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Lucky Duck Foundation Featured on Good Morning America’s “GMA3”

Good Morning America’s "GMA3"featured LDF's employment program which hires Salvation Army shelter residents to be food rescue route drivers. Feeding San Diego provides the food rescue routes and a vehicle,...

Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove endorses the Lucky Duck Foundation

Padres pitcher and San Diego native Joe Musgrove is the only Padres pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter. When he’s not winning games for the Padres he’s supporting our efforts....

Portland’s KOIN News Outlet Highlights LDF and ‘Cash for Trash’ as Homelessness Response Models to Learn From

"Portlanders can’t solely rely on City Hall. Budgets and well-intentioned plans, as well as mayors and city council members, come and go. Portland isn’t San Diego. But the city might...

Lucky Duck Foundation, Feeding San Diego & The Salvation Army collaboration has rescued 500,000 lbs. of food, and, all graduates are employed and still housed

The homeless employment collaboration between the Lucky Duck Foundation, The Salvation Army and Feeding San Diego has reached a milestone: more than 500,000 lbs. of food have been rescued and...

Harold Reynolds, MLB Network & MLB Prospects Visit LDF Bridge Shelter

Harold Reynolds, MLB Network Analyst, 2-time MLB All-Star and 3-time Gold Glove Award Winner, toured LDF's bridge shelter with 10 MLB prospects while they were in San Diego for an...

Lucky Duck Foundation named Official Charity Partner of the Carlsbad 5000

One of San Diego’s most iconic running traditions, the Carlsbad 5000 presented by National University, today announced a new partnership with the Lucky Duck Foundation, a local non-profit organization dedicated...

LDF-Funded Triangle Project Featured on National News

The Triangle Project, a new incentivized trash cleanup pilot program funded by the Lucky Duck Foundation and organized by LDF volunteer and retired attorney Brian Trotier, has been featured on...

Padres Owner Peter Seidler and Businessman Dan Shea, both LDF Executive Committee Members, explain the state of homelessness in San Diego in a recent UT opinion piece

Tuesday Group co-founders Peter Seidler and Dan Shea shared their thoughts on homelessness in a recent Union Tribune opinion piece:...

Lucky Duck Foundation and Computers 2 Kids Partner to Provide Laptops for Every Graduate of LDF’s $1 million Employment & Job Training Program

The Lucky Duck Foundation and Computers 2 Kids today announced a new partnership that will provide laptops and employment opportunities to individuals experiencing homelessness....

The San Diego Taxpayers Educational Foundation and Lucky Duck Foundation Launch the PROS Board

With funding from the Lucky Duck Foundation, Gwendolyn Sontheim, and the San Diego Foundation, the San Diego Taxpayers Educational Foundation announced the launch of the San Diego Public Regional Outcomes...

Lucky Duck Foundation Launches Newest $1 Million Region-Wide Homeless Employment and Job Training Initiative

The Lucky Duck Foundation today announced the launch of a new, region-wide employment and job training initiative to provide work opportunities and on-the-job training for individuals experiencing homelessness....

Why I Volunteer to End Homelessness

Guest blog by Fred Patterson III, Business Performance Advisor for Insperity and founder of BLSSD. In this post, he shares why he is a volunteer to end homelessness....

Fight Hunger and Homelessness

Your volunteer hours, contributions, and dedication to spreading the word helped us deliver 500,000 meals to fight hunger and homelessness. Learn more about this milestone....

Combating Homelessness and Hunger in San Diego

Fighting homelessness is everyone’s business. Learn about our innovative collaboration with Feeding San Diego and The Salvation Army combating homelessness and hunger in the San Diego region....

Business Sector Takes Action to Support San Diego’s Unsheltered

San Diego's unsheltered are eating a little better thanks to an innovative collaboration between Jewish Family Services and Del Mar's Flower Hill Promenade....

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The Lucky Duck Foundation
5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123

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Legacy Society

Leave a lasting legacy by including the Lucky Duck Foundation in your estate planning.

Corporate Giving

There are many ways your organization can get involved and support community giving and volunteering.

Start a Fundraising Page

We offer turnkey peer-to-peer fundraising so you can create your own fundraising page and invite your friends and family to support the Lucky Duck Foundation and its programs.

Donate Clothes

We’ve partnered with LNDRY, a premier laundry service in San Diego, to pick up your gently used clothes donation (for free!) to help homeless employment and education-seekers look and feel their best!

Join the Lucky Duck Coffee Club

Enjoy premium craft coffee with a purpose. Our coffee partner, Tower Roasting Co., provides 100% organic fair trade coffee while helping to prevent and reduce homelessness in San Diego by donating 30% of every sale.

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5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100,

San Diego, CA 92123

The Lucky Duck Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Tax ID: 20-3324885