The Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust appears to prioritize addressing child hunger and food insecurity in the Jacksonville / Northeast Florida area, demonstrated by a single, large grant to a regional food bank to fund a children's summer feeding program and a major capital project. The foundation favors high-impact, locally focused investments that build nonprofit capacity and expand service infrastructure.
A $2.07 million grant to Feeding Northeast Florida for a children’s summer feeding program and a capital facility project is the clearest signal in Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust’s recent record. The trust pairs large operating support with infrastructure funding, especially when a local provider is delivering food, shelter, youth services, or health outreach in Northeast Florida. Several of its biggest grants are directed to Jacksonville organizations serving children and families, including repeated support for Feeding Northeast Florida, United Way of Northeast Florida’s full service school site work, and St. Vincent’s Foundation’s youth mobile health outreach program. The foundation also backs organizations that widen access to basic needs through food pantries, refugee resettlement, emergency housing, and after-school programming. Its grants often blend program funding with building or equipment needs, suggesting a preference for helping established local nonprofits sustain service delivery and expand capacity. The trust’s recent pattern shows a concentrated commitment to practical, community-level services rather than broad thematic diversification.
Food insecurity is a central theme. Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust gave $750,000 in 2025 to Feeding Northeast Florida for food grant support, after a $570,000 grant in 2024 for the children’s summer feeding program and a much larger 2023 award that combined summer feeding with a capital facility grant. It also supported Downtown Ecumenical Council with $415,000 in 2025 for operating a food pantry and a capital campaign, and Manna Food Bank with $250,250 in 2025 for food delivery. Beyond food access, the trust funds youth development and school-based services. Examples include $485,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of NE Florida for after-school programming and facility needs, and $130,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to Communities in Schools for after-school programming and literacy work. Health and emergency response also appear in the portfolio through $300,000 grants to St. Vincent’s Foundation for youth mobile health outreach and $155,000 to Hope Haven Clinic for children’s clinic support and maintenance needs.
$7.4M
$103M
$8.8M
$8.8M
Most grants fall between $30K and $85K, with a median of $58K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$58K
75th Percentile
$85K
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Concentrated, large-scale local giving: a single substantial grant combining program support and capital investment, suggesting preference for transformational, one-off gifts to strengthen community nonprofits rather than many small or broadly distributed grants.
Notable grantees: Feeding Northeast Florida
Typical grant size sits at $30,000 at the 25th percentile, $57,500 at the median, and $85,000 at the 75th percentile, though the trust also makes several six- and seven-figure awards. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations over multiple years, including Feeding Northeast Florida, United Way of Northeast Florida, St. Vincent’s Foundation, Sulzbacher Homeless Center, Police Athletic League of Jacksonville, and Communities in Schools. That pattern points to ongoing relationship-based giving rather than one-off awards. The trust funds individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grant list also shows a mix of operating, capital, endowment, and discretionary support.
The trust gives overwhelmingly in Florida, with 97% of grants going to recipients in its headquarters state and a local geographic scope of giving. Jacksonville dominates the recent recipient list, including grants to Feeding Northeast Florida, United Way of Northeast Florida, Community Foundation, St. Vincent’s Foundation, and Sulzbacher Homeless Center. Outside Jacksonville, recent Florida grants reached St. Augustine through St Augustine Society Inc. The only non-Florida recipient named in the recent grants is Manna Food Bank in Asheville, North Carolina, showing that the portfolio is still highly concentrated in Northeast Florida.
The trust most often supports organizations serving children, families, and low-income households through food assistance, after-school programming, shelter, refugee services, and youth health outreach. Recent examples include Feeding Northeast Florida, Boys & Girls Clubs of NE Florida, Sulzbacher Homeless Center, and St. Vincent’s Foundation.
Among its grants, the 25th percentile is $30,000, the median is $57,500, and the 75th percentile is $85,000. The recent record also includes several larger awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, such as $750,000 and $485,000 grants.
