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Private foundation (trust)EIN 640617746Est. 1978-11

THE LUCKYDAY FOUNDATION

JACKSON, MS 39225

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$155.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$6.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

12

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$533K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$250–$2.4M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications are accepted at any time.…

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$13.2M

Total Expenses

$7.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$6.7M

Distributable Amount

$7.3M

Min. Investment Return

$7.4M

Undistributed Income

$6.9M

Payout rate 93%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.93%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

12 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $10K to maximum $2.4M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

76 grants

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
$12.0M
9 grants
UNIV OF SOUTHERN MS FOUNDATION
$9.4M
4 grants
MSU FOUNDATION
$4.2M
5 grants
USM FOUNDATION- LUCKY DAY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
$2.4M
1 grant
STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES
$522K
5 grants
THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$484K
5 grants
MS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
$383K
4 grants
MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
$350K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

76 grants

<$10K
12
grants
$10–50K
27
grants
$50–250K
20
grants
$250K–1M
5
grants
$1–5M
12
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Mississippi
$31.6M
100% of total
Alabama
$250
0% of total
Tennessee
$250
0% of total

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