Private Foundation

THE LUCAS BROTHERS FOUNDATION

THE LUCAS BROTHERS FOUNDATION is a Private Foundation headquartered in New Braunfels, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.9M revenue, $3.1M expenses, $39.8M total assets. IRS filings disclose 20 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $7.5M.

EIN: 942781117 New Braunfels, TX Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$1.9M

Total Expenses$3.1M

Total Assets$39.8M

Grants Given20

Grant Total$7.5M

Filing Years2021–2025

Before you apply to The Lucas Brothers Foundation

Preselected only Doesn't accept unsolicited requests for funds, per its 2025 Form 990-PF.

Often funds new orgs 54% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

Ustav OrganickE Chemie

2024

Focuses on basic research at the intersection of chemistry and biology.

$1,199,999

MYRIEL INC CO KAREN ASHE

SAINT PAUL, MN · 2024

Alzheimer research

$1,000,000

St Joseph Financial Services

San Jose, CA · 2024

Providing financial and accounting services to Catholic entities.

$250,000

HOUSE OF HOPE FOR COSTA RICA

SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 2024

HUMANITY

$200,000

THE PENINSULA COLLEGE FUND

MILPITAS, CA · 2024

Funds to help 15 first generation college students emergency funds for students facing financial hardship.

$90,000

Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CHAIRMAN Alexandra L Ertola

DIRECTOR Christopher B Lucas

DIRECTOR Eric Ball

DIRECTOR John Shoven

Director Mark Lucas

CFO and Secretary Melissa Findley

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine

$4,216,500 10 grants

Research & Policy

$2,199,999 3 grants

Education

$392,000 3 grants

Religion & Spirituality

$250,000 1 grant

Unspecified

$450,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$1.9M	$3.1M	$39.8M
2024	$1.3M	$2.0M	$39.9M
2023	$94K	$1.6M	$34.6M
2022	$831K	$1.2M	$28.9M
2021	$21.2M	$456K	$32.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $21.2M to $1.9M (-91%), with total assets most recently reported at $39.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, MN, UT.

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