Yes. Recent grants show repeated awards to Feeding Northeast Florida in 2023, 2024, and 2025; United Way of Northeast Florida in 2023, 2024, and 2025; St. Vincent’s Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Sulzbacher Homeless Center in 2024 and 2025.
Its giving is strongly concentrated in Florida, with 97% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Jacksonville is the main recipient city in the recent grants list, and the trust’s scope of giving is described as local.
No. Food security is a major theme, but the trust also funds after-school programs, literacy work, emergency housing, refugee resettlement, homelessness services, mobile health outreach, and capital or endowment support for local nonprofits.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,720,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT DONORS FORUM-75KDISCRETIONARY GRANT-440KCOMMUNITY RESILANCE GRANT-1,100,000TEEN COURT-105K |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,250,000 | 2026 | FOOD GRANT |
| UNITED WAY OF NE FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $500,000 | 2026 | FULL SERVICE SCHOOL SITE |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $380,000 | 2026 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE |
| DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $330,000 | 2026 | OPERATE FOOD PANTRY-80KCAPITOL CAMPAIGN-250,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $300,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY RELIEF |
| ST VINCENTS FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $300,000 | 2026 | YOUTH MOBILE HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $230,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM-80K, LITERACY PROGRAM-150K |
| MALI VAI WASHINGTON YOUTH FOUNDATIO | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $220,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOLPROGRAMS 80K, PAVILION 140K |
| SULZBACHER HOMELESS CENTER | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $200,000 | 2026 | HOMELESS SHELTER OPERATION |
| BEACHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MINIST | JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL | $180,000 | 2026 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE |
| HOPE HAVEN CLINIC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $180,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC |
| BARNABUS CENTER INC | FERNANDINA BEACH, FL | $180,000 | 2026 | CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER |
| JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $180,000 | 2026 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE |
| MANNA FOOD BANK | ASHVILLE, NC | $100,000 | 2026 | FOOD DELIVERY |
| AL LEWIS BLACK OPPORTUNITY FUND | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | FUND ADMINISTERED BY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO BENEFIT MINORITIES |
| HUBBARD HOUSE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $80,000 | 2026 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OPERATIONS |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF NE FL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $80,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $60,000 | 2026 | STUDENT FINANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM |
| DLC NURSE AND LEARN | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $60,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT DISABLED CHILD CARE |
| ST AUGUSTINE SOCIETY INC | St Augustine, FL | $60,000 | 2026 | EMERGENCY HOUSING |
| QUIGLEY HOUSE | ORANGE PARK, FL | $55,000 | 2026 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER SUPPORT |
| 2ND MILE MINISTRIES | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM-25K CAPITAL CAMPAIGN-25K |
| NONPROFIT CENTER | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | NONPROFIT SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY GROUP |
| SAFETY SHELTER OF ST JOHNS | ST AUGUSTINE, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OPERATIONS |
| MICAH'S PLACE | FERNANDINA BEACH, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OPERATIONS |
| GIRLS ON THE RUN | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $44,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL RUNNING PROGRAM |
| N FL SCHOOL SPECIAL ED | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $40,000 | 2026 | STUDENT THERAPY |
| GIRLS INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $40,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOLPROGRAM |
| CARPENTER'S SHOP CENTER | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $37,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| DEPAUL SCHOOL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $35,000 | 2026 | SPECIAL EDUCATIONSCHOOL |
| BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $35,000 | 2026 | YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM |
| PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $35,000 | 2026 | CLOTHING MINISTRY |
