Private foundation · Nashville
Dugas Family Foundation II Inc.
Key facts
- Grants in Tennessee
- 18 totaling $592K
- Typical grant
- $20K to $50K (middle half of its Tennessee grants)
- A realistic first ask
- About $25K, its median Tennessee grant. New grantees usually get less than long-time ones.
- Where it gives
- Davidson County, Williamson County
- Buildings & equipment
- 5 of its Tennessee grants went to buildings, renovations or equipment, e.g. “F&cs mezzanine capital campaign”; “Capital support for phase ii of expansion project over 5 years”; “Transportation - new vehicle”
- Total giving that year
- $592K
How to apply
- Contact
- Lizzy Martin · Nashville · 6158462103
- What to send
- Application form provided by the foundation. Include: documentation of tax exempt status, list of officers & directors, most recent audited financial statements, internal financial statements, operating budget, and projected budget.
- Deadlines
- None
- Limits
- No grants for: individuals, loans, travel or seminars, political purposes, dinner events, other private foundations, telethons.
As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2024. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.
What it funds most often
- Transportation - new vehicle
- Able youth track and field program
- Expansion project
- Recovery in community-arch academy for girls
- Increase capacity to serve local needs and fill the healthcare gap for individuals in underserved...
- F&cs mezzanine capital campaign
- Advocacy through the arts
- Ellie g's dream world
Tennessee organizations it funded
Largest first. Groups it already funds are good people to ask what the foundation looks for.
| Recipient | Where | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, Davidson County | Recovery in community-arch academy for girls | $100K |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nashville, Davidson County | Providing food to cheatham county families and children facing hunger | $70K |
| Faith Family Medical Clinic | Nashville, Davidson County | Increase capacity to serve local needs and fill the healthcare gap for... | $50K |
| Family and Children's Services | Nashville, Davidson County | F&cs mezzanine capital campaign | $50K |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, Davidson County | Capital support for phase ii of expansion project over 5 years | $50K |
| Friends of Warner Parks | Nashville, Davidson County | Warner parks nature discovery | $30K |
| 413 Strong | Nashville, Davidson County | Transportation - new vehicle | $25K |
| Backlight Productions | Franklin, Williamson County | Expansion project | $25K |
| Friends Life Community | Nashville, Davidson County | Advocacy through the arts | $25K |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Funding of wishes in cheatham county | $25K |
| Friends of Franklin Parks | Franklin, Williamson County | Ellie g's dream world | $22K |
| Mother to Mother | Nashville, Davidson County | Mother to mother project: wheels of good fortune | $20K |
| Nashville Dolphins | Nashville, Davidson County | 2024- 2025 future dolphins program support | $20K |
| Pet Community Center Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Pcc program support | $20K |
| Walden's Puddle | Joelton, Davidson County | Building of a new fox enclosure | $20K |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Pet safety, enrichment and care at abbie's safe home - YWCA Nashville's... | $20K |
| Able Youth | Franklin, Williamson County | Able youth track and field program | $15K |
| Our Wish | Brentwood, Williamson County | General | $5,000 |