Dugas Family Foundation II Inc
Nashville, TN · EIN 46-1031688. Reported 66 grants totalling $3,191,800 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Dugas Family Foundation II Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbuilt University Medical Center - Vumc | Nashville, TN | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Williamson Medical Center Foundation Inc | Franklin, TN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| High Hopes Inc | Franklin, TN | $196,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stars Nashville | Nashville, TN | $195,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nashville, TN | $185,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, TN | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Insight Counseling Centers | Nashville, TN | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Faith Family Medical Clinic | Nashville, TN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Able Youth | Franklin, TN | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family and Children's Services | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashville Children's Alliance Inc | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Necat | Nashville, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saddle Up | Franklin, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tennessee Wildlife Federation | Nashville, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tucker's House | Franklin, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Walden's Puddle | Joelton, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Warner Parks | Nashville, TN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sexual Assault Center | Nashville, TN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amputee Blade Runners | Nashville, TN | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends Life Community | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 413 Strong | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc | Freeport, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Backlight Productions | Franklin, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Franklin Parks | Franklin, TN | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashville Dolphins | Nashville, TN | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mother to Mother | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pet Community Center Inc | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uprise Nasville | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Graceworks Ministries Inc | Franklin, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The City of Frederick | Frederick, MD | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Station Inc | La Vergue, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Archie's Promise | Murfreesboro, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brightstone | Franklin, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Wish | Brentwood, TN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
21 of 38 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 37%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Williamson Medical Center Foundation Inc
CAPITAL SUPPORT IN HONOR OF LAURA AND WAYEN DUGAS - Vanderbuilt University Medical Center - Vumc
CAPITAL SUPPORT (OVER 2 YEARS) FOR A PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION INPATIENT UNIT AND GYM ON THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CAMPUS - Cumberland Heights Foundation
CAPITAL SUPPORT OVER 5 YEARS (2019-2023) FOR ARCH ACADEMY CAMPUS FOR MALE TEENS - High Hopes Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT OVER 2 YEARS (2021-2022) FOR BEHAVIORAL THERAPY PROGRAM - Insight Counseling Centers
PILOT PROGRAM: PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING IN CHEATHAM COUNTY - Second Harvest Food Bank
PROVIDING FOOD TO CHEATHAM COUNTY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN FACING HUNGER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $768,150 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $1,390,150 | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $441,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 18 | $592,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Dugas Family Foundation II Inc has 42 of them, worth $2,199,650. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Vanderbuilt University Medical Center - Vumc | Nashville, TN | $250,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| High Hopes Inc | Franklin, TN | $98,150 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nashville, TN | $70,000 |
| Stars Nashville | Nashville, TN | $65,000 |
| Stars Nashville | Nashville, TN | $65,000 |
| Stars Nashville | Nashville, TN | $65,000 |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, TN | $50,000 |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, TN | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dugas Family Foundation II Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 333 11TH Avenue South Suite 500, Nashville, TN, 37203. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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