· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Answers in Genesis | $15,000 |
| Community Foundation of Jackson Hol | $11,800 |
| WallBuilders | $3,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Novo | $2,000 |
| First Baptist Church | $1,850 |
| Gospel Fellowship Assoc | $1,500 |
| T2T Foundation | $1,000 |
| TPUSA | $1,000 |
| Family Research Council | $1,000 |
| Thru the Bible Radio | $500 |
| First Liberty Institute | $500 |
| Living on the Edge | $500 |
| Moody Global Ministries | $420 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AIANSWERS IN GENESIS INC5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +56%
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +134%- WPWALLBUILDER PRESENTATIONS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $34k · revenue +198%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $4k
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%- FLFamily Life Todayone grant, 2019 · $400
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Provide christian teaching for pastors, teachers and other church leaders in various parts of the world. the teaching includes the bible, theology, church history, apologetics and practical ministry and related fields.
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
International Biblical Training is a teaching, training and equipping religious ministry. IBT staff provide theological teaching and training for the purpose of making Christian disciples who in turn train and disciple others in…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Christian publishing company
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds WALLBUILDER PRESENTATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALPHA OMEGA INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds INFAITH ↗
- Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
- Who funds INSIGHT FOR LIVING ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT COUNSELING INC ↗
- Who funds Thru The Bible Inc ↗
- Who funds LOVE WORTH FINDING MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds OLIVE TREE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Living on the Edge Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rod & Joyce Lucas Charitable Founda. Bigger dots raise more.
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