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 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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