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Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$9.7MArts & Culture$5.9MHealth$3.3MReligion$2.6MEnvironment$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.3MHuman Services$852kPublic Benefit$832kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.1M
$10,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WETA$500,000
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$400,000
UC BERKLEY GEATER GOOD SCIENCE CENTER$314,868
FRED ROGERS PRODUCTIONS$300,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MT SINAI CT$300,000
RITA AND ALEX HILLMAN FOUNDATION$250,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$200,000
BRAVER ANGELS$200,000
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPUSA$184,000
HETERODOX ACADEMY$180,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES$177,500
NEIGHBORLY FAITH$175,000
CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE$151,610
NEXTBOOK INC - TABLET MAGAZINE$150,000
COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $855k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%North Anoka County Emergency Foodshelf: $8k → 7%Dakota Wicohan: $7k → 11%North Anoka County Emergency Foodshelf: $5k → 7%North Anoka County Emergency Foodshelf: $4k → 7%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $15k → 7%NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOODSHELF: $1k → 7%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $5k → 7%BRAVER ANGELS: $282k → 17%BRAVER ANGELS: $200k → 17%BRAVER ANGELS: $200k → 17%Tanenbaum Center of Interreligious Understanding: $128k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$12M · 54 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +35% for the ones you funded once.

54 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
129

Total granted

$12M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+35%

Still filing today

91%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GW
    GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +37%
  • TR
    THE RITA AND ALEX HILLMAN FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +68%
  • TF
    THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $900k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    one grant, 2023 · $600k · revenue +8%
  • CT
    CENTER TO ADVANCE PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $302k · revenue +18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyHealth Access Advocacy and …Independent K-12 SchoolsCancer Support ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Food Banks and PantriesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%55%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/187
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,378

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

180 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 180 of the 216 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
177/180
Grantees still filing
142/180
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $600,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SI…SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK INC — $500,000 · EducationSOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK INCAQUIFER INC — $396,240 · EducationBETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY — $312,900 · Education+55 more — $7,540,022 · Education+55 moreTHE RITA AND ALEX HILLMAN FOUNDATION — $1,150,000 · OtherTHE RITA AND ALEX HILLMAN FOUNDATIONPRX INCORPORATED — $535,043 · OtherCENTER TO ADVANCE PALLIATIVE CARE — $500,156 · Other+97 more — $7,960,361 · Other+97 moreGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $2,250,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON E…THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY — $900,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRED ROGERS COMP…WGBH Educational Foundation — $800,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational Fou…AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — $355,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN COUNCIL OF …THE KUHN FOUNDATION — $325,000 · Arts & CultureTHE KUHN FOUNDATIONWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — $300,000 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD …NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $200,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $106,000 · Arts & CultureInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA — $404,000 · ReligionINTERFAITH AMERICA — $350,000 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $200,000 · ReligionNEIGHBORLY FAITH INC — $175,000 · ReligionZaytuna College Inc — $150,000 · ReligionChristianity Today International — $150,000 · ReligionUNITY PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION — $100,000 · ReligionRARE — $300,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $295,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $272,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 · EnvironmentNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc — $51,000 · Environment+6 more — $73,500 · EnvironmentBraver AngelsInc — $681,932 · Human ServicesTANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING — $128,000 · Human Services+3 more — $45,000 · Human ServicesCONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE INC — $608,393 · Public BenefitETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC — $40,000 · Public Benefit
Education$9,349,162Other$10,145,560Arts & Culture$5,236,000Religion$1,529,000Environment$1,241,500Human Services$854,932Public Benefit$648,393

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $2,250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RITA AND ALEX HILLMAN FOUNDATION — $1,150,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetTHE FRED ROGERS COMPANY — $900,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $800,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBraver AngelsInc — $681,932 over 3y, 12% of budgetCONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE INC — $608,393 over 4y, 13% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $600,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK INC — $500,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetAQUIFER INC — $396,240 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — $355,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTERFAITH AMERICA — $350,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE KUHN FOUNDATION — $325,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY — $312,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE — $302,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University — $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRARE — $300,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts — $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — $300,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC — $299,647 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE — $295,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $295,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $290,065 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $280,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE — $277,296 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity University — $275,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY — $275,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $272,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE — $266,280 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan — $262,776 over 1y, 80% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc — $259,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $256,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University — $253,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC — $250,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE — $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEBREW COLLEGE — $250,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute — $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — $242,621 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE — $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $223,965 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY — $205,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOM FORUM INSTITUTE INC — $200,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arthur V Davis Founda…The Community Foundat…Jacksonville Jaguars …Pga Tour IncWinston Family Founda…VyStar Credit UnionThe Maryellen S Willi…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…United Way of Northea…The Teagle FoundationCsx Foundation IncBlue Cross Blue Shiel…
Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3FL83.2× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Winston Family Foundation · VyStar Credit Union · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Mayo Clinic Group Return · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · The Teagle Foundation · Csx Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — 63% of income from government
  • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center — 53% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Edward Waters University Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc — 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Kipp Jacksonville Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Bethune-Cookman University — 6% of income from government
  • Jerusalem Peacebuilders Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Groundwork Jacksonville Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University — 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Campus Compact — 1% of income from government
  • Stetson University Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2?

Find your warmest path to Arthur Vining Davis Foundation #2 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 216 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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