California · Private foundation
Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $396k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 29% of the organizations Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $394k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $3.4M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $667k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montalvo Association | $1,696,000 | 4 | 24% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $1,125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Redf | $1,000,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | $657,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Monterey Museum of Art | $145,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Montage Health | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden | $102,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Men's Second Chance Living | $100,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Church in the Forest | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Gathering for Women - Monterey | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Mona & Edward Zander Family Foundation · The Beall Family Foundation · Nancy Eccles and Homer M Hayward Family Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas with peer funders
About Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas
- How much does Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas give?
- Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas reported 8 grants totaling $396,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Health (20%), Employment (17%).
- Who are Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Montalvo Association ($1.7M), The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($1.1M), Redf ($1.0M).
- Does Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas 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 Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas based?
- Donald Lee and Sally Steadman Lucas is based in CA.
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