What They Give

From their own IRS filings. Measured against what they have.

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George Lucas

Lucas's own foundations reported paying out $21.8 million from 2011 to 2023. That is 0.41% of a $5.3 billion fortune. For a typical family, the same share would be $794.

$794

What it felt like, scaled to a typical family's $192,900

$21.8 million

Grants paid out, 2011 to 2023

$6.7 million

Still sitting in the foundation at the last filing

#10

Of 32 on the ranking, least generous first

“Put in” is what the foundation received, which the donor can deduct from taxes in the year it goes in. Private foundations only have to pay out about 5% of their assets a year; the rest can sit invested.

Meanwhile, the homes, jets, yachts and parties we have tracked add up to $52.3 million. See what Lucas spent on Rich vs Reality →

Year by year

Straight from each IRS Form 990-PF. Every year links to the filing itself.

George Lucas Educational Foundation (EIN 680065687, San Rafael, CA) · all filings
YearPut inPaid outHeld at year endLegal minimumFiling
2023$11.8 million$982,437$6.7 millionn/aIRS PDF
2022$7.5 million$1.7 million$4.2 millionn/aIRS PDF
2021$14.7 million$2.8 million$6.4 millionn/aIRS PDF
2020$10.5 million$3.1 million$3.6 millionn/aIRS PDF
2019$10.4 million$3.5 million$5 millionn/aIRS PDF
2015$12.9 million$4.2 million$3.2 millionn/aIRS PDF
2014$7 million$1.7 million$3 millionn/aIRS PDF
2013$8.4 million$2 million$4.2 millionn/aIRS PDF
2012$3.9 million$722,350$1.8 millionn/aIRS PDF
2011$4.4 million$1.2 million$1.7 millionn/aIRS PDF

Net worth: Forbes real-time billionaires, October 5, 2026. Typical family net worth: Federal Reserve, Survey of Consumer Finances 2022. Only what their own foundations reported is counted; gifts made directly or through donor-advised funds do not appear in these filings.