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Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation

Accepts applications Lafayette, Louisiana · EIN 933653833

Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation is a private foundation in Lafayette, Louisiana. In tax year 2025 it gave $10,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was the same as $10,000 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$00$85,104
2024$10,0001$77,363
2025$10,0001$190,319

How to apply

ContactJohn McElligott Jr President
124 Rimwood Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70501
Phone or email(337) 354-5854
What to submitNo formal application is required
RestrictionsAll organizations qualified under section 501(c)(3)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Louisiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana1$10,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Catholic Charities of Acadiana
Lafayette, LA
Contribute to offer essential services to those experiencing hunger, homelessness, poverty, & situational crisis$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation give?

$10,000 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists John E McElligott Jr (President) and Lucie McElligott (Vice President).

What does Jack & Lucie McElligott Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, food and hunger and housing and homelessness.

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