Open Foundations · Mississippi

Luckyday Foundation

Jackson, Mississippi · EIN 640617746. 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 $6.4M across 12 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$6.4M
paid in 2024
12
grants paid
$10K
median grant
38%
to first-time recipients
$146.6M
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
MR JAMIE HOUSTON LUCKYDAY FOUNDATIO
Address
1020 HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY SUITE, RIDGELAND, MS, 39157
Phone
6013545869
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATION AVAILABLE FROM FOUNDATION OFFICE.
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED AT ANY TIME. SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ARE USUALLY NOTIFIED WITHIN THREE MONTH
Restrictions on awards
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS TO BENEFIT SICK AND NEEDY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202502399349100020. 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.

higher educationfood needycultural

Biggest grants in 2024

All 12 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Usm Foundation- Lucky Day Scholars ProgramMS$2,400,289PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
2University of Mississippi FoundationMS$2,247,500PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
3Msu FoundationMS$1,674,813TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
4Hinds Community College Development FoundationMS$15,000TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION
5The Gleaners IncMS$15,000PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE NEEDY
6Stewpot Community ServicesMS$12,000PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE NEEDY
7Dixie National RodeoMS$7,500TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMS
8Ms Children's MuseumMS$7,500TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR KIDS
9The Wilson Research FoundationMS$7,500TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OF REHABILITATION CENTER CLINICAL RESEARCH AND THERAPY
10Mississippi Food NetworkMS$6,000PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE NEEDY
11St John's Episcopal ChurchMS$5,000PROVIDE FUNDS TO RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
12Lauren Roger's Museum of ArtMS$250TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202012$5.6M
202120$6.5M
202219$6.6M
202313$6.5M
202412$6.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Mississippi100%

Who decides

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

Gerard R HostVICE CHAIRMAN · 2024
Granville TateFOUNDATION MANAGER · 2024
Jamie G Houston IiiCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · 2024
Kristin R MerrellSECRETARY · 2024
Mary Preston DubberlyFOUNDATION MANAGER · 2024
Trustmark National BankTRUSTEE · 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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