The Lucky Duck Foundation has purchased and constructed several large industrial tent structures (“bridge shelters”) to quickly and humanely provide shelter to San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
These structures provide shelter for approximately 450 people every night and serve as an immediate pathway off the streets as well as connection to critical and life-saving wraparound services.
Bridge shelters can come online for pennies on the dollar and seconds on the hour compared to the cost of building or acquiring permanent housing. For three consecutive years after bridge shelters were purchased and installed by the Lucky Duck Foundation, unsheltered homelessness decreased by 29% throughout San Diego County.
The most recent bridge shelter provided by the Lucky Duck Foundation opened in the Midway District in Fall 2022 and provides 150 emergency shelter beds for those with behavioral and mental challenges. In April 2024, the Lucky Duck Foundation supported a new safe haven for the Youth Assistance Coalition specifically for homeless youth ages 18-24. This effort adds five critically-needed emergency shelter beds for less than the cost of one government-subsidized hotel room. And, the beds were able to come online within months, as opposed to years or even decades that are required to add housing.
The Lucky Duck Foundation will continue to encourage the region’s mayors and County Supervisors to add more shelter beds.
Personal or corporate checks can be made out to:
The Lucky Duck Foundation
5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
These funds are highly popular among individual donors because of the ease of administration and potential tax savings from donating via a DAF.
Strategies to save big on taxes, such as Charitable Remainder Trusts, bundled donations, and donations of appreciated stock, IRA, real estate, and estates.
Leave a lasting legacy by including the Lucky Duck Foundation in your estate planning.
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.
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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!
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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
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