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John R Lucash Scholarship Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$52k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$790
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,430
Organizations funded a year
11 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$912k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations John R Lucash Scholarship Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving27$52k30%
FY202431$47k48%
FY202311$50k18%
FY202214$59k43%
FY202131$49k61%
FY202025$54k40%
FY201926$51k62%
FY201824$49k42%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$458kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
UT
MO
KY
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
McKendree University$10,53760%
Lindenwood Education System$9,29770%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale$5,6562n/a
Illinois College$5,62050%
St Louis University$5,59250%
Macmurray College$4,37020%
Bradley University$2,32920%
Washington University$2,13030%
Greenville College$1,98020%
Kansas State University$1,5892n/a
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of John R Lucash Scholarship Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
McKendree University$10,53760%
Lindenwood Education System$9,29770%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale$5,6562n/a
Illinois College$5,62050%
St Louis University$5,59250%
Macmurray College$4,37020%
Bradley University$2,32920%
Washington University$2,13030%
Greenville College$1,98020%
Kansas State University$1,5892n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$1,5402n/a
Missouri Baptist University$1,53520%
Western Kentucky University$1,4901n/a
Drury University$1,46920%
Ranken Technical College$1,35520%
Park University$89010%
Fontbonne University$85310%
Mississippi State University$8531n/a
Johnson County Community College$8531n/a
Aesthetic Institute$85310%
Rhodes College$85310%
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis$83910%
Avila University$83910%
Maryville University - St Louis$83910%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$83910%
Indiana University School of Medicine$7901n/a
Minnesota West Foundation$79010%
Drake University$79010%
University of Chicago$75010%
University of Dayton$75010%
William Woods University$75010%
Freed-Hardeman University$75010%
Butler University$74510%
Lipscomb University$74510%
Michigan State University$7451n/a
Nova Southeastern University Inc$74510%
Loras College$74510%
University of Evansville$63010%
Union University$61010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($386k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John R Lucash Scholarship Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMcKendree University: $10,537 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLindenwood Education System: $9,297 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois College: $5,620 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis University: $5,592 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMacmurray College: $4,370 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBradley University: $2,329 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $2,130 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreenville College: $1,980 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Baptist University: $1,535 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDrury University: $1,469 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRanken Technical College: $1,355 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPark University: $890 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFontbonne University: $853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAesthetic Institute: $853 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRhodes College: $853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis: $839 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvila University: $839 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $839 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $839 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota West Foundation: $790 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDrake University: $790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Woods University: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreed-Hardeman University: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $745 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLipscomb University: $745 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $745 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoras College: $745 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion University: $610 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

Folds of Honor Founda…William Edgar Charita…Tulsa Community Found…Lord Educational FundMissouri Colleges Fun…Jack J Isgur Foundati…Council of Independen…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…Louis and Temple Mars…Tammy Stratman Brown …Griffin Family Founda…
Folds of Honor FoundationOK25.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Folds of Honor Foundation · William Edgar Charitable Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Lord Educational Fund · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Jack J Isgur Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · Louis and Temple Marsch Charitable Trust · Tammy Stratman Brown Charities · Griffin Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About John R Lucash Scholarship Trust

How much does John R Lucash Scholarship Trust give?
John R Lucash Scholarship Trust reported 27 grants totaling $52,095 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John R Lucash Scholarship Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%).
Who are John R Lucash Scholarship Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: McKendree University ($11k), Lindenwood Education System ($9k), Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($6k).
Does John R Lucash Scholarship Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John R Lucash Scholarship Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John R Lucash Scholarship Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, William Edgar Charitable Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
Where is John R Lucash Scholarship Trust based?
John R Lucash Scholarship Trust is based in AL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 109 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
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