Funding search · EIN 456398630 · Garden City, NY

The Lucky One Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported
$1.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Ganna Wlaska Lotusland3 grants · $205,000
  • Music Academy of the West3 grants · $110,000
  • Creative Visions Foundation2 grants · $100,000
  • Limitless Horizons Ixil3 grants · $95,000
  • Puppies Behind Bars3 grants · $85,000
  • Moxi the Wolf Museum3 grants · $85,000
  • Bellosguardo Foundation2 grants · $65,000
  • United Way of Santa Barbara3 grants · $60,000
  • Gwendolyn Strong Founation3 grants · $60,000
  • The Riviera Ridge School3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$435,000
2022
$490,000
2023
$665,000
2024

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

  • $105,000

    Ganna Wlaska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $60,000

    Bellosguardo Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $50,000

    Creative Visions Foundation · Nipomo, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $50,000

    Creative Visions Foundation · Nipomo, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $50,000

    Ganna Wlaska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $50,000

    Ganna Wlaska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $45,000

    Moxi the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $40,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $40,000

    Limitless Horizons Ixil · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $35,000

    Limitless Horizons Ixil · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $35,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $35,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $35,000

    Puppies Behind Bars · New York, NY · 2022

    Operational

  • $30,000

    The Perlman Music Program · New York, NY · 2022

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Impactassets · Rockville, MD · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Puppies Behind Bars · New York, NY · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Reboot · Longmeadow, MA · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    The Green River Foundation · Rutherfordton, NC · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    The Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    United Way of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Dignity Moves · Palm Springs, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Gwendolyn Strong Founation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Kiss the Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Puppies Behind Bars · New York, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    The Perlman Music Program · New York, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Dignity Moves · Palm Springs, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $25,000

    Gwendolyn Strong Founation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Kiss the Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Limitless Horizons Ixil · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Moxi the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Stotyteller Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Moxi the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $20,000

    The Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $20,000

    United Way of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $20,000

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operational

  • $15,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    Operational

  • $15,000

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Operational

  • $15,000

    The Mental Wellness Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $15,000

    UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $15,000

    Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $15,000

    The Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $15,000

    United Way of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $10,000

    All Saints By the Sea Episcopal Church · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Dos Pueblos Ranch Institute · Goleta, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Gwendolyn Strong Founation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara School of Squash · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Uc Regents Arts and Lectures · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Bard College · Annandale On Hudson, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Food Bank for New York City · Hartsdale, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Moms Across America · New York, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Mothers of the Amazon · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Polo Training Center Santa Barbara · Carpinteria, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Action Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2022

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Adam'S Angels · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network · Goleta, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $10,000

    Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry · Columbus, NC · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Dance Downtown La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Dignity Moves · Palm Springs, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Moms Across America · New York, NY · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    The Fund for Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    The Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Bellosguardo Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Chapel in the Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Dance Downtown La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Nina Simone Project · Tryon, NC · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Steps To Hope · Columbus, NC · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry · Columbus, NC · 2023

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Cottage Health · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Food Bank for New York City · Hartsdale, NY · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Nina Simone Project · Tryon, NC · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Polo Training Center Santa Barbara · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Steps To Hope · Columbus, NC · 2022

    Operational

  • $5,000

    Tryon Elementary School · Bessemer City, NC · 2022

    Operational

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.