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Robert & Maureen Lucas Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert & Maureen Lucas Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$223kReligion$153kCivil Rights$132kCrime & Legal$52kEducation$42kHealth$23kInternational$23kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOOR OF HOPE$10,000
LA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
PATH$10,000
DOOR OF HOPE$10,000
BRIDGES$5,000
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$3,000
BRIDGES$2,700
LA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,500
AAPI WOMEN LEAD$2,500
IMMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER$1,500
VIBRA VOCE$1,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$600
KUSC$600
KCRW$600
Individual grant recipient$600
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%GROWING PAINS COMPASSION OUTREACH: $5k → 14%PROJECT WEBER RENEW: $3k → 14%GROWING PAINS COMPASSION OUTREACH: $5k → 14%GROWING PAINS COMPASSION OUTREACH: $3k → 14%PATH: $25k → 14%PATH: $20k → 14%PATH: $10k → 14%PATH: $10k → 14%PATH: $10k → 14%PATH: $5k → 14%PATH: $5k → 14%ABLE ARTS WORK: $1k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
IA
OH
RI
CA
MD
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$653k · 19 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
21

Total granted

$653k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+54%

Still filing today

53%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalCivil RightsHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DO
    DOOR OF HOPE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +369%
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +69%
  • P
    PATH
    7× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +361%

Funded once

  • TREVOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +318%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +202%
  • FO
    Friends of the Congo
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
7
California Immigrant Policy Center

The california immigrant policy center upholds the humanity of immigrant communities in california by transforming systems to achieve racial, social, and economic justice.

Civil Rights
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Aapi Women Lead. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOOR OF HOPE: $132,500 · OtherDOOR OF HOPELA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $128,000 · OtherLA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHBRIDGES: $57,700 · OtherBRIDGESMAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $25,000 · OtherMAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS+20 more: $45,120 · Other+20 moreTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $112,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPROD…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $20,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION …TREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INCPATH: $85,000 · Human ServicesPATHGROWING PAINS COMPASSION OUTREACH: $12,500 · Human ServicesGROWING PAINS CO…UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human Services+5 more: $7,250 · Human Services+5 moreTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $1,500 · Crime & LegalWORLD VISION INC: $10,680 · InternationalFriends of the Congo: $5,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $3,750 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL FUNDERS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,530 · InternationalTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 · HealthCHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE INC: $4,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 · HealthENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Environment
Other$388,320Civil Rights$142,000Human Services$109,750Crime & Legal$51,500International$22,960Health$10,500Environment$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $132,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $112,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGROWING PAINS COMPASSION OUTREACH: $12,500 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $10,680 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Congo: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT WEBERRENEW: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUNDERS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,530 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wayward Artist Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlintridge Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTS AND SERVICES FOR DISABLED INC DBA ABLE ARTS WORK: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,085 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

California Community …Sempra FoundationPasadena Community Fo…Ann Peppers FoundationS Mark Taper Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
California Community FoundationCA22× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Maureen Lucas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Maureen Lucas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 46 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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