Dugas Family Foundation Inc
Nashville, TN · EIN 26-3847853. Reported 74 grants totalling $5,725,767 to 32 recipients 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| 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. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 57 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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.
| 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
91% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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