Ohio · Private foundation
Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust
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.
- $328k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k 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 | 21 | $328k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $358k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $317k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $420k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $335k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $405k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $251k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Museum of Art | $250,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Community Improvement Corporation of Springfield-Clark County | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Nehemiah Foundation of Springfield/Clark County | $60,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Urban Light Ministries | $60,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Elderly United of Springfield & Clark County Ohio Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Clark State College Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| On-The-Rise | $40,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Springfield Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Animal Welfare League | $37,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: The Springfield Foundation · Harry and Violet Turner 95 Charitable Trust · Della Selsor Tr Uw · Community Hospital Health Services Foundation · The United Way of Clark Champaign & Madison Counties Inc · Assurant Foundation · The Nehemiah Foundation of Springfield/Clark County · Shouvlin Foundation · Wilson Sheehan Foundation · Springfield Eagles Charity Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust
- How much does Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust give?
- Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust reported 21 grants totaling $328,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Springfield Museum of Art ($250k), Community Improvement Corporation of Springfield-Clark County ($70k), The Nehemiah Foundation of Springfield/Clark County ($60k).
- Does Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust 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 Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Springfield Foundation, Harry and Violet Turner 95 Charitable Trust, Della Selsor Tr Uw.
- Where is Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust based?
- Carleton F and Ruth T Davidson Trust is based in OH.
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