Oregon · Nonprofit
MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION
MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,215 to it, the largest being HEATHERINGTON FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE ($509,450). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Maurice Lucas Foundation does
Mission
To improve the lives of low-income, at risk, and special needs children through physical activity programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Maurice Lucas Foundation's 13 plus year comprehensive program admits and serves students attending title 1 middle schools in the portland metropolitan area and stays with them during the crucial transition to high school and then to four-year college, community college, vocational school, apprenticeship, military service or directly into the workforce. Guiding principles of seven pillars goal setting, integrity, leadership, respect, hard work, personal responsibility, and positivity form the foundation of their programs. Their middle school through high school and post-high programs are built on academics, character development, physical activity and community. They believe that lack of financial ability should not be a barrier to advancing and fulfilling any student's educational and career goals. As needs are increasing, the foundation is also focusing efforts on the family financial assistance program. This program helps support families by providing help with utility bills, groceries, bus passes, and more.
$695,284 spentof which $29,159 as grants$45,708 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe foundation's ml20 enforcers program is an elite basketball team that competes in tournaments and helps expand each participant's core values of integrity, hard work, goal setting, positivity, personal responsibility, respect and leadership.
$96,664 spent11% of program spendingThe foundation's scholarship program focuses on helping students find funding for their post high school journey. Students who participate in the academy program for its entirety and meet the scholarship criteria will receive scholarships to attend the college, university, or accredited vocational school of their choice. The foundation also provides rent, utilities, groceries and other assistance for families in need.
$64,054 spentof which $23,243 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $856,002.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $437k to $691k (+58%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
153% of MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David A Lucas
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $21k → $359k.
8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
36% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 59% · 2019 74% · 2020 50% · 2021 39% · 2022 30% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
67% of MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION?
- MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,215 to it, the largest being HEATHERINGTON FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE ($509,450). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,037,215 in grants to MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION?
- HEATHERINGTON FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE is the largest funder on record, with $509,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing