Alabama · Private foundation
Louis R Draughon Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $254k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Louis R Draughon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $254k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $287k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $375k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $350k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Church of Christ | $465,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Freed-Hardeman University | $332,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $315,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paradise Ranch Inc | $35,200 | 5 | 21% |
| Christian Education Inc | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Potter Children's Home and Family Ministries Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middle Tennessee Christian School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Studyjesus Com | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rainbow Omega Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Church of Christ | $465,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Freed-Hardeman University | $332,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $315,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paradise Ranch Inc | $35,200 | 5 | 21% |
| Christian Education Inc | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Potter Children's Home and Family Ministries Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middle Tennessee Christian School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Studyjesus Com | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rainbow Omega Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northcrest Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Columbia Academy | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stokes Brown Public Library Foundat | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Byrum-Porter Senior Center | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Robertson County Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($211k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis R Draughon Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Louis R Draughon Foundation
- How much does Louis R Draughon Foundation give?
- Louis R Draughon Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $254,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Louis R Draughon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Religion (34%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Louis R Draughon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Main Street Church of Christ ($465k), Freed-Hardeman University ($332k), Lipscomb University ($315k).
- Does Louis R Draughon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis R Draughon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Louis R Draughon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Washington Foundation, Yarbrough Family Foundation.
- Where is Louis R Draughon Foundation based?
- Louis R Draughon Foundation is based in AL.
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