Wyoming · Private foundation
Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda
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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $826k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $34k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $37k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $37k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $39k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $45k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $45k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $47k | 18% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $37,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Wallbuilder Presentations Inc | $33,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $23,500 | 9 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $17,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Gospel Fellowship Association | $13,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $12,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $7,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Alpha Omega Institute Inc | $6,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Infaith | $5,625 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $37,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Wallbuilder Presentations Inc | $33,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $23,500 | 9 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $17,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Gospel Fellowship Association | $13,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $12,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $7,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Alpha Omega Institute Inc | $6,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Infaith | $5,625 | 4 | 0% |
| Insight for Living | $2,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Turning Point Counseling Inc | $2,675 | 6 | 0% |
| Thru The Bible Inc | $1,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Love Worth Finding Ministries Inc | $1,700 | 7 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Olive Tree Ministries | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| In Touch Ministries Inc | $1,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Vjs Charitable Private Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Servant Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda
- How much does Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda give?
- Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda reported 16 grants totaling $45,820 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Crime & Legal (10%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Answers in Genesis Inc ($75k), Alliance Defending Freedom ($38k), Wallbuilder Presentations Inc ($34k).
- Does Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda 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 Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Vjs Charitable Private Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda based?
- Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda is based in WY.
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