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Ben Davis Family 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.

$119k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Religion$136kEducation$67kHealth$15kInternational$7kCivil Rights$4kHuman Services$3kAnimals$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $16k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $103k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$346k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL$51,668
HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$51,483
FAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS$2,880
THE BISON FOUNDATION$1,200
BOTH ENDS BELIEVING$1,025
ADOLESCENT & FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$1,000
HIGHLAND PARK POLICE DINNER$1,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE$1,000
FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
RIPTIDE SOCIETY$1,000
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE CUREFAORG$1,000
HIGHLAND PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION$865
THE BEE FOUNDATION$800
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT: $500 → 6%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1k → 11%FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 8%THE BISON FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%HOPE FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES: $1k → 7%BOTH ENDS BELIEVING: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
HI
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$218k · 10 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
26

Total granted

$218k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+45%

Still filing today

40%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCivil RightsAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $62k · revenue +47%
  • FA
    FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +19%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • 2S
    20TH STREET M LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -79%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
3
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
4
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
5
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
6
Pkd Foundation

We give hope. we fund research, advocate for patients, and build a community for all impacted by pkd.

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7
National Brain Tumor Society Inc

National brain tumor society unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, andunites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments,and advocate for patients and care partners.

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8
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
9
Breakthrough T1D

Breakthrough t1d is the leading global t1d organization working to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat t1d and its complications.

Health
10
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
11
The Broad Institute Inc

The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…

Health
12
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Both Ends Believing Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kinetic Groove. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $134,883 · OtherHIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCHADOLESCENT & FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $6,000 · OtherFAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS: $5,688 · Other+26 more: $14,688 · Other+26 moreWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $62,298 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL+4 more: $3,565 · Education+4 moreFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $2,560 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · HealthTHE BEE FOUNDATION: $2,400 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthTHE BISON FOUNDATION: $1,200 · Human ServicesBOTH ENDS BELIEVING INC: $1,025 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES: $1,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $1,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,000 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES: $500 · Human ServicesSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Crime & LegalDALLAS CASA: $1,000 · Civil RightsRIPTIDE SOCIETY: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$161,259Education$65,863Health$7,960Human Services$5,725Crime & Legal$1,000Civil Rights$1,000Public Benefit$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $62,298 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $2,560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEE FOUNDATION: $2,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BISON FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOTH ENDS BELIEVING INC: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDALLAS CASA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BISON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $865 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES: $500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINETIC GROOVE: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $405 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Texas Instruments FoundationTX12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ben Davis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ben Davis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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