Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust
The Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust is a private foundation based in Jacksonville, Florida. Its 2024 filing limits awards to five Florida counties, with emphasis on organizations providing direct basic services to children.
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance
In short: Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust gave $7.4M across 43 grants in 2025 (avg $173K), mostly in Florida. 2% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $7,433,500
- +41.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 43
- -4.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $172,872
- +47.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $55,000
- Total assets
- $102,998,181
- -0.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 2% first-time grantees (1 of 41, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Florida (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust
- How to Apply
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The foundation’s 2024 filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations. The filing directs applicants to submit the materials identified as “Statement 7.” Awards are limited to Duval, Clay, Baker, Nassau, and St. Johns counties in Florida, with emphasis on organizations providing direct basic services to children.
- Review Cycle
- September 30 of the grant year.
- Deadline
- September 30 of the grant year.
- Contact
Application contact: Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation
Mailing address: Post Office Box 37349, Jacksonville, FL 32226-7349
Phone: (904) 635-6441
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Community Foundation ($1.7M). Together the top 10 received $5.4M.
Organizations only. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($240,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
229 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 84 grants of 229 (37%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s stated geographic restrictions are Duval, Clay, Baker, Nassau, and St. Johns counties in Florida. In 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to recipients in Florida and 1% to recipients in North Carolina; the filing also reports 0% for Washington, D.C.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 43 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust open to new grantees?
2%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 41 grantees (2%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $60K; repeat grants $175K. How we count
Medians: $60K first-time, $50K repeat.
- 95% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 25% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 116% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5.3M (2024) to $7.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 43 grants totaling $7.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Jacksonville, FL | Support Donors Forum-75KDISCRETIONARY Grant-440KCOMMUNITY Resilance Grant-1,100,000TEEN Court-105K | $1,720,000 |
| Feeding Northeast Florida Jacksonville, FL | Food Grant | $1,250,000 |
| United Way of Ne Florida Jacksonville, FL | Full Service School Site | $500,000 |
| Catholic Charities Jacksonville, FL | Emergency Assistance | $380,000 |
| Downtown Ecumenical Council Jacksonville, FL | Operate Food Pantry-80KCAPITOL Campaign-250,000 | $330,000 |
| Salvation Army Jacksonville, FL | Community Relief | $300,000 |
| St Vincents Foundation Jacksonville, FL | Youth Mobile Health Outreach Program | $300,000 |
| Communities in Schools Jacksonville, FL | After School Program-80K, Literacy Program-150K | $230,000 |
| Mali Vai Washington Youth Foundatio Jacksonville, FL | After Schoolprograms 80K, Pavilion 140K | $220,000 |
| Sulzbacher Homeless Center Jacksonville, FL | Homeless Shelter Operation | $200,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $102,998,181 | $8,832,569 | $8,849,545 | $7,433,500 | 43 | $7,639,964 | $7,743,271 | $6,570,593 |
| 2024 | $103,015,157 | $9,228,191 | $10,850,722 | $5,265,750 | 45 | $5,471,566 | $8,170,669 | $6,329,198 |
| 2023 | $100,437,688 | $8,125,233 | $6,594,967 | $5,385,900 | 48 | $5,574,113 | $7,164,379 | $5,810,161 |
| 2022 | $98,907,422 | $10,150,903 | $7,311,372 | $5,939,535 | 47 | $6,122,578 | $9,140,185 | $6,034,668 |
| 2021 | $96,067,891 | $12,365,661 | $7,807,044 | $5,957,500 | 46 | $6,148,399 | $12,282,605 | $6,308,474 |
| 2020 | $91,069,274 | $6,986,321 | $6,987,179 | $5,764,500 | 46 | — | $6,065,312 | $5,414,625 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust reported a distributable amount of $6.6M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s 2024 filing emphasizes organizations that provide direct basic services to children. Its 2025 grants show support for a range of services, including food pantries and food assistance, after-school and literacy programs, youth health outreach, children’s mental health care, emergency assistance, and homeless shelter operations.
Grantee descriptions offer examples of the kinds of organizations supported. Community Foundation describes its mission as strengthening local communities through philanthropy and civic leadership. Hubbard House describes its work as providing safety, empowerment, and social change for people affected by domestic violence and their families. Quigley House describes itself as a domestic violence and sexual assault center serving the Clay County area.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation awarded 43 grants totaling $7,433,500. Grant amounts ranged from $2,500 to $1,720,000, with a median of $55,000. Recent giving totaled $5,265,750 across 45 grants in 2024 and $5,385,900 across 48 grants in 2023.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $1,720,000 to Community Foundation, for donor and discretionary grants, a community resilience grant, and Teen Court; $1,250,000 to Feeding Northeast Florida for a food grant; $500,000 to United Way of NE Florida for a full-service school site; $380,000 to Catholic Charities for emergency assistance; and $330,000 to Downtown Ecumenical Council for food pantry operations and a capital campaign. Other large awards included $300,000 each to Salvation Army for community relief and St Vincents Foundation for a youth mobile health outreach program.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists four trustees: Bonnie H Smith, Linda M Lanier, Wilford C Lyon Jr, and David H Peek.
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's 2025 filing lists 4 officers; all 4 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bonnie H. Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2020
32 hrs/week
$172K (2020) → $172K (2025)
David H. Peek
Trustee
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$31K (2020) → $31K (2025)
Wilford C. Lyon Jr.
Trustee
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$31K (2020) → $31K (2025)
Linda M. Lanier
Trustee
On filings since 2023
4 hrs/week
$10K (2023) → $31K (2025)
Former officers (1)
- Former: Robert A. Mills (2020–2021) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $172K, to Bonnie H Smith (Trustee). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust
How much does Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust give each year?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust gave $7.4M across 43 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $5.3M across 45 grants.
What is Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's typical grant size?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's median grant in 2025 was $55,000, and its average grant was $172,872, across 43 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust that year got $60K on average.
Where does Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust give grants?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust gives mostly in Florida: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Jacksonville, FL (31 grants), Fernandina Beach, FL (3 grants) and St Augustine, FL (2 grants).
Does Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 43 grants with a stated purpose on Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "After School Program" (4 grants), "Emergency Assistance" (3 grants) and "Domestic Violence Shelter Operations" (3 grants).
Who are Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's largest 2025 grantees include Community Foundation ($1,720,000), Feeding Northeast Florida ($1,250,000) and United Way of Ne Florida ($500,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($240,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 47% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust reported $103.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $7.6M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $6.6M (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust fund?
The foundation’s 2024 filing emphasizes organizations that provide direct basic services to children. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust?
The foundation’s 2024 filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN?
Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-2891582. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 30, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 23, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 16, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 29, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 20, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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