New York · Private foundation
Lucky Star 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2021
- 3
- Grants FY2021
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Lucky Star Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $46k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $67k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $45k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Arts Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Telluride AIDS Benefit Inc | $24,445 | 3 | 3% |
| Telluride Repertory Theatre Company | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $8,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Mothers2mothers United States Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Fund for Change | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pinhead Institute | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Telluride Chamber Music | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The George B Storer Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.
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: Just For Kids Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · Telluride Foundation · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lucky Star Foundation
- How much does Lucky Star Foundation give?
- Lucky Star Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $27,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Lucky Star Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Health (16%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are Lucky Star Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Palm Arts Inc ($40k), Telluride AIDS Benefit Inc ($24k), Telluride Repertory Theatre Company ($10k).
- Does Lucky Star Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lucky Star 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 Lucky Star Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Just For Kids Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, Telluride Foundation.
- Where is Lucky Star Foundation based?
- Lucky Star Foundation is based in NY.
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