Lucky Duck Foundation’s 2025 Shamrocks & Shipwrecks

The Lucky Duck Foundation has released its latest round of Shamrocks & Shipwrecks, which look back on the best and worst of 2025 to highlight which elected officials led with urgency and which missed the mark in their approach to reducing homelessness.
KUSI: Lucky Duck Foundation 2025 recap
The Lucky Duck Foundation CEO Drew Moser joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss its 2025 accomplishments and what it looks forward to for 2026.
2025 Year in Review

In 2025, we deepened our focus on youth and seniors while also investing in other critically-needed areas. Every dollar was designed to inject hope into the lives of those suffering from or on the brink of homelessness. Over the last 12 months, we:
United 4 Youth

News coverage around Lucky Duck Foundation and Prebys Foundation’s United 4 Youth, A Transformative $5 Million Collaborative Supporting Foster Youth
“VisTAY House” – New Transitional Housing for Transition-Age Homeless Youth (TAY)
City of Vista, Urban Street Angels & Lucky Duck Foundation Unite to Launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZeG9rJ-VgY The “VisTAY House,” opened in August of 2025, will provide 16 beds and wraparound services to help transition-age youth – homeless and vulnerable youth ages 18-24, including those exiting the foster care system – stabilize, heal, and achieve self-sufficiency. Joseph, VisTAY […]
“VisTAY House” – New Transitional Housing for Transition-Age Homeless Youth (TAY)
City of Vista, Urban Street Angels & Lucky Duck Foundation Unite to Launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZeG9rJ-VgY The “VisTAY House,” opened in August of 2025, will provide 16 beds and wraparound services to help transition-age youth – homeless and vulnerable youth ages 18-24, including those exiting the foster care system – stabilize, heal, and achieve self-sufficiency. Joseph, VisTAY […]
Lucky Duck Foundation, the San Diego Rescue Mission and City of Vista Announce New Partnership to Increase Shelter Capacity in San Diego’s North and East Counties

Lucky Duck Foundation to provide $10,000 for every incremental and permanent shelter bed the San Diego Rescue Mission activates between now and June 30, 2026, up to $1.5 million
Updates for Our Donors

April 2025 updates
Lucky Duck Foundation and Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Team Up to Expand “Seniors Safe at Home” Program

New homeless prevention funding allows more seniors to remain stably housed and calls for public investment in proven homelessness prevention efforts
Recent Lucky Duck Foundation programs and investments to prevent and alleviate the suffering of homelessness

May 2025 updates