| GREENWOOD SCHOOL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $30,000 | 2026 | SPECIAL LEARNING-GUIDANCE COUNSELOR |
| JACKSONVILLE SPEECH HEARING | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $30,000 | 2026 | SPEECH & HEARING CLINIC SUPPORT |
| POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE-CLAY | GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL | $30,000 | 2026 | YOUTH ORGANIZATION |
| VISION IS PRICELESS | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 2026 | CHILDREN EYE SCREENING AND GLASSES |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF NASSAU | Fernandina Beach, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| SANCTUARY ON 8TH STREET | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| CAMPSI AM SPECIAL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $20,000 | 2026 | CAMP FOR DISABLED CHILDREN |
| MARATHON HIGH | PONTE VEDRA, FL | $20,000 | 2026 | HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING PROGRAM |
| EXPONENT PHILANTHROPY | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2026 | FOUNDATION RESOURCE GROUP SUPPORT |
| ASS'N OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2,500 | 2026 | SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $750,000 | 2025 | FOOD GRANT-750K |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF NE FL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $485,000 | 2025 | AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM-80K,EMERGENCY GENERATOR-100K, ROOF-115K, PARKING LOT-128K, PRINT SHOP-62K |
| UNITED WAY OF NE FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $480,000 | 2025 | FULL SERVICE SCHOOL SITE |
| DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $415,000 | 2025 | OPERATE FOOD PANTRY-65KCAPITOL CAMPAIGN-350,000 |
| SULZBACHER HOMELESS CENTER | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $300,000 | 2025 | HOMELESS SHELTER OPERATION |
| ST VINCENTS FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $300,000 | 2025 | YOUTH MOBILE HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $295,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT DONORS FORUM-75KDISCRETIONARY GRANT-220K |
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$1,720,000SUPPORT DONORS FORUM-75KDISCRETIONARY GRANT-440KCOMMUNITY RESILANCE GRANT-1,100,000TEEN COURT-105K
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
$380,000EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
$330,000OPERATE FOOD PANTRY-80KCAPITOL CAMPAIGN-250,000
SALVATION ARMY
COMMUNITY RELIEF
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
$230,000AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM-80K, LITERACY PROGRAM-150K
MALI VAI WASHINGTON YOUTH FOUNDATIO
$220,000AFTER SCHOOLPROGRAMS 80K, PAVILION 140K
JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY
$180,000EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
AL LEWIS BLACK OPPORTUNITY FUND
$100,000FUND ADMINISTERED BY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO BENEFIT MINORITIES
DLC NURSE AND LEARN
$60,000SUPPORT DISABLED CHILD CARE
QUIGLEY HOUSE
$55,000DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER SUPPORT
2ND MILE MINISTRIES
$50,000YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM-25K CAPITAL CAMPAIGN-25K
SAFETY SHELTER OF ST JOHNS
$50,000DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OPERATIONS
MICAH'S PLACE
$50,000DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER OPERATIONS
GIRLS ON THE RUN
$44,000AFTER SCHOOL RUNNING PROGRAM
N FL SCHOOL SPECIAL ED
$40,000STUDENT THERAPY
GIRLS INC
$40,000AFTER SCHOOLPROGRAM
CARPENTER'S SHOP CENTER
$37,000AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
DEPAUL SCHOOL
$35,000SPECIAL EDUCATIONSCHOOL
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS
$35,000YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM
PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY
$35,000CLOTHING MINISTRY
GREENWOOD SCHOOL
$30,000SPECIAL LEARNING-GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
JACKSONVILLE SPEECH HEARING
$30,000SPEECH & HEARING CLINIC SUPPORT
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE-CLAY
$30,000YOUTH ORGANIZATION
SANCTUARY ON 8TH STREET
$25,000AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
CAMPSI AM SPECIAL
$20,000CAMP FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
MARATHON HIGH
$20,000HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING PROGRAM
EXPONENT PHILANTHROPY
$10,000FOUNDATION RESOURCE GROUP SUPPORT
ASS'N OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS
$2,500SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM-80K,EMERGENCY GENERATOR-100K, ROOF-115K, PARKING LOT-128K, PRINT SHOP-62K
DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
$415,000OPERATE FOOD PANTRY-65KCAPITOL CAMPAIGN-350,000
ST VINCENTS FOUNDATION
$300,000YOUTH MOBILE HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$295,000SUPPORT DONORS FORUM-75KDISCRETIONARY GRANT-220K