Dugas Family Foundation Inc
Nashville, TN · EIN 26-3847853. Reported 74 grants totalling $5,725,767 to 32 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 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $4,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Coast Autism Center Inc | Niceville, FL | $1,100,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Williamson Medical Center Foundation Inc | Franklin, TN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Point Washington Medical Clinic Inc | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc | Freeport, FL | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Volunteer Health Network | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sinfonia Gulf Coast | Destin, FL | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance | Niceville, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westonwood Ranch Inc | Freeport, FL | $300,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ascension Sacred Heartfoundation on the Emerald Coast | Miramar Beach, FL | $282,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center | Niceville, FL | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Destin Harvest Inc | Destin, FL | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canaan Recovery Foundation Inc | Miramar Beach, FL | $162,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant Hospice Foundation Inc | Pensacola, FL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Northwest Florida | Pensacola, FL | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope Medical Clinic Inc | Destin, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation | Destin, FL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scenic Walton Inc | Miramar Beach, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rosemary Beach Foundation | Rosemary Beach, FL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emerald Coast Children's | Niceville, FL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County Inc | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Scholarship Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $51,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Village Inc | Ft Walton Beach, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children in Crisis Inc | Fort Walton, FL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Tampa, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emerald Coast Theatre Company | Miramar Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Walton High School | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dog Harmony Inc | Miramar Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Embrace Florida Kids | Pace, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Walton County | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Embrace Florida Kids | Montogomery, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Freeport Public Library | Freeport, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 32 (59%) 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 63%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 WAYNE DUGAS - Ascension Sacred Heartfoundation on the Emerald Coast
CAPITAL PURCHASE OF 17 CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS ($388,264) AND 10 EKG MACHINES ($177,070) - Emerald Coast Autism Center Inc
CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMERALD COAST LEARNING CENTER - Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR CARES PROGRAM (2024-2027) - Children's Volunteer Health Network
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (2024-2025) - Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (2022-2023)
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $818,500 | $32,500 |
| 2022 | 19 | $2,180,867 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $1,653,200 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $1,073,200 | $35,000 |
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 Inc has 75 of them, worth $9,425,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Westonwood Ranch Inc | Freeport, FL | $500,000 |
| Westonwood Ranch Inc | Freeport, FL | $500,000 |
| Emerald Coast Autism Center Inc | Niceville, FL | $298,000 |
| Emerald Coast Autism Center Inc | Niceville, FL | $252,000 |
| Good News United Methodist Church | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Good News United Methodist Church | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Good News United Methodist Church | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Good News United Methodist Church | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Good News United Methodist Church | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center | Niceville, FL | $250,000 |
| Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center | Niceville, FL | $250,000 |
| Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center | Niceville, FL | $250,000 |
| Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center | Niceville, FL | $250,000 |
| Canaan Recovery Foundation Inc | Miramar Beach, FL | $250,000 |
| Canaan Recovery Foundation Inc | Miramar Beach, FL | $250,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $50,000. 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 Florida.
- 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 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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