Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Taste of the South
The organization raises funds for charitable causes across 14 charities in the southern united states by hosting an annual gala that celebrates food, music, and southern hospitality.
- $691k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,995
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $413,156
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $313k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Taste of the South funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $564k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $691k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $564k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $972k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $96k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $311k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $53k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $327k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $328k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book Harvest | $413,156 | 1 | 3% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $367,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Gulf Coast Center for Ecotourism & Sustainability Inc | $352,974 | 1 | 48% |
| Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc | $323,252 | 1 | 4% |
| Bridge Steps | $295,182 | 2 | 2% |
| Extra Table Feeds Inc | $254,896 | 1 | 61% |
| Georgia First Robotics Inc | $252,040 | 1 | 34% |
| Patriot Foundation | $233,665 | 1 | 21% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $46,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Kate's Club Inc | $41,979 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 86 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Taste of the South supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Mary Kay Ash Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Veterans United Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Carmax Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Taste of the South
- How much does Taste of the South give?
- Taste of the South reported 14 grants totaling $691,097 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Taste of the South fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Health (18%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Taste of the South's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Book Harvest ($413k), The Center for Women and Families Inc ($367k), Gulf Coast Center for Ecotourism & Sustainability Inc ($353k).
- Does Taste of the South fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Taste of the South?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Selby and Richard McRae Foundation, Mary Kay Ash Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
- Where is Taste of the South based?
- Taste of the South is based in DC.
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