California · Private foundation
The George Lucas Educational 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of The George Lucas Educational Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $50,499
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $503,048
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The George Lucas Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $933k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $864k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
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, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $1,900,234 | 4 | n/a |
| The Concord Consortium Incorporated | $296,698 | 2 | 2% |
| New York University | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mathaction | $100,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Sfusd | $39,081 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($821k), not named here.
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About The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- How much does The George Lucas Educational Foundation give?
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,003,547 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The George Lucas Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (65%), Science & Tech (31%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are The George Lucas Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Michigan State University ($1.9M), The Concord Consortium Incorporated ($297k), New York University ($200k).
- Does The George Lucas Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George Lucas Educational 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.
- Where is The George Lucas Educational Foundation based?
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation is based in CA.
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