Open Foundations · Delaware

Lucky Seven Foundation

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 911722000. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.7M across 214 grants in 2024, a median of $2K each.

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$1.7M
paid in 2024
214
grants paid
$2K
median grant
36%
to first-time recipients
$27.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
FOUNDATION SOURCE
Address
55 WALLS DRIVE 3RD FLOOR, Fairfield, CT, 06824
Phone
8008391754
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
WWW.FSREQUESTS.COM/LUCKYSEVEN
Submission deadline
WWW.FSREQUESTS.COM/LUCKYSEVEN
Restrictions on awards
WWW.FSREQUESTS.COM/LUCKYSEVEN

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523119349100912. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

event

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 214 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Washington State University FoundationWA$240,000Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (ESFCOM) Scholarship Fund awarded to students
2Common Power FutureWA$125,000general support, the c3 next-generation leadership program and Action Academy
3Hanford ChallengeWA$65,100General & Unrestricted
4Road2homeWA$50,000To fund the expansion of its Volunteer Ally Program and both the operation of the 35-unit Gardenview Tiny Home Village and an increase in the case management services provided to Village residents
5Seattle Center FoundationWA$50,000Seattle/King County 2025 Medical Clinic
6Indigenous Creatives CollectiveWA$45,000General & Unrestricted
7Sail Sand PointWA$45,000Scholarship fund for summer sailing, homeless kids sailing fund and to help maintain and to purchase a boat if that is what they need
8Real Change Homeless Empowerment ProjectWA$40,500General & Unrestricted
9Northwest School of Wooden Boat BuildingWA$40,000to support the Gala event, for Prothro Internship fall/winter program, and to purchase paint, stain and maintenance on school buildings
10Hummingbird Indigenous Family ServicesWA$25,000General & Unrestricted
11Red Eagle SoaringWA$25,000General & Unrestricted
12Skagit Pre-school Association and Resource CenterWA$25,000SPARC birth to Three Program
13Urban American Indian Alaska Native Education AlliWA$25,000General & Unrestricted
14Centrum FoundationWA$23,500In support of the 2024 Benefit concert
15Habits of WasteCA$22,000General & Unrestricted

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020222$1.7M
2021214$1.4M
2022275$1.9M
2023242$1.9M
2024214$1.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Washington51%
California24%
Oregon6%
New York5%
Massachusetts2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Brie BackusDir, Sec · 2024
Carol a BackusDir, VP · 2024
Christopher R BackusDir, Treas · 2024
Edward a BackusDir, Pres, VP · 2024
Edward a Backus JrDir · 2024
John BackusDir · 2024
Matthew F StollerDir, Sec · 2024
Peter G BackusDir, VP, Pres · 2024
Robert FiksoDir · 2024
Susan B StollerDir · 2024
Valerie F BackusDir · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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