Union Mission Ministries Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Surprise Valley Youth Camp Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Steady Boxing Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| James Connection | $349 | 4 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $251 | 2 | n/a |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Orphan Outreach | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $99 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles a Lucas Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Charles a Lucas Foundation
- How much does Charles a Lucas Foundation give?
- Charles a Lucas Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $14,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Charles a Lucas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Religion (19%), Health (11%).
- Who are Charles a Lucas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ohio Valley University Inc ($44k), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($7k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($2k).
- Does Charles a Lucas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles a Lucas Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles a Lucas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Charles a Lucas Foundation based?
- Charles a Lucas Foundation is based in WV.
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