Dove Family Foundation
Dothan, AL · EIN 63-0836253. Reported 163 grants totalling $21.5M to 72 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Dove Family Foundation 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $125 and the largest $10.0M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dothan Opera House | Dothan, AL | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tigers Unlimited | Auburn, AL | $3,686,720 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southeast Education Inc | Dothan, AL | $3,489,626 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundatn | Birmingham, AL | $3,041,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First United Methodist Church | Dothan, AL | $306,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Houston Academy | Dothan, AL | $184,871 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dothan Police Foundation | Dothan, AL | $140,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | Little Rock, AR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hudson Alpha Foundation | Huntsville, AL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Camp Seale Harris | Birmingham, AL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Auburn University Foundation | Auburn, AL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Covenant Care | Dothan, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Masters Tournament Foundation | Augusta, GA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Child Advocacy Center | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| James B Lee JR Scholarship Fund | Southampton, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wiregrass Museum of Art | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wiregrass Pet Rescue | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wiregrass United Way | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lady Mavs Basketball Booster Club | Andersonville, TN | $24,578 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dreams for Kids | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeastern Diabetes Education Srv | Hoover, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Engaged in Life Academy | Parkville, MO | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seact | Dothan, AL | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Careportal | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alabama Dance Works | Dothan, AL | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Savoy Jones Benefit Foundation | Dothan, AL | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alabama Kidney Foundation | Dothan, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arkansas State Golf Association | Little Rock, AR | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wallace Community College Foundatn | Dothan, AL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Leadership Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $5,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wicksburg Elementary | Newton, AL | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Thirty Six East Sixty Second St | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thirty Six East Sixty Second St Fnd | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hawk Houston Youth Enrichment Centr | Dothan, AL | $4,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Onward Campus Ministries | Auburn, AL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Insight for Living | Frisco, TX | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Southeast Health Foundation | Dothan, AL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Antioch Baptist Church | Ashford, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc | Dothan, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Discovery Land Co Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hits for Heroes | Dothan, AL | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Six Pratt Community Economic Devel | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Legion Post 192 | Appling, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Asga Scholarship Fund | Little Rock, AR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| J H Ranch | Birmingham, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Enon Baptist Church | Dothan, AL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Infantry Foundation | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wicksburg High School | Newton, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Goode Foundation for Als | Fairburn, GA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Junior Golf Association | Braselton, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Sports Medicine Institute | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blazer Bolt Inc | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dare to Hope | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dothan City Schools J L Fain Elem | Dothan, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Gleason Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dothan Area Botanical Gardens | Dothan, AL | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Faine Elementary | Dothan, AL | $845 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Windermere Volunterr Fire Dept | Alexander City, AL | $575 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chemo Buddies | Evansville, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eureka True Vine Baptist Church | Southaven, MS | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Se Al Fraternal Order of Police | Dothan, AL | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Swga Sickle Cell Awareness | Albany, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Autism Society of America | Rockville, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Al | Birmingham, AL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Walter L Moore Scholarship Fnd | Birmingham, AL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Walter L Moore Scholarship Center | Birmingham, AL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wiregrass Angel House | Dothan, AL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dothan Houston County Library Systm | Dothan, AL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Substance Abuse Partnership | Dothan, AL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windermere Volunteer Fire Dept | Alexander City, AL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
36 of 72 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 61%, across 4 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 60 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 | 36 | $1,048,516 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 36 | $1,496,663 | $2,250 |
| 2023 | 31 | $2,706,422 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 31 | $4,304,142 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 29 | $12.0M | $5,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Alabama. 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 $2,500. 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 Alabama.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dove Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 6827, Dothan, AL, 36302. 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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