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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 74-2828028

Luckens-McAdams Foundation

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $13,961 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $13,961

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $53,090
  • Tax year 2023

    $200

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $61,882
  • Tax year 2022

    $4,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $59,848
  • Tax year 2021

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $56,620
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,600

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $66,662
  • Tax year 2019

    $5,600

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $70,103
  • Tax year 2018

    $10,200

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $60,447
  • Tax year 2017

    $10,800

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $66,393

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General

    $5,511
  2. Blue Lake Museum SocietyBlue Lake, CA

    General

    $1,750
  3. Individual

    General

    $1,600
  4. Food for People IncEureka, CA

    General

    $1,500
  5. Cal Forest Conservation FoundationSacramento, CA

    Outreach Material

    $1,000
  6. McAdams Cemetery AssocHuntsville, TX

    General

    $1,000
  7. Humboldt Co Animal ShelterMcKinleyville, CA

    General

    $600
  8. Northcoast Regional Land TrustBayside, CA

    General

    $400
  9. Individual

    General

    $200
  10. Individual

    General

    $200
  11. Humboldt Senior Resource CenterEureka, CA

    General

    $200

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture2 grants $1,900100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $5,450
  2. Texas1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Ethan A LuckensDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Diana Claire McAdamsDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bennet J LuckensDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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