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The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable 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.

$122k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 60
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$122k30%
FY202329$103k48%
FY202211$48k18%
FY202119$497k53%
FY202048$67k38%
FY201958$114k45%
FY201858$124k45%
FY201760$130kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$488kHealth$195kHuman Services$135kRecreation & Sports$107kEducation$81kReligion$51kArts & Culture$47kYouth Development$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WI
NY
IA
NJ
CT
VA
TN
NC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Monday Morning Quarterback Club$66,00075%
Renew Birmingham$35,00023%
United Way of Central Alabama Inc$35,00060%
Freedom Rain Inc$27,00050%
The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs$20,00050%
The Center for Executive Leadership Inc$19,00050%
Parkinson Association of Alabama Inc$17,61052%
University of Alabama at Birmingham$17,2504n/a
American Heart Association Inc$16,00040%
The Foundry Ministries Inc$15,25060%
Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc$12,50030%
Friends of Jemison Park$12,25032%
The Exceptional Foundation$12,00060%
Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation$10,84931%
Pga Tour Inc$10,00010%
Urban Ministries Inc$10,0001n/a
Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation$8,50060%
Auburn University Foundation$7,08040%
First Light Inc$6,20030%
Media Research Center$6,00030%
Greater Alabama Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Birmingham Business Alliance$5,00010%
The Wellhouse Inc$5,00010%
A G Gaston Boys and Girls Club$5,00010%
The Restoration Academy$5,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama$3,50020%
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Inc$3,00010%
Ums-Wright Corporation$3,00010%
Canterbury United Methodist Church$3,0003n/a
Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Inc$2,7503n/a
Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission$2,75030%
Big Oak Ranch Inc$2,50030%
Stair of Birmingham$2,50021%
Bronze Valley Foundation$2,500180%
United Ability Inc$2,50040%
Childcare Resources$2,50030%
Beaux Arts Krewe$2,05030%
Birmingham Zoo Inc$2,00020%
Alabama Humanities Alliance$2,00020%
Make Way Partners Inc$2,00040%
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,75020%
Warrior to Citizen Inc$1,50012%
Alabama Golf Association Inc$1,50020%
Kings Home Inc$1,50020%
Magic Moments$1,10030%
Women's Foundation of Alabama$1,08010%
Heart Gallery of Alabama Inc$1,00010%
Daniel's Music Foundation$1,00010%
Mitchell's Place Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,00010%
Kiwanis Club of Birmingham$1,00010%
Alabama Holocaust Education Center$1,00010%
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama Inc$75030%
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$50010%
Hands on Birmingham Inc$50010%
The a Education Partnership$50010%
Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Samaritan's Purse$50010%
United Methodist Children's Home$50010%
Building Peace Inc$50010%
Freedom Source Inc$50010%
Leadership Birmingham Inc$30030%
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute$25010%
Carrywell$25010%
The Tanner Foundation for Neurological Diseases$25010%
Literacy Council of Central Alabama$2501n/a
Pastoral Counseling and Training Center Inc$25010%
Children's Museum of the Shoals Inc$10010%
Alabama Policy Institute Inc$10010%
Newcomen Society of Alabama$7510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($751k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Monday Morning Quarterback Club: $66,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetRenew Birmingham: $35,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUnited Way of Central Alabama Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Rain Inc: $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs: $20,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Center for Executive Leadership Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetParkinson Association of Alabama Inc: $17,610 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundry Ministries Inc: $15,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRed Mountain Theatre Company Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Jemison Park: $12,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Exceptional Foundation: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Brook City Schools Foundation: $10,849 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPga Tour Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAuburn University Foundation: $7,080 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Light Inc: $6,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedia Research Center: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Alabama Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBirmingham Business Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wellhouse Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA G Gaston Boys and Girls Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Restoration Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of Central Alabama: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUms-Wright Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Jimmie Hale Mission: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Oak Ranch Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStair of Birmingham: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBronze Valley Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 80% of budgetUnited Ability Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildcare Resources: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeaux Arts Krewe: $2,050 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Humanities Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMake Way Partners Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWarrior to Citizen Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAlabama Golf Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKings Home Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMagic Moments: $1,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Alabama: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart Gallery of Alabama Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDaniel's Music Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMitchell's Place Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKiwanis Club of Birmingham: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 67.

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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.

Protective Life FoundationAL72.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Protective Life Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Dunn-French Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Hackney Foundation · Debardeleben Foundation Inc · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation

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.

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About The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation

How much does The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation give?
The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $122,270 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Health (16%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Monday Morning Quarterback Club ($66k), Renew Birmingham ($35k), United Way of Central Alabama Inc ($35k).
Does The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable 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 The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Protective Life Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
Where is The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation based?
The Robert and Lois Luckie Charitable Foundation is based in AL.

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 162 